Paul Bigsby
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Paul Adelburt Bigsby (1899–1968)tremolo arm) and proprietor of Bigsby Electric Guitars.
Paul built an early
Telecaster later produced by Leo Fender, as well as Les Paul solid body. The Bigsby headstock design contained six tuners in a row, and would influence Fender designs for the entirety of the company history, along with countless other makers. Bigsby also made a doubleneck model for Nashville guitarist Grady Martin and an amplified mandolin for Texas Playboy Tiny Moore. Bigsby also built a pedal steel guitar for Speedy West that West used on many of Tennessee Ernie Ford's early recordings as well as records by Travis, Red Ingle, Jean Shepard, Johnny Horton, Ferlin Husky
and Merrill Moore.
Before working in music he was a motorcycle racer known as "P.A. Bigsby", and was the foreman of
Gibson, Gretsch and other guitar companies. In 1966, Bigsby sold the company to former Gibson guitar executive Ted McCarty. On May 10, 1999, the Fred Gretsch company purchased the Bigsby company.[2]
References
- ^ Masurgia.com. "Bigsby Triple Eight High Steel Electric Guitar made for Joaquin Murphy (1947)". Retrieved 2006-11-04.
- ^ a b BigsbyGuitars.com. "Bigsby Guitars & Vibratos – Official Website – Company History". Retrieved 2014-03-07.
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