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Ormond · October 31st, 2009, 10:19 PM

Wonder if I could:

1. Drill a hole in the back of bridgeplate at the G string (would be next to the B hole) so the G string could go through the bottom surface of the bridge.

2. Imbed a small, rounded and smooth metal spindle (post) into the wood of the guitar mid-way between the round hole where the string comes through the top of the guitar and the hole in the bridge below the G string.

3. String the B string in the bridge as a normal B string would be on a regular guitar (not through the bender mechanism

4. Run the G string through the bender mechanism, divert the string around the spindle mechanism and up into the new hole in the bridge.

5. Replace the G saddle h the B saddle which has the open end. B string now uses the G string saddle.

Now, when I engage the bender it should pull the G. right? It would be puling it around the spindle but I think it would it pull clean?

this way I could always go back to the B bender setup by exchaning out the saddles again and not going around the spindle.

Anyone ever done this? I am sure someone must have.

Groovey Records · October 31st, 2009, 10:38 PM

TTT

Ormond · October 31st, 2009, 10:41 PM

TTT?
WWTM. (what would that mean?)

Ormond · November 1st, 2009, 03:13 AM

Bump due to late night curiosity about TTT - - or is that the center of a Tele nut with three strings showing? Don't go Dan Brown on me.

jmiles · November 1st, 2009, 01:09 PM

"WWTM. (what would that mean?)"
To The Top, but I prefer "BUTT" (Bump Up To Top.)

Chet Johnson · November 1st, 2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ormond

Wonder if I could:

1. Drill a hole in the back of bridgeplate at the G string (would be next to the B hole) so the G string could go through the bottom surface of the bridge.

2. Imbed a small, rounded and smooth metal spindle (post) into the wood of the guitar mid-way between the round hole where the string comes through the top of the guitar and the hole in the bridge below the G string.

3. String the B string in the bridge as a normal B string would be on a regular guitar (not through the bender mechanism

4. Run the G string through the bender mechanism, divert the string around the spindle mechanism and up into the new hole in the bridge.

5. Replace the G saddle h the B saddle which has the open end. B string now uses the G string saddle.

Now, when I engage the bender it should pull the G. right? It would be puling it around the spindle but I think it would it pull clean?

this way I could always go back to the B bender setup by exchaning out the saddles again and not going around the spindle.

Anyone ever done this? I am sure someone must have.

I can't find the old post, but there's a guy on here (in the UK I think) that did something like that.

BrianF · November 1st, 2009, 05:52 PM

Anything that you do that lengthens the string between the bender tower itself and a bridge saddle will affect the bent pitch of the note. The best way to do what you want would be to actually move the bender tower over on the pg back plate so that it poisitioned for the g string instead of b string. Then what need to do is shorten the connecting rod by the correct amount. That would mean that you would need a new body to drill out though. I guess not much help

Dogbear · November 1st, 2009, 10:28 PM

Here is the G Bender conversion link......

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/b-bender-...-g-string.html

Ormond · November 1st, 2009, 11:16 PM

Oh....Wow....thanks tons!~ However, I already have the one big hole in mine so I will not be able to do what that member did.

October 31st, 2009, 10:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ormond Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: san bernardino Age: 59 Posts: 569	Turning a P/Green Bender into a G Bender Wonder if I could: 1. Drill a hole in the back of bridgeplate at the G string (would be next to the B hole) so the G string could go through the bottom surface of the bridge. 2. Imbed a small, rounded and smooth metal spindle (post) into the wood of the guitar mid-way between the round hole where the string comes through the top of the guitar and the hole in the bridge below the G string. 3. String the B string in the bridge as a normal B string would be on a regular guitar (not through the bender mechanism 4. Run the G string through the bender mechanism, divert the string around the spindle mechanism and up into the new hole in the bridge. 5. Replace the G saddle h the B saddle which has the open end. B string now uses the G string saddle. Now, when I engage the bender it should pull the G. right? It would be puling it around the spindle but I think it would it pull clean? this way I could always go back to the B bender setup by exchaning out the saddles again and not going around the spindle. Anyone ever done this? I am sure someone must have.

October 31st, 2009, 10:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Groovey Records Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Desolation Row Posts: 1,407	TTT __________________ Yeah but you should of heard what I was trying to play-Thelonius Monk EnJoY ThE MuSiC GrooVey RecOrds

November 1st, 2009, 10:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dogbear Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 267 21 Photos	Here is the G Bender conversion link...... http://www.tdpri.com/forum/b-bender-...-g-string.html __________________ "Sweet is the melody, so hard to come by. It's so hard to make every note bend just right." Iris Dement

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October 31st, 2009, 10:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ormond Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: san bernardino Age: 59 Posts: 569	TTT? WWTM. (what would that mean?)

November 1st, 2009, 03:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ormond Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: san bernardino Age: 59 Posts: 569	Bump due to late night curiosity about TTT - - or is that the center of a Tele nut with three strings showing? Don't go Dan Brown on me.

November 1st, 2009, 01:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
jmiles Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 234	"WWTM. (what would that mean?)" To The Top, but I prefer "BUTT" (Bump Up To Top.)

November 1st, 2009, 05:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
BrianF Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Carlsbad, Ca Posts: 2,333 7 Photos	Anything that you do that lengthens the string between the bender tower itself and a bridge saddle will affect the bent pitch of the note. The best way to do what you want would be to actually move the bender tower over on the pg back plate so that it poisitioned for the g string instead of b string. Then what need to do is shorten the connecting rod by the correct amount. That would mean that you would need a new body to drill out though. I guess not much help

November 1st, 2009, 11:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ormond Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: san bernardino Age: 59 Posts: 569	Oh....Wow....thanks tons!~ However, I already have the one big hole in mine so I will not be able to do what that member did.

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