Beebender Roll-Call! - Page 2

Big Smokey · October 16th, 2003, 02:08 AM

Joe,
You can play some cool stuff on a bender, though I think that it is no true substitute for a good E9th Steel. With only one string bending you are more limited, but it is still a whole load of fun! I think that my PSG playing influences my bender tele playing and vice versa. Some PSG experience will help as you know about pedal type movement and the theories behind oblique bends. On the whole, the two playing experiences are very complimentary...
Your new Marlen is quite a work of art! I hope to read a full report tomorrow on the Steel Guitar Forum.

owb3 · October 16th, 2003, 03:27 AM

Thanks! Come to think of it, looks a lot like yours!

Hmmm -- all these teles with strat neck pickups -- CW spoken here . . .

Baard · October 16th, 2003, 04:22 AM

Those are my two bender teles. hipshot type. Great to use. But I´ve never tried the other stuff.

Baard

roger · October 16th, 2003, 09:50 AM

Great to see all the Posts. I was on 10-15-03 and didn't get a chance to. Mine is a Crook Tele with a USAG Alder body and Bi-Lam Fatback neck. Lawrence 290 in Bridge, 280 in middle and a Lace Adder in the neck position. I've got a McVay B Bender on the strap and a G bender on the belt loop strap thing. I swear I only tune those benders once a year if I remember too.
I'm not able to post licks but if you can tune in 1170 am on Saturday nights (Jamboree USA) you'll hear lots of bender licks as I can't leave the darn things alone. The show is broadcast omni-directionally until sundown then it goes directionally NorthEast. The show covers 18 states and the eastern half of Canada. Some nights there's enough clams to feed a family of four. The theatre is big enough I get to crank up the Maz Sr. Too Much Fun!!!

ironweed · October 16th, 2003, 11:12 AM

Joe, I saw the pics of that Marlen, too. Beautiful color scheme. I'm jealous.

The b-bender is functionally the same as the A-pedal on an E9th steel. It gives you that "extra finger" that you are sometimes looking for when you play a Tele, and lets you mimic a lot of standard E9th licks...especially when you mix it with manual bends of the 3rd string the way you might use the B-pedal or C-pedal.

shuggie1 · October 16th, 2003, 11:16 AM

Heres one pic at least.
I'm starting to figure this pic thing out.
Youll have to click the link,it's the best I can do for now.
http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL39/1...2/35661723.jpg

shuggie1 · October 16th, 2003, 11:20 AM

http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL39/1...2/35661699.jpg

Big Smokey · October 16th, 2003, 12:13 PM

The Actionman · October 16th, 2003, 01:10 PM

I have also not taken the time to figure out how to post a pic, but will have to now that I have seen allof yours and feel left out! Mine's a sunburst/antique pearloid guard '99 Am.Nashville with the P/G B-bender factory installed. I have no idea if it's long or short throw but am ready to discuss more and figure this thang out...

As stated above, I have not really begun to figure this contraption out yet, but this forum looks to have some great and knowledgable folks posting that might help me and other wanna-benders out. I'm excited and proud to be part of this segment of the TDPRI and look forward to talking Bender here with you good folks!

I again, want to thank El Supremo (Paul) for this addition to the TDPRI - muchos gracias, senior! :D

shuggie1 · October 16th, 2003, 03:05 PM

Heres the back

and the peg's

Rick Towne · October 16th, 2003, 04:10 PM

When did Clarence put all those stickers on James Burton's guitar?

And what does a McVay bender look like?

I'd also like to see a Bill Bores steelbender guitar compared to a Glaser installation.

And those are just the opening demands. I'd like better health benefits too and equal justice for those of us on the left. Have you noticed that the Fox Network never books lefties? Please no flames, except on the guitar cases, for those of you who may have visited the Telemodders site.

JohnnyAtomic · October 16th, 2003, 05:07 PM

a bores steelbender, looks like a really really well installed parson. whereas a glaser is a completely different design. although bill makes a glaser clone too, just not called a steelbender he has another name for it.

rick, here's a great japanese site you can look at w/ lots of examples of various benders. run it through a translating web site like yahoo bablefish or whatever to read the text.
http://www.mitene.or.jp/~dolphy/Bender/stringbn.htm

Silverface · October 16th, 2003, 05:44 PM

Quote:

a translating web site like yahoo bablefish or whatever to read the text.

Any sugested translation links? I can't find anything about Yahoo bablefish, or anything else on Yahoo that does translation.

I've seen this Japanese site before - they have my pics of Warford's bender on there somewhere - but I can't navigate it without translation...

Rick Towne · October 16th, 2003, 05:57 PM

but it's very helpful to see the Shelton set up, which is even more economical than the Glaser with the pin and saddles apparatus hated by all guitar techs. The Hutto deal would be fine for an acouctic, and you could dry your laundry on it as well. Did they have one in "Mighty Wind"?

Silverface · October 16th, 2003, 06:57 PM

I've thought the Hutto looked interesting for acoustic...or maybe on a Les Paul (seriously).

Anyone have any experience with it?

BrianF · October 16th, 2003, 09:04 PM

What B-Bender pic thread would be complete with out a pic of the king of country rock and bender guitar...Clarence White himself!!! twang on Clarence!!!

shuggie1 · October 17th, 2003, 12:20 AM

Heres my ugly old Bremer Tele.
Ya cant see it to well,
but it has EMG's and a P/W bender.

Shuggie

The Actionman · October 17th, 2003, 11:18 AM

...does that shirt and guitar use Shuggie???

shuggie1 · October 17th, 2003, 11:30 AM

Any ole' lantern battery will do.

rcrecelius · October 21st, 2003, 09:11 AM

I got me a couple of bender geetars.
94 Am Std with Glaser B-Bender and a guitar built be Bill Bores with Parsons style B-bender.
I used to have an Am Std Double B&G Glaser bender but I sold it to Bill Bores.
In the last couple years, I havent been playing the Benders much. I have a G&L ASAT Classic that sounds SOOOO good its hard to play anything else.

John Floyd · November 19th, 2003, 07:45 AM

Long Neck
Just Joined this Forum
Have an American Deluxe Nashville Tele with the Parsons-Green Bender, Duncan Quarter Pound Pickups and a Moses Baritone Neck Conversion to a 28 5/8" Scale.
Have no Pic's yet but will post them later
John

Moses Baritone Neck Conversion

Teleologist · November 19th, 2003, 08:53 AM

Mine's a Glaser vintage bridge B-Bender in a Custom Shop blackguard Tele - 10/56 neck, SD Vintage Stack bridge PUP & SD '59 SH-1 Zebra neck PUP.

The Glaser vintage bridge version is similar to the one on Paisley's original Tele, but being a B-Bender it retains the normal E/A & D/G saddles and uses a heavy brass Elite-type saddle for the plain E string. I don't have a way to post a Pic either right now, but I do have closup pics of the bridge, back, end, etc. I made for someone who wanted to see one of these up close.

TeleTubby · November 19th, 2003, 02:39 PM

...late for the party, as usual, but then that's why they never ask me to bring the beer.

Have two benders at the moment, but not pics- I'll get some up ASAP. I have Beland's old '54, '56 neck, P/W B-bender #0021, prototype Dimarzios pickups, and all the history and tone that 49 years of playing can pack into it. Also have my Crook tangerine paisley, 100 year old one piece pine body, Warmoth boatneck, Stringpull long-stroke B-bender, currently with a SD Antiquities neck and ZanVandt bridge pickup, with all the history and tone I've played into it in the last 10 months- ok, most of it came installed! And I live just off of Bender Road- how cool is that?

pepeunidos · January 21st, 2004, 03:21 PM

Howdy y'all -

I gots a B-bender as well... there's a guy down Tacoma way that machines his own design - it's a pinky actuated bender (the gentleman's name who designed it is Linn Collins). It replaces the bridge with a special one that has a pinky pull on the B-String (of course) --- as soon as I get a picture of it, I'll post it.

Rock!

Jorge

October 16th, 2003, 02:08 AM	#41 (permalink)
Big Smokey Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 544	Howdy Joe! Joe, You can play some cool stuff on a bender, though I think that it is no true substitute for a good E9th Steel. With only one string bending you are more limited, but it is still a whole load of fun! I think that my PSG playing influences my bender tele playing and vice versa. Some PSG experience will help as you know about pedal type movement and the theories behind oblique bends. On the whole, the two playing experiences are very complimentary... Your new Marlen is quite a work of art! I hope to read a full report tomorrow on the Steel Guitar Forum. __________________ www.bigsmokey.com

October 16th, 2003, 03:27 AM	#42 (permalink)
owb3 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 88	Hey, BrianF . . . Thanks! Come to think of it, looks a lot like yours! Hmmm -- all these teles with strat neck pickups -- CW spoken here . . . __________________ . . . late of Pablo Fanque's Fair, what a scene.

October 16th, 2003, 04:22 AM	#43 (permalink)
Baard Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 668	The black sheep of benders... Those are my two bender teles. hipshot type. Great to use. But I´ve never tried the other stuff. Baard

October 16th, 2003, 09:50 AM	#44 (permalink)
roger Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 149	My Two Cents Great to see all the Posts. I was on 10-15-03 and didn't get a chance to. Mine is a Crook Tele with a USAG Alder body and Bi-Lam Fatback neck. Lawrence 290 in Bridge, 280 in middle and a Lace Adder in the neck position. I've got a McVay B Bender on the strap and a G bender on the belt loop strap thing. I swear I only tune those benders once a year if I remember too. I'm not able to post licks but if you can tune in 1170 am on Saturday nights (Jamboree USA) you'll hear lots of bender licks as I can't leave the darn things alone. The show is broadcast omni-directionally until sundown then it goes directionally NorthEast. The show covers 18 states and the eastern half of Canada. Some nights there's enough clams to feed a family of four. The theatre is big enough I get to crank up the Maz Sr. Too Much Fun!!!

October 16th, 2003, 11:16 AM	#46 (permalink)
shuggie1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 319	Heres Mine Heres one pic at least. I'm starting to figure this pic thing out. Youll have to click the link,it's the best I can do for now. http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL39/1...2/35661723.jpg

October 16th, 2003, 11:12 AM	#45 (permalink)
ironweed Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: mid-missouri Posts: 134	Joe, I saw the pics of that Marlen, too. Beautiful color scheme. I'm jealous. The b-bender is functionally the same as the A-pedal on an E9th steel. It gives you that "extra finger" that you are sometimes looking for when you play a Tele, and lets you mimic a lot of standard E9th licks...especially when you mix it with manual bends of the 3rd string the way you might use the B-pedal or C-pedal.

October 16th, 2003, 11:20 AM	#47 (permalink)
shuggie1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 319	Heres The Backside http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL39/1...2/35661699.jpg

October 16th, 2003, 12:13 PM	#48 (permalink)
Big Smokey Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 544	Shuggie's Bender... __________________ www.bigsmokey.com

October 16th, 2003, 01:10 PM	#49 (permalink)
The Actionman Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Beautiful North Georgia! Posts: 434	Bender-Mania has arrived!!! I have also not taken the time to figure out how to post a pic, but will have to now that I have seen allof yours and feel left out! Mine's a sunburst/antique pearloid guard '99 Am.Nashville with the P/G B-bender factory installed. I have no idea if it's long or short throw but am ready to discuss more and figure this thang out... As stated above, I have not really begun to figure this contraption out yet, but this forum looks to have some great and knowledgable folks posting that might help me and other wanna-benders out. I'm excited and proud to be part of this segment of the TDPRI and look forward to talking Bender here with you good folks! I again, want to thank El Supremo (Paul) for this addition to the TDPRI - muchos gracias, senior! :D __________________ Twang on!

October 16th, 2003, 03:05 PM	#50 (permalink)
shuggie1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 319	Ok,now that I fingerd it out Heres the back and the peg's

October 16th, 2003, 04:10 PM	#51 (permalink)
Rick Towne Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 819	Bender-mania indeed...... When did Clarence put all those stickers on James Burton's guitar? And what does a McVay bender look like? I'd also like to see a Bill Bores steelbender guitar compared to a Glaser installation. And those are just the opening demands. I'd like better health benefits too and equal justice for those of us on the left. Have you noticed that the Fox Network never books lefties? Please no flames, except on the guitar cases, for those of you who may have visited the Telemodders site.

October 16th, 2003, 05:07 PM	#52 (permalink)
JohnnyAtomic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 1,338	a bores steelbender, looks like a really really well installed parson. whereas a glaser is a completely different design. although bill makes a glaser clone too, just not called a steelbender he has another name for it. rick, here's a great japanese site you can look at w/ lots of examples of various benders. run it through a translating web site like yahoo bablefish or whatever to read the text. http://www.mitene.or.jp/~dolphy/Bender/stringbn.htm __________________ flaming hamper of rock! www.myspace.com/johnnyatomicmusic

October 16th, 2003, 05:57 PM	#54 (permalink)
Rick Towne Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 819	Jim, it's guitars speaking in tongues... but it's very helpful to see the Shelton set up, which is even more economical than the Glaser with the pin and saddles apparatus hated by all guitar techs. The Hutto deal would be fine for an acouctic, and you could dry your laundry on it as well. Did they have one in "Mighty Wind"?

October 16th, 2003, 06:57 PM	#55 (permalink)
Silverface Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hermosa Beach CA Age: 56 Posts: 1,924	I've thought the Hutto looked interesting for acoustic...or maybe on a Les Paul (seriously). Anyone have any experience with it? __________________ “No Chops – Great Tone” ©

October 16th, 2003, 09:04 PM	#56 (permalink)
BrianF Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Carlsbad, Ca Posts: 2,155 7 Photos	Clarence White with his P/W proto #1 1st B-Bender!!! What B-Bender pic thread would be complete with out a pic of the king of country rock and bender guitar...Clarence White himself!!! twang on Clarence!!!

October 17th, 2003, 12:20 AM	#57 (permalink)
shuggie1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 319	Someone asked bout' Bremer Teles Earlier Heres my ugly old Bremer Tele. Ya cant see it to well, but it has EMG's and a P/W bender. Shuggie

October 17th, 2003, 11:18 AM	#58 (permalink)
The Actionman Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Beautiful North Georgia! Posts: 434	What size batteries... ...does that shirt and guitar use Shuggie??? __________________ Twang on!

October 17th, 2003, 11:30 AM	#59 (permalink)
shuggie1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 319	A Bit Loud,Eh????????? Any ole' lantern battery will do.

October 21st, 2003, 09:11 AM	#60 (permalink)
rcrecelius Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Rio Vista,Texas Age: 41 Posts: 644	I got me a couple of bender geetars. 94 Am Std with Glaser B-Bender and a guitar built be Bill Bores with Parsons style B-bender. I used to have an Am Std Double B&G Glaser bender but I sold it to Bill Bores. In the last couple years, I havent been playing the Benders much. I have a G&L ASAT Classic that sounds SOOOO good its hard to play anything else.

November 19th, 2003, 07:45 AM	#61 (permalink)
John Floyd NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South Mills, NC Posts: 2	Long Neck Just Joined this Forum Have an American Deluxe Nashville Tele with the Parsons-Green Bender, Duncan Quarter Pound Pickups and a Moses Baritone Neck Conversion to a 28 5/8" Scale. Have no Pic's yet but will post them later John Moses Baritone Neck Conversion __________________ John

November 19th, 2003, 08:53 AM	#62 (permalink)
Teleologist Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 382	Lots of P/Ws so.... Mine's a Glaser vintage bridge B-Bender in a Custom Shop blackguard Tele - 10/56 neck, SD Vintage Stack bridge PUP & SD '59 SH-1 Zebra neck PUP. The Glaser vintage bridge version is similar to the one on Paisley's original Tele, but being a B-Bender it retains the normal E/A & D/G saddles and uses a heavy brass Elite-type saddle for the plain E string. I don't have a way to post a Pic either right now, but I do have closup pics of the bridge, back, end, etc. I made for someone who wanted to see one of these up close. __________________ Keep on Twangin'

November 19th, 2003, 02:39 PM	#63 (permalink)
TeleTubby Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lynden, WA Posts: 451	Checkin' in... ...late for the party, as usual, but then that's why they never ask me to bring the beer. Have two benders at the moment, but not pics- I'll get some up ASAP. I have Beland's old '54, '56 neck, P/W B-bender #0021, prototype Dimarzios pickups, and all the history and tone that 49 years of playing can pack into it. Also have my Crook tangerine paisley, 100 year old one piece pine body, Warmoth boatneck, Stringpull long-stroke B-bender, currently with a SD Antiquities neck and ZanVandt bridge pickup, with all the history and tone I've played into it in the last 10 months- ok, most of it came installed! And I live just off of Bender Road- how cool is that? __________________ "Bless my cotton socks, I'm in the news..." Saint Julian, circa 1980.

January 21st, 2004, 03:21 PM	#64 (permalink)
pepeunidos TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 37	I Gots One! Howdy y'all - I gots a B-bender as well... there's a guy down Tacoma way that machines his own design - it's a pinky actuated bender (the gentleman's name who designed it is Linn Collins). It replaces the bridge with a special one that has a pinky pull on the B-String (of course) --- as soon as I get a picture of it, I'll post it. Rock! Jorge