B-Bending Forum...How neat!

Hey this is cool..a BBending forum. I had totally forgotten one was here. Hey, you guys!
John Beland
www.johnbeland.com
www.myspace.com/flyingb56

Here's an article in the latest issue of Premium Guitar (http://digital.premierguitar.com/premierguitar/200805/?folio=50) about the B Bender. Enjoy.

Hey great,thanks for the link!

Heya John ! good to see ya checkin' in btw...

as a complete beginner with benders (i've got a G & B Timara w/stringdrop) i really appreciate all the help i can get, so it's really good to see guys such as yourself and Will Ray (and many more too) hangin' 'roun' !
Thanx,
rob

Hey John, welcome back! You'll dig the guys in here... Don, Rick, Brian, Benderfreak, Jerry Hayes etc... guys who dig the bender and love the music....

Yea, very cool here. I was shocked to see Dave Evans name pop up! He built my first BBender when I was with Linda Ronstadt. I remember his bbenders because the bender was rectangle. In fact, I had myname engraved on it.
Some guy in Texas now owns it. Seems he found it at Bob Woods Music in OK. The thing is, it was originally stolen and I hadnt seen it in 30 years. The guy wanted a fortune for it! I just said "enjoy."
Good to see this forum..very cool.
JB
www.johnbeland.com

John, I'm very glad to see you back on the forum :grin: ... I've really been missing you ...

Please visit the Tele forum with some new, great stories from days gone by :wink: .

on ebay a while back? Do you know who ever got it and how much it went for?......... Great to have you on the Forum......JH in Va. (formerly of SoCal)

Yes..It was purchased by, of all people, Gunnar Nelson, Rick's son. Who would not sell it back to me for under $25,000.00 saying that he was a businessman and collector.
It threw me for loop, to say the least. Whats left to say? I guess he plans to make a nice return on his investment.
I told him "adios."
JB
www.johnbeland.com

Thanks, its great to be here!
JB
ps..
I'm more than happy with my present Tele BBender. At least it's out there making music and not shoved in a collectors closet or under a bed. Life goes on..

Isn't that a pathetic turn? Bet his Dad would beat his ass fer that were he still with us

A shame

Sargeslide

was pretty beat up and had a lot of "character" and was a player's guitar for sure. What was some of the history on it?........JH in Va.

a 56 Tele with a 76 Parsons-White Bbender.
Signed by RICK NELSON, JAMES BURTON, THE JORDANAIRS, BOBBY NEIL, CHET ATKINS, FREDDY WELLER, MARIA HOLLY, RAY PRICE, DICKIE BETTS, THE DIRT BAND, THE BELLAMY BOS, PAUL COTTON, MERLE TRAVIS, ROGER McGUINN and others.
Pickups were Seymore Duncan.
Originally owned by LarryMurray, of the Hearts & Flowers. First played by myself in 1970.
Used on manyrecords including the Bellamy's COWBOY BEAT, HARD WAY TO MAKE AN EASY LIVING, CROSSFIRE, SHE DONT KNOW THAT SHE'S PERFECT, as well as all the Burrito Bros hit singles from 80 on. Also on RICK NELSONS MEMPHIS SESSIONS, KIM CARNES "ROMANCE DANCE" and the original demo ( with Garth) on FIENDS IN LOW PLACES. Much more history.
Used behind Rick Nelson on 1979 Saturday Night Live.
In every instance, always played by me. So it goes...

Sure miss it. Hope Gunnar Nelson makes a million bucks on it.

Sure miss it. Hope Gunnar Nelson makes a million bucks on it.

i hope he'll give 'er a kiss from me.....
THANX John, for all the GREAT music !