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Rick Towne · April 25th, 2009, 02:29 AM

After seeing this guy Will Ray and the Gila Monsters at the Palomino in 1989, I tracked down Dave Borisoff at his old Van Nuys shop and got my first Hipshot in 1990. No problem putting it on a lefty '89 G&L ASAT. I then searched for a lefty Parsons installer; when that search failed, I read about Joe Glaser, and got a Glaser b bender on the ASAT in 1992 ($400; took about three months). Played that guitar at the Greek Theatre that summer. I still have it after about ten different pickup configurations.

The next one was a Glaser double bender in a '92 ASAT Classic ($800; took 11 months as the first lefty double). I still have it with the same pickup configuration since 1996: notched bridge, Duncan JD bridge and SSL-1 middle and neck. Glaser used a Gotoh bridge, as he usually does. In 2006 Bill Bores put a stock G&L ashtray on it. I've played probably 800 church services (aka gigs) and about 50 other evnts and things (TDPRI CWF and G&L Factory Jams) with this one. It's well broken in.

Next is the Zion '50 now with a Warmouth neck. I found Music One Workshop in Calispell, MT to do a Parsons-White short throw in 2002 (two weeks $900). Brian Friend did a long throw modification in 2007.

Finally, I got another '92 ASAT Classic Leo Fender signature model into which Bill put a Parsons-White (five months $550) in 2006. Same pickup setup as the other G&L Classic. I take the G&L's in a double gig bag everywhere.

My suggestion: Since Glaser is impossibly slow now, and Bill has apparently had problems recently, and I have no experience with McVay, get Brian Friend to put a P-W long throw in your favorite Tele-style and spend some time at the Clarence White Forum.

The Glaser/McVay saddle-bender style and Parsons style are just different; neither is better, and both can be used for the short or long throw style lick.

April 25th, 2009, 02:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
Rick Towne Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 861	My lefty bender history.... After seeing this guy Will Ray and the Gila Monsters at the Palomino in 1989, I tracked down Dave Borisoff at his old Van Nuys shop and got my first Hipshot in 1990. No problem putting it on a lefty '89 G&L ASAT. I then searched for a lefty Parsons installer; when that search failed, I read about Joe Glaser, and got a Glaser b bender on the ASAT in 1992 ($400; took about three months). Played that guitar at the Greek Theatre that summer. I still have it after about ten different pickup configurations. The next one was a Glaser double bender in a '92 ASAT Classic ($800; took 11 months as the first lefty double). I still have it with the same pickup configuration since 1996: notched bridge, Duncan JD bridge and SSL-1 middle and neck. Glaser used a Gotoh bridge, as he usually does. In 2006 Bill Bores put a stock G&L ashtray on it. I've played probably 800 church services (aka gigs) and about 50 other evnts and things (TDPRI CWF and G&L Factory Jams) with this one. It's well broken in. Next is the Zion '50 now with a Warmouth neck. I found Music One Workshop in Calispell, MT to do a Parsons-White short throw in 2002 (two weeks $900). Brian Friend did a long throw modification in 2007. Finally, I got another '92 ASAT Classic Leo Fender signature model into which Bill put a Parsons-White (five months $550) in 2006. Same pickup setup as the other G&L Classic. I take the G&L's in a double gig bag everywhere. My suggestion: Since Glaser is impossibly slow now, and Bill has apparently had problems recently, and I have no experience with McVay, get Brian Friend to put a P-W long throw in your favorite Tele-style and spend some time at the Clarence White Forum. The Glaser/McVay saddle-bender style and Parsons style are just different; neither is better, and both can be used for the short or long throw style lick.