New B-Bender (HipShot) Strat.............

Well, I finally finished up the Strat I just got recently. It's a hardtail with Suhr pickups and sounds great. I installed a HipShot that I recently purchased over at the Steel Guitar Forum. Also, I've had the top (always in the way) volume control removed and it just has a master volume and tone control which work on all three pickups. Also I've had a mini toggle switch installed between the knobs which if I switch it on when the 5-way is in the neck or neck/middle slots it'll add the bridge pickup so I can get all the combinations. Also, I put a graphite bridge piece for the B string. This is a great sounding and easy playing guitar so now with the HipShot it's finally "giggable". I plan on using it tommorrow night as my only guitar (along with the pedal steel) at a gig.

I'd like to somehow in the future figure out a way to get a Parsons/Green bender in this guitar, is that possible? If so, I'd like to do it, if not the HipShot'll have to do. This makes two Strats I have with HipShots, I have two others but no plans for benders on either of those yet. Here are some shots of the "new" Strat and one of both of the H/S Strats together.....JH in Va.

...I'd like to somehow in the future figure out a way to get a Parsons/Green bender in this guitar, is that possible?...

Lookin' good Jerry. The only way I could imagine you could do that is to chop off the top horn of the body, where the strap button is. If you did that and rounded it like the top of a tele, I would think a P/G would go right in. Might look a little odd though.:rolleyes:

I think that the lever which the strap attaches to on a Parsons/Green bender is bent around the front of the guitar so that the strap button is in it's usual place. I think one of those could probably have that lever "straightened" out instead of having the angle in it. That way, the strap button could be attached from the rear of the guitar. It'd be like the external pulling lever on the McEwan "Slingshot" bender.......JH in Va.

J, Bob Warford does his B&H bender/s in Strats, check his site.

https://secure.centurytel.net/musiconeworkshop/images/bbenderstratbs.jpg

Music One Workshop in Montana has a couple of photos of benders instlalled in Strats but they haven't changed their web site in a couple years, not sure if they're still in business.

http://www.musiconeworkshop.com/

I e-mailed music one this morning and just received this reply from Larry Miletich:

The bender system for strat is a Parsons/White G bender modified to work on a strat. You can see the G lanyard that attaches to the belt loop of your jeans. It uses the strap button on the butt end of the guitar and the strap button for the strap is relocated a few inches . Pull back on the neck and it pulls the B string. Your at $1100 installed complete. These are not a production run system. ILL have your guitar for 3-4 weeks. Larry