Stone’s Bigsby Strat

opsopcopolis

Anybody have any good photos of or know the story behind Stone’s strat with the bigsby?

2-feign-reluctance

Are you referring to his Les Paul? 

opsopcopolis

2-feign-reluctance said:

Are you referring to his Les Paul? 

Nope, he's got a strat with a bigsby. It's weird

edit: I first saw it at Fenway during Army Reserve. My guess is that he's using it for a downtuned strat. Was also playing it for Oceans in the Home N2 set they aired last night:

https://youtu.be/7ZBNuBvwifg?t=2318

https://youtu.be/NWqJqcby6YU?t=291

2-feign-reluctance

Whoa! That is weird!! But cool! I think I remember Stone saying his tech did the LP Bigsby in a past interview. 

2-feign-reluctance

OP, here’s the article. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.musicradar.com/amp/news/classic-interview-pearl-jams-stone-gossard-on-brad-bigsbys-chris-cornell-and-being-the-luckiest-man-in-rock

2-feign-reluctance

Here’s a mention of the Strat. Looks like it was something he did during his work with Painted Shield. I recall hearing in some interview that he either has his tech do them or he has a local person who is a whiz at guitar mods. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.guitarworld.com/amp/features/stone-gossard-and-mason-jennings-on-how-breaking-their-guitar-and-songwriting-habits-led-to-painted-shields-electric-debut

opsopcopolis

2-feign-reluctance said:

Here’s a mention of the Strat. Looks like it was something he did during his work with Painted Shield. I recall hearing in some interview that he either has his tech do them or he has a local person who is a whiz at guitar mods. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.guitarworld.com/amp/features/stone-gossard-and-mason-jennings-on-how-breaking-their-guitar-and-songwriting-habits-led-to-painted-shields-electric-debut

Nice find!