P/W Bender in a 69 Thinline RI?

Big Smokey · July 17th, 2008, 08:41 AM

Hey BrianF and all Bender installation experts,
Can a P/W style Bender be installed into a 69 Thinline RI Body? Is there enough wood in there to make it happen?

I have seen a PW Bender installed into a 72 Thinline RI so I am assuming that it can be done....

Thanks in advance.

Dogbear · July 17th, 2008, 06:59 PM

I asked Brian the same question a couple of months ago and he said that he had not done one, but that Gene had. Brian installed a P/G Aluminum bender in his Thinline.

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/b-bender-...nder-tele.html

http://www.bbenderguitars.com/images...minumPGBender/

BrianF · July 17th, 2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogbear

I asked Brian the same question a couple of months ago and he said that he had not done one, but that Gene had. Brian installed a P/G Aluminum bender in his Thinline.

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/b-bender-...nder-tele.html

http://www.bbenderguitars.com/images...minumPGBender/

Actually it was Bill Bores (not Gene...that I know of) that has installed a PW style Bender in a Thinline...

bendecaster · July 21st, 2008, 09:10 PM

Oh yeah!! Bill Bores will put a bender in anything, and do a real nice job too! I'm a very satisfied customer(can you tell?)!

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