Dem big belly 1952`s

[DANELECTRO]

Beer gut on my '52...

 

[Phil 52]

This one has it going on. Best P-90 sound I`ve heard. Big belly.
Nioce one!!!

Born in 1952 this definitely is the guitar I'm dreaming of.
Alas, out of my ballpark.
But well, so I turned 70 last month, and my old Lady is telling me
that I 'm starting to get a big belly myself. Have to admit that.

 

[Arnold M.]

Beer gut on my '52...

WOW... that is so cool !

 

[guitplayer]

Beer gut on my '52...

I put that bridge on too!!

 

[Wally]

My "Big Belly 52"

Nice…what year…1954?

 

[guitplayer]

I put that bridge on too!!View attachment 19005

But palm muting or hand resting will cause the TP to shift and change tune.

 

[Gold Standard]

Thank you so much for showing it to me. Nice inlays. I love everything about this run of guitars. I only play standing and I will admit that I had to work my way up to wearing it for a three hour band practice or a four hour gig.

Even at home I play standing about three hours or more per night. I don’t like television except for a few shows I’ll watch to keep my wife company occasionally, you know, to keep the love alive.

Oh yeah, what’s your second serial number? Mine is 0083.

I bought black plastics to replace the cream but I have not done it yet.

The second serial # on mine is 0117. I'm glad I found out more about this guitar, as many things about it just seemed kind of odd. The headstock is at a different angle than any other LP I've ever owned or seen, for example...

 

[Tollywood]

The second serial # on mine is 0117. I'm glad I found out more about this guitar, as many things about it just seemed kind of odd. The headstock is at a different angle than any other LP I've ever owned or seen, for example...

I’m not sure, but I have heard that they made 200 of the ones like ours with a second serial number. That’s why I asked for your number. I haven’t heard of one above 200 so far.

 

[boogieongtr]

Nice…what year…1954?

It's a 52, I put the ABR1 and Stop Tail on 12 years ago.

 

[marshall1987]

But palm muting or hand resting will cause the TP to shift and change tune.

Yeah...those bridges are a decent improvement over the stock vintage trap-tail....... but fall a little short of a perfect solution.

 

[dwagar]

Born in 1952 this definitely is the guitar I'm dreaming of.

I was also born in '52. Wanted one for years, I finally settled on an early '53 that needed a refin and a couple other things (so it was a price I could afford). The early '53s are basically the same as the '52.

 

[fernieite]

It's a 52, I put the ABR1 and Stop Tail on 12 years ago.

Interesting. Are you using a wrap-around bridge as a stop-tail? It also looks like you're bottom wrapping it. Is that because the neck angle is the original from 1952 and needs more string pressure?

I guess you could also drill the back holes out a little larger on the wrap-around and string it like a regular stop-tail, if you don't want the string ends to stick out...

 

[designerseye88]

Couple of pics of my big bellied 52 Currently named 'Little boy' by my 3 yr old. The p90's are long gone but it's always a pleasure to play it.