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approx 11 years ago i tried everywhere in uk to buy a b bender , i travelled from dorset up to s****horpe to buy a "fender" tele with factory fitted Bbender ! ( a tokaii with new sticker on headstock and cheaply made homemade bender which did not work ) a round trip of 600 miles , also another 400 mile roundtrip up in midlands for another with homemade bodge job done . eventually i contacted PW for info on a installer in uk , and i was told chandlers in london who quoted me approx £550 which i thought for a simple device was quite a lot to pay , so i knocked my own up , i found a picture of one and made it out of alloy first constantly adjusting and trimming it till i got it right then made it out of stainless steel where it has worked perfect for years, never broken a string or lost its tuning . i would still love to have a tele done with a pW original one but to me cost is prohibitive so will just have to dream .anyone else make their own one offs ?
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