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B-bender tuning issues

renotele
April 22nd, 2012, 11:05 PM
I have a Fender American Standard Telecaster with a factory-installed Parsons-Green b-bender. The bender works fine mechanically and is easy to tune, but I'm having a strange problem. When I use the bender a lot, the saddle for the b string gets progressively lower (closer to the bridge plate), so that eventually I have to use the height adjusting screws to bring it back into position, then retune the string. I have the factory 6-saddle Tele bridge, currently with a stainless saddle with a Graph Tech insert for the second string. Has anyone else had this problem?

gumbo
April 23rd, 2012, 07:26 AM
..a drop of nail polish on the threads of the adjusting screws, before you set them to your chosen height..???
:idea:

telex76
April 23rd, 2012, 11:24 AM
..a drop of nail polish on the threads of the adjusting screws, before you set them to your chosen height..???
:idea:

+1. that or the non-permanent type of lock-tite.

You can have that problem even without a bender.

renotele
April 23rd, 2012, 07:34 PM
Good suggestions, thanks.

True, the same thing can happen with a lot of manual bending.