Double Six Original Vs. Remake questions

[dave robinson]

My Chinese made Double six is great, stays in tune and plays well no problem - my only improvement would perhaps be for better quality pickups or circuitry as some of the positions lack bite. I too had a sixties one and this is more stable as a playing instrument IMHO.

[BrianD]

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Playing my first Double 6 back in 1975

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Playing the Bison with modified plate.

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Ref:
"When it comes to Bisons it's batwing headstock or GTFO, I've also got huge OCD about needing to have a matching painted headstock. Didn't the original Bisons have a curved upper horn, and by that I mean they were shaped towards or away from the body of the player. And I think this was missing in the 62 Bison re-make. I also don't like the aesthetics of the 62's vibrato system, though I'd imagine with it's modern technology it's a better system than the older one"

Yes, you are right, the old sixties Bisons did have horns which curved forward, away from the player. The best Bison I owned was a '63 model. At the time '74 - '76 I was playing in a function band playing a whole mix of music. I found the original pickups didn't hack it with the music we were playing so I took the whole scratch plate off and set it to one side so it could be put back when i wanted to sell the guitar as original and made up a new plate with two hum buckers and a Strat single coil in the mid position. The feel of the guitar was excellent and with that pick-up combination it served me well for many years. The term system on those early Bisons was a work of engineering art. Many years since i last played one but, if memory serves, the assembly carrying the saddles was on rollers. Certainly it never gave me any tuning problems and was much more sophisticated than the Strat's , or even later Burns units.

[Billyboygretsch]

I think the tremolo was they same as Split Sonic as they used a roller bridge system

[burnsbonkers]

Hi,
I found that if you take a double six, remove the 6 thin strings it makes a much better guitar.