B-Bender design with Sketchup? Make it virtually first!

[woodrowman]

I use Google Sketchup for some work.

I found a decent Telecaster Model that is free/easy to download.

If anyone has new/better/easier/cheaper bender ideas, this would be the way to do it!

Here is google sketchup (free)

And here is the Fender Tele Model

I was thinking of a cable puller, so very little routing would need to be done.

Or, a through the strap puller that actuates something like the hipshot. That way, you have the P/G action with the ease of installation of the hipshot.

Additionally, it would be nice to choose different strings to bend on the fly!

Anyhow, if anyone has any great ideas, you can manipulate the model and reload it to the sketchup database!

Thanks!

[Ormond]

Thanks, but not quite understanding.....

[woodrowman]

Well, google sketchup is a 3D modeling program that is relatively easy to learn.

Since people are interested in B-benders, this program would allow someone to mock up a potential new idea/improvement virtually.

Thus, new b-bender would be build in 3D on the computer to share and compare.

[Ormond]

Ahhhh....OK. got it!

[woodrowman]

Does anyone here use Sketchup? Its free and great!

[ledet]

I used it for a school project about architecture. I got some very nice results, actually! Cool program.

I'm not sure I understand your idea about the B-bender though.

[woodrowman]

Basically, there are a variety of different B-bender designs out there. Some of them seem to use way too much metal to accomplish a simple task. I assumed that people on this board had better bender ideas. With sketchup, you could build your bender idea in 3-d and get feedback from others in this forum about the design.

It would be easier this way for those of us who don't have the ability to fabricate in metal easily!

[CptRyg]

I'd be interested to see any progress on this.

[woodrowman]

I have toyed around with the idea of designing something that could easily switch from G to B string.

A little lever would be flipped which changed which string was pulled, for example.

[Honga Man]

Originally Posted by woodrowman

I have toyed around with the idea of designing something that could easily switch from G to B string.

A little lever would be flipped which changed which string was pulled, for example.

Let's forget, for a minute, that you can have a Hipshot bender with a hip-operated B-Bender and a palm-operated G-Bender. I wonder if there's room to squeeze two hip-levers next to each other. You then just move the bar from one lever to the other to change which string was bent.

[woodrowman]

That would be very cool.

Just need to mock it up in sketchup.

[cjstcustom]

Well, it's been 2 years. Any progress?