Gretsch in January 2019). The device allows the pick hand to bend the pitch of notes or entire chords for various musical effects.

Bigsby was inspired to create a new vibrato system after being tasked by Merle Travis to repair the Kauffman Vibrola vibrato on his Gibson L-10. The first system went to Travis in 1951. By the mid-1950s, Bigsby had ceased production of his own guitars to focus