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Vegas Wierdo
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Vegas Wierdo
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Joined: 01/28/06
Posts: 239
07/27/2006 4:05 am
I hate Floyd Rose! My first guitar came with one and I wish, oh I wish....

But I have to do the dive bombs. I gotta have my dive bombs!!!

The Bigsby isn't as "Xtreme" as the Kahler, but I like those way more than FR. Especially on a big ol' Gretsch archtop.

I've never gotten the chance to try out a Kahler, and I fear I might have to venture into Ed Roman Guitars :eek: here in Las Vegas and pick up some neon pink 80s hair metal axe while staving off the con artist*COUGH*salesman, but from all that I've seen (the description) and heard (Slayer!!!) it is my dream come true.

So with all that said...

...is it possible to have a luthier retrofit a hardtail guitar, such as a Les Paul or a Schecter or a Flying V or a Telecaster or a fill-in-the-blank, with either a Bigsby or a Kahler?

Or would I be better off just $pringing for a made-to-order cu$tom job? :confused: