newbie needs help please

Hi and hello from rainy England. I just got my first tele with a bender (standard fender with factory installed bender0 problem is the weight of the guitar when standing causes accidental bends.. what would i have to do to remedy this ? change the spring on the mechanism?. that seems a bit daunting. Any suggestions very welcome.
Sylvius

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The following link may address your concern;
"StringBender is being actuated unintentionally"
http://www.stringbender.com/bender/fbbtec.php

I've had two of those fender b Benders. I agree with the weight vs. Tension issue. There is no adjustment on the tension.

The best remedy is to remove the outside ring of pickguard screws that hold the bender to the guitar. Then remove the spring and cur a couple of loops off of the spring. I prefer to cut off 3 loops and bend one over to hook the spring up again. This tension allows for a stiff bender that is easy enough to use, but not so accidentally with every move you make.

Happy bending.

I didn't know the Parsons/Green didn't have a tension adjustment.

I thought some guys used cable ties to pull 3 rings together?

When I first got mine I was making accidental bends but it's a different guitar and I found I can't handle it like a standard Tele. Shortening the spring might be enough to help, but you'll will have learn to hold it differently

I've had two of those fender b Benders. I agree with the weight vs. Tension issue. There is no adjustment on the tension.

The best remedy is to remove the outside ring of pickguard screws that hold the bender to the guitar. Then remove the spring and cur a couple of loops off of the spring. I prefer to cut off 3 loops and bend one over to hook the spring up again. This tension allows for a stiff bender that is easy enough to use, but not so accidentally with every move you make.

Happy bending.

did that ..man was that mother hard to cut.. now it creaks like an old hoes bed..any suggestions

Verify that the creaks are the spring and not the saddle. Dry Teflon ( I use Finish Line Ceramic Wax) is recommend for the saddle and nut. I use it on the top of the bender tower as well on my P/G. I've seen posts and believed it that the internal spring and mechanism was making noise and we've found it was just the saddle.

Also stick a piece of foam cut to fit inside the spring, from end-to-end (or use the yellow plastic netting commonly wrapped around springs). Helps with the noise - but the dry Teflon should be used as well. Put it on every moving part (including where springs are attached).

I didn't know the Parsons/Green didn't have a tension adjustment.

the Evans Pull String was, as far as I'm aware, the first bender with a fully-adjustable spring tension. Now other installers add similar features to their benders.

With Parsons Whites for years we used to move the location of the spring attachment screw on the body. One of mine had about 8 or 9 different screw holes from different playing situations and spring changes.