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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 03/14/2008 : 20:07:23
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Caliban
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/14/2008 : 22:48:54
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Are you sure you want to do this to your guitar? This looks like something you'd only want to do to a "spare" Tele...
http://www.stringbender.com/bender/classic.htm
Looks as if it has to be a fixed bridge guitar to be installed, only Tele and Les Pauls listed. |
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Caliban
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2008 : 23:43:15
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Originally posted by Caliban
Are you sure you want to do this to your guitar? This looks like something you'd only want to do to a "spare" Tele...
http://www.stringbender.com/bender/classic.htm
Looks as if it has to be a fixed bridge guitar to be installed, only Tele and Les Pauls listed.
I am damn sure that I don't want to do this to my guitar, especially if it's 1500 bucks! It's just that I have heard of these and wondered if anyone had tried one. Fender made a factory equipped B Bender Telecaster for a while, maybe they still do. I'd like to try one. |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 03:29:02
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Originally posted by pedals 4 pv
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Originally posted by Caliban
Are you sure you want to do this to your guitar? This looks like something you'd only want to do to a "spare" Tele...
http://www.stringbender.com/bender/classic.htm
Looks as if it has to be a fixed bridge guitar to be installed, only Tele and Les Pauls listed.
I am damn sure that I don't want to do this to my guitar, especially if it's 1500 bucks! It's just that I have heard of these and wondered if anyone had tried one. Fender made a factory equipped B Bender Telecaster for a while, maybe they still do. I'd like to try one.
Every now and then I'll see a Squier Tele on eBay with this done to it, and those are more affordable than the $1500... |
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DarrinPA
Silver Member
USA
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 04:16:47
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Originally posted by DarrinPA
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-American-Nashville-BBender-Tele-Electric-Guitar?sku=511007X
Can anybody easily explain what it does or how it works.
If you push down on the neck, to put pressure on the strap, the mechanism in the bridge bends the B string up to C#. The strap button is attached to the mechanism, and moves as you put the pressure on the strap. You can play a chord or whatever at the same time. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 03/15/2008 : 04:46:36
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Originally posted by pedals 4 pv
Has anyone tried a tele with a B Bender? If so, is it hard to get the hang of? Also, are these only for telecasters? Can other guitars be modified to use it? I think it only works with the telecaster style bridge, but I can't seem to find much info.
No, but thanks a damn lot.. now I want one! I always wondered about that sound & how to get it.
I always wanted a Strat thinking Teles were too simple looking & twangy but I'm thinking otherwise now.
I'd be afraid to mod any guitar. Hmm.. can't we order a Tele with one factory installed? I love this Tele here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGlbmEIoGhg. It doesn't have a blender but its sparkly colors change with the light. Johnny Hiland is awesome btw. |
Edited by - DeFrag on 03/15/2008 04:48:52 |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 06:32:52
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There is quite a list of users on that site, I am surprized by some of the songs on this list. Who Knew?
Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door
Nick Lowe, Labour of Lust
Dave Edmunds, Repeat When Necessary
Gene Parsons, Melodies
Donna Summer, Bad Girls
The Who, Who Are You?
Eagles, Desparado
Linda Ronstadt, Heart Like A Wheel
Albert Lee, Hiding
Doobie Brothers, Minute By Minute
Earl Scruggs, Banjoman
Byrds, Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde
Arlo Guthrie, Runnin' Down The Road
Helen Reddy, Ear Candy
The Everly Brothers, Pass The Chicken and Listen
New Riders of the Purple Sage, Home, Home On The Road
England Dan & John Ford Coley, Nights Are Forever
Kenny Rogers, Tell It All Brother
Ian Matthews, Valley High
Eddie Rabbit, Rocky Mountain Music
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 17:17:59
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Originally posted by DeFrag
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Originally posted by pedals 4 pv
Has anyone tried a tele with a B Bender? If so, is it hard to get the hang of? Also, are these only for telecasters? Can other guitars be modified to use it? I think it only works with the telecaster style bridge, but I can't seem to find much info.
No, but thanks a damn lot.. now I want one! I always wondered about that sound & how to get it.
I always wanted a Strat thinking Teles were too simple looking & twangy but I'm thinking otherwise now.
I'd be afraid to mod any guitar. Hmm.. can't we order a Tele with one factory installed? I love this Tele here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGlbmEIoGhg. It doesn't have a blender but its sparkly colors change with the light. Johnny Hiland is awesome btw.
Yeah now I want one too. These Tele's don't look simple at all. |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 18:55:34
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Originally posted by pedals 4 pv
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Originally posted by DeFrag
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Originally posted by pedals 4 pv
Has anyone tried a tele with a B Bender? If so, is it hard to get the hang of? Also, are these only for telecasters? Can other guitars be modified to use it? I think it only works with the telecaster style bridge, but I can't seem to find much info.
No, but thanks a damn lot.. now I want one! I always wondered about that sound & how to get it.
I always wanted a Strat thinking Teles were too simple looking & twangy but I'm thinking otherwise now.
I'd be afraid to mod any guitar. Hmm.. can't we order a Tele with one factory installed? I love this Tele here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGlbmEIoGhg. It doesn't have a blender but its sparkly colors change with the light. Johnny Hiland is awesome btw.
Yeah now I want one too. These Tele's don't look simple at all.
BE WARNED! Telecasters are addictive! I got my first about just over a year ago, and now I own 4...and already trying to find a way to get #5... |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2008 : 12:42:38
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Metallica's James Hetfield also used a B-bender equipped tele on "the unforgiven 2" from Reload.
He plays the clean parts during the verses with it, those bends in the riff sound really cool. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 20:18:22
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Originally posted by DarrinPA
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-American-Nashville-BBender-Tele-Electric-Guitar?sku=511007X
Can anybody easily explain what it does or how it works.
G.A.S.ing..... pity it's been discontinued..the sunburst with the maple neck and the strat pickup are not doing it any harm either..... you can get a similar effect with your fretting hand,try playing a 7th like a barred A 7th at the fifth fret,play the chord with the volume on the guitar at zero,swell the volume with your right hand(i normally use my little finger) and bend the note your fingering in the chord on the G string down a half tone,i normally pull it down towards the B string...it all has to happen a bit quick so it might take a little practice,with a bit of reverb it can sound great and a little spooky and different...check out jerry donohue for a real expert in string bending..... |
Edited by - FRANZONI on 03/17/2008 20:32:07 |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 03:31:54
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| Squier Teles are priced decently enough that you could probably try it for less than what the Fender would have cost you had they not been discontinued. Then if you don't like it, you could probably flip it and make a profit off it on eBay... |
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DarrinPA
Silver Member
USA
221 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 05:25:51
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Thank you P4P for explaining it. I would have never have figured it out.
It seems interesting to use, but would sound bad for people who jump around while playing. I already have a bad habit of pulling on the neck or pushing down hard to get better leverage while shredding. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 10:32:36
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| I checked out the fender with the pre installed B Bender..it can still be got in europe..it was 1590 euro with free shipping in the internet shop i use in germany,it also got some good reviews on harmony central...... |
Edited by - FRANZONI on 03/18/2008 10:32:48 |
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