A Look At A 1949 Bigsby Guitar - Rarer Than Rare!

About this episode

This episode explores the significance and rarity of the 1949 Bigsby guitar in the history of electric guitars.

Before the Telecaster… before the Les Paul & the Strat… there was Bigsby. In this video, we take a deep dive into a 1949 Bigsby electric guitar, one of the earliest solid-body electrics ever made, and a true cornerstone in the evolution of the modern guitar. Built by Paul Bigsby, these instruments weren’t mass-produced, they were individually handcrafted works of art. Bigsby guitars are incredibly rare, as he built around 27 guitars from the mid-1940s through the late 1950s. Each one wa...

People in this episode

Host: Zac Childs

Topics covered

• guitar history
• Bigsby guitars
• solid-body electrics
• music evolution
• handcrafted instruments

Keywords

• Bigsby guitar
• 1949
• solid-body electric guitar
• Paul Bigsby
• guitar history
• handcrafted guitars
• music evolution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bigsby

Products: 1949 Bigsby guitar

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