It's like getting a new guitar!Įventually, I'll upgrade the electronics, and add vintage tulip style tuners to it. Restrung it with some D'addario flatwound 11s (thought I'd try something new and heard that heavier strings reduce the tuning stability issues a Bigsby can have - I usually use half-round 10s) and I love it. The Bigsby installation was very simple, once I'd lined it up with some string to make sure it was centre, I only had to drill a few pilot holes to mount it. The neck feels silk to the touch, and I think the satin gives it a nice vintage vibe that I'd have never achieved with play-wear alone on that plastic finish. Original bridge comes with (original tuners are AWOL). Aftermarket locking tuners installed, as well as upgraded roller bridge for the Bigsby. She’s got the Bigsby, the P90’s, and the original hardshell case. After roughly 2-3 hours of this, I used T-Cut automotive scratch remover on a lint free cloth to bring the guitar back to the level of shine that I desired. Up for sale is an AWESOME Peerless Casino from 2005. After removing all hardware, I used a mesh attachment to an orbital sander (you can do it by hand with a scouring pad, but the random nature of the sander's movements reduces the swirl pattern and makes polishing easier) and made sure to get a good, even coverage to reduce any shiny spots. The process was very simple, and I'd done it before to an Epiphone SG. I recently impulse bought a Bigsby B7 for my Casino Coupe, and while installing it I decided to take the gloss finish down to a more satin feel, as I'm not really a fan of the candy-like polyurethane finish that comes from the factory.
