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Charlie McVay · April 28th, 2009, 10:38 AM

I've installed a couple lefty's and it's a little puzzling, upside down and backwards. It requires more thinking than I'm capable of.

Thanks Chet Johnson for all the kind words.......I will help any players out regardless of what kind of benders they use.

Rick, my bender is night and day to the Glaser even though they appear similar on the outside, but its all good regardless of choice.

I totally agree with Brian F and Tim Wallis. We do it for the love of it.

I wish I could make my bender with all my fixtures and jigs to install it for $300.00 including labor. I don't own a router, I use my milling machine.
If benders were so easy and cheap to build everybody would be building them.
There is only a hand full of bender makers out there and we all have to stick together.The bender market is such a small and grey area in the guitar market, 90% of the guitar players I've talked to over the years don't even know what a bender is.

Steel guitar is my main instrument and I used to build steel guitars years ago with old machines. I know a lot of the builders out there using CNC machines and they do it for the love of it. It's not all about the money, or else we would all be out of bussiness. Thats why I have a full time day job.

Charlie McVay

April 28th, 2009, 10:38 AM	#23 (permalink)
Charlie McVay VENDOR TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 16	I've installed a couple lefty's and it's a little puzzling, upside down and backwards. It requires more thinking than I'm capable of. Thanks Chet Johnson for all the kind words.......I will help any players out regardless of what kind of benders they use. Rick, my bender is night and day to the Glaser even though they appear similar on the outside, but its all good regardless of choice. I totally agree with Brian F and Tim Wallis. We do it for the love of it. I wish I could make my bender with all my fixtures and jigs to install it for $300.00 including labor. I don't own a router, I use my milling machine. If benders were so easy and cheap to build everybody would be building them. There is only a hand full of bender makers out there and we all have to stick together.The bender market is such a small and grey area in the guitar market, 90% of the guitar players I've talked to over the years don't even know what a bender is. Steel guitar is my main instrument and I used to build steel guitars years ago with old machines. I know a lot of the builders out there using CNC machines and they do it for the love of it. It's not all about the money, or else we would all be out of bussiness. Thats why I have a full time day job. Charlie McVay Last edited by Charlie McVay; April 28th, 2009 at 02:44 PM.