For all you multi-bender types...

Here is a link I recently ran across that is somewhere between CLARENCE and a DUESENBERG.

Apparently this thing is made in Europe as there is very little info about it on the net here in the USA.

Thought you might enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALAYxUpZC8

pretty neat! it looks kinda like the old phil baugh thing more than anything else... I wonder what it costs?

that guy can play beautifully... what a great world where people figure this kinda stuff out!

Looks very nicely made. Something bothers me though...maybe it's his nerves recording the "demo"...dunno; but the whole thing seems very "stiff". It's like the music was calculated on a machine and played with about that much emotion. The *gadget* works fine, but), and this is my usual complaint about "new" benders) it's "pull"/"release"...there's no music in the *middle*; it's an on-off switch. But mainly it's hard to get too excited when the player seems completely bored by the whole thing.

There's no fire...or emotion. Heck, I'd settle for a little over-the-top showoff stuff. But it's just...boring.

When Gene talked to Clarence about putting pedals on his tele, his response was basically - if I wanted a pedal steel guitar, I'd play a pedal steel guitar. I think this device is a classic example.

I too found the playing boring. After 30 seconds, it all sounded the same. The on off effect without anything in the middle is really bland. IMHO, the purpose of a tele bender is to add fluidity to your playing. Not to be a pedal steel.

Jim, I wonder if one of us pedal steelers played it, if it would sound less on or off. After all, you and I know that "gettin' there is half the fun!"

Don't be too hard on the guy...he did crack a smile a couple of times! I agree with Silverface, it did look well crafted and very solid.

from what i see it is the same animal as the McKenzie system i have gathering dust out in the garage that i bought from a fellow forum member several years ago....nifty, well crafted unit, works flawlessly, no complaints other than i always felt i was "tied" to the thing and a PITA to hook up and take apart... my feet were both pretty much totally occupied operating bass and tonality pedals for my Solton MS40 (MIDI drum, bass, rythym machine) when i played out so i had no foot available to use it; if i had 3 feet, then heck yeah, it would be the cat's butt...for recording, it was just fine, but not for playing in my 2 piece gig........but, as far as the bender in the video....nuthin' new to be seen there, in my opinion...they've been around in one form or another for a long time....i personally thought the guy was a pretty decent player....

I' ve never tried it BUT I'd love too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like a very cool system.

2 thumbs up.

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And that bender seems to work great. It looks like he's got pullers on the first three strings. I wonder if you could get one with more pulls, Phil Baugh had six on his guitar.

As far as on/off, I didn't hear any of that, it was very nice and smooth. I especially liked his use of the slide. Did you notice his left hand positioning when playing slide? That's why a P/W bender is virtually useless for slide playing. My favorite bender for slide is a Bigsby Palm Pedal but a standard HipShot comes in a very close almost equal second.

Is the player the manufacturer of the device? I think I'd like to have more info on it as it's a pretty cool looking device and seems fairly well made.....JH in Va.

I did a search, and couldn't find anything else.

Cool device and sweet playing! The guy looked and sounded bored to me too and the second piece he played with the distortion and cheesey backing tracks was just awful.

The on off effect without anything in the middle is really bland

the purpose of a tele bender is to add fluidity to your playing

Mike Breen is a classic example of how to really use a bender in the same style of the above link. These tracks are anything but boring and are done on a traditional tele B Bender.

Honky Tonk #22

http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/mikebreen3-02.m3u

Stillness Of A Snowy Night

http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/mikebreen3-09.m3u