1956 was a good year.

This guitar has been hanging around the shop on the back burner since '19.  I have it together now and quite like it.  It's a Paul Bigsby inspired (obviously) guitar which has a few cool features worth knowing about.  The pickups were wound by Kris Remillard here in Winnipeg, and are P90 sized Jazzmaster style Anico 5 slugs/bobbin inside some slick (not exactly the same as) Bigsby inspired aluminum covers and trim rings which my friend Randy procured.  I filed the bridge out of a chunk of aluminum.  It has a Bigsby trem, exotic rosewood fretboard, mahogany neck and body with a torrefied birdseye maple drop top.  It has a four position switch, which gives you neck, neck and bridge in parallel, bridge, then finally both pickups in series.  The nut is bone and 1.660" wide.  If you play an F chord with your thumb, the neck will feel quite comfortable for you.  The neck shape is a vintage moderate V and has a 25.4" scale.  Dual action trussrod, and compound 9-12 inch radius fretboard.  It is lovely.