Gretsch-GEAR ► Jets ► 6129-BZ Billy Zoom Jet
2008 Gretsch 6129-BZ: 15697-070
- Owned by
- Shannon Sparkles
- Body style
- Single Cutaway Solidbody
- Color(s)
- Silver Sparkle
- Fretboard
- Rosewood with Block inlays
- Nut
- Unknown
- Pickups
- Dynasonic
- Tuners
- Grover
- Controls
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- Master Volume
- Neck pickup volume
- Bridge pickup volume
- Master Tone (knob)
- Pickup selector switch
- Arrow knobs
- Bridge
- Melita
- Tailpiece
- Bigsby B-11
- Modifications
i had the silly rubber grommets removed so the Bigsby makes contact with body. It allow the Bigsby to not get stuck and i no longer have to put the strings under the tension bar. The result is increased sustain and ease in changing the strings...although this can all be easily reversed.
Got it for a KILLER price on ebay...it feels like an old guitar as well. I love it. Tone to burn.
What do you mean about the Bigsby getting stuck? Do you have a thread on this forum with pictures to better explain. I have BZ 15697-071 but have not (dared not) make any mods. The only thing that bugs me is that the Bigsby seems much more tense than on my other guitars.
I think there’s a post somewhere where Billy adjusted the brake angle for best sustain. He also mention he shortens his Bigsby springs instead of getting longer ones, might explain the “stiffness”.
I’ll post a photo. The guitar just sustains so much more…no rubber in between the bigsby and the top helps greatly in tone transferral.