Guitar-related terms

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Colombo  #396542  Wed, 25 Jul 07 04:52 PM

Could you please tell me how to pronounce the word Bigsby (it's a kind of tremolo bar used in electric guitar)? Does it rhyme with by? I don't pronounce the diphthong, but I don't know whether I should.

Also, how is the word Gretsch pronounced? (That's a brand of guitars.) Do you pronounce all the consonants? And what's the sound of the vowel like?

Thanks!

  
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CalifJim  #396764  Thu, 26 Jul 07 12:16 AM
BIGZ-bee  (No rhyme with by or my.)
gretch  (Rhymes with stretch or fetch.)

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Colombo  #396899  Thu, 26 Jul 07 09:58 AM

Thanks a lot. I see I was pronouncing Bigsby well, and that Gretsch is less of a tongue twister than I thought :-)

  
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