Bigsby - Volume/Tone

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One of the coolest pedals ever made is the Bigsby Volume/Tone:
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Heavy.... undestroyable... you can even use it as a weapon when a bootweaker should try to steal your intelectual property.

What can´t be seen on the photos is that you cannot only move the pedal up and down, you can also move it left and right.... Think about putting a Wah-electronic inside.... plus an additional panorama-electronics (left/right).... Hey.... THIS wil be footwork, Jimiboy will look like a nobody beside you....

DON`T waste your money for overprized bootweak-pedals... Buy something reliable to make your unique panorama-wah-pedal... NOW:
https://cgi.ebay.com/BIGSBY-VOL-TONE-PE ... dZViewItem

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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....I have one of these with the volume pot missing-any clue to the pot value?...you are correct about it being stout;I broke a bone in the top of my foot the first day I got it because I got all excited and dropped it.....dr

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Ok, here we go for another guts:
Here you can see, how the top of the pedal can be moved to change the tone:
http://analogguru.an.ohost.de/temp/Bigs ... b_1957.jpg

and here is another inside view:
http://analogguru.an.ohost.de/temp/Bigs ... inside.jpg

sadly the pot-values can´t be seen.
dr wrote:....I have one of these with the volume pot missing-any clue to the pot value?
What is the value of the tone-pot and the capacitor beside it ?

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What is the value of the tone-pot and the capacitor beside it ?
most probably 250k log and 22n :lol: :lol: :lol:
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....the tone pot in mine is a 100k pot, date coded 1959, cap is one of those hotdog shaped wax coated-looks like .5uf.....dr

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