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Old June 5th, 2009, 02:25 PM   #11 (permalink)
bender-freak
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: springfield, missouri
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Originally Posted by asatfan View Post
Having a bender feels like I've got a little trick up my sleeve..... "tasteless and grossly overused bender licks".....I don't know about "tasteless" but, I'm quite sure I'm guilty of using the "grossly overused" licks! As b-f says, the learning never stops. If you want to listen to something to aspire to, take a listen to telesavant's stuff. Quite amazing player, that one.
telesavant is EXACtly who popped into my mind when i saw/read that graph....i really doubt anyone has/will hit the absolute limit with bending; too many different options available, too many different styles/approaches...the hack that i consider myself to be, i have four different bending systems in addition to my fav, the Hipshot..they all do different things and require a somewhat different technique from each other....

back to the original topic, to me NOT having a bender on a tele, les paul, 335, strat; whatever would be like trying to play with only 4 or 5 strings..."bending" is part of what i do and enjoy....
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