Yeah.. i'm on it like white rice... I have a few more tricks to try.,

Time to end this thread no ?

if you're done reading, sure. some of us are still exchanging ideas. Sorry i told H59 i'm working on it and i my way i thanked them.

Time to end this thread no ?

Huh? why? its barely started.

I ordered the aluminum neck shim from TK Smith last week, in preparation for the application of a B16 on my relic Tele project. Nice customer service so far, with a follow-up e-mail thanking me for my order. Hope it's as seamless a fit as I've heard.

Now I'm looking for a nickel plated control plate and knobs. The Chrome units don't relic-down as nicely as nickel.

I got my TK shim in the mail this afternoon

Forgive what might be considered as a dumb question... why isn't there a Bigsby model like a B3, but with a restraining bar? Or in other words, a smaller B7. It seems like a B3 with a restraining bar could be an option for a tele? Maybe I'm just grasping for something more familiar to me than the B5, which I just don't like for some reason.