Charlie McVay Mod Awesome

[Chet Johnson]

I promised that I'd get pics of this guitar up.

I originally played the hybrid bender ( Bill Bores Parsons style B and Saddle G bender) guitar for sevral months at home before trying it on a gig.

Bill's Lanyard saddle bender has no assist spring, only string tension for the return. In addition to the touchiness that this lack of tension caused, the G bender would often stick sharp, not fully returning to pitch.
I lubed and took it apart several times trying to find the intermittent problem.

I fooled with it and had it to where I believed it to be dependale, taking the guitar to a gig as my only guitar. The G beder stuck AGAIN, about a half step SHARP! That song was a trainwreck, and I had to relase the string tension and adjusmet for the stop all over again just to get it useable for the next song. A total pain, and embarrasment.


I sent the guitar to Charlie Mcvay for a modification. He installed a Tension adjustable return assist spring on the G Bender.

It is INCREDIBLE the difference with the modification Charlie McVay made for me. I aready knew that his quality of his own bender was over the top, but this adds worlds to his stature. I was hugely pleased with his openness to work on a bender oter than his own.

Thank you Charlie!