Best Telecaster Style Guitars With Bigsby Tremolo Bridge in 2024
Also, if it's not well done, this type of bridge can cause your guitar to get out of tune often. For this reason, it's often better paired with roller saddles.
After comparing the 2000+ guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones with these characteristics. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.
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1. Reverend Greg Koch Gristle 90
What our users think
- Neck profile shape: C (5 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (6 votes)
Reverend Greg Koch Gristle 90
- Locking Tuners
- Expensive Wood
- Boneite Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Boost Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- Made in South Korea
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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Fender Custom John 5 Signature Bigsby Telecaster
- Locking Tuners
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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3. Schecter PT Fastback II B
What our users think
- Neck profile shape: C (42 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (37 votes)
Schecter PT Fastback II B
- Expensive Wood
- Ivory Tusq Nut
- Coil Split Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in South Korea
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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Fender Vintera 60s Telecaster Bigsby
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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Fender Custom '68 Tele Thinline Journeyman Relic
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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6. Schecter Pete Dee PT
What our users think
- Neck profile shape: C (42 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (37 votes)
Schecter Pete Dee PT
- Locking Tuners
- Expensive Wood
- Black Tusq XL Nut
- Coil Split Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- Made in South Korea
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock