Saying Deke Dickerson is obsessed with the creations of Paul A. Bigsby, would be an understatement. He has spent the last 20 years tracking down and documenting the very sketchy history of one of the modern electric guitar’s founding fathers. Most known for the iconic Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, which is still very popular today. But Bigsby contributed much more then this to the electric guitars formative years.After reading through the very interesting history, you start to see that there is some substantiation to the claims that Bigsby built the first solidbody electric guitar, and that Leo Fender and Gibson borrowed a number of ideas for their own, now legendary designs.
Deke Dickerson has decided to share his wealth of knowledge and research on a new website- The Bigsby Files . He also hopes that by making this information more widely available, it leads to new discoveries, as most of Bigsby’s instruments were undocumented, and it’s uncertain how many there actually are.
Be warned that there is a TON of info here and it’s all on one, yes one, webpage. I think it’s literally about a mile long. But the info here is well worth it if your at all interested in the history of the modern electric guitar.
