I really like Bigsby's too.
I didn't want to pay the
higher price for a guitar that already had one mounted.
There was
no way I was going to
drill holes in my
R8 Flametop,
so I bought an inexpensive Wine Red Studio Les Paul with gold hardware and bought and mounted the Bigsby myself.
I have just a little over $1,000 in the below Guitar.
I also mounted a Bigsby on my modified "Lucille" (shown below too).