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Maestro Vibrola please sell them!

Poll: Maestro Vibrola (7 member(s) have cast votes)

Should Gibson sell the Maestro Vibrola?

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#1 User is offline   S Rogers (Steve Rogers) 

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Posted 02 September 2010 - 10:03 AM

I recently bought an Epiphone Firebird Studio (Worn Cherry) and then tried to get an Allparts Maestro Vibrola to work on it. The idea was to get as close to my long-lost '63 Firebird III as possible. Unfortunately the spring was too weak and the angle of the unit was wrong even with 9-42 gauge strings. Assuming that the real thing would have worked properly, why do Gibson (&/or Epiphone) not sell the Maestro as a separate part? Fitting it is simple - you just drill 3 holes - so it would make sense to sell it to players.
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#2 User is offline   S Rogers (Steve Rogers) 

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Posted 04 December 2011 - 08:45 AM

I've found an eBay seller - "supercouperon" - who sells a really good copy of the Maestro, not made by Allparts.
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#3 User is offline   J Ulch (DetroitBlues) 

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:26 AM

I recently picked up a Gibson SG Special Reissue. Ebony, Gold Hardware, P90's, and the Maestro Vibrola. Never used one before, but its really cool. Not quite a strat tremolo, but very cool. Seems a little cheap in design compared to a Bigsby. But I don't care. It just looks right to me....
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