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Topic: B string benders???? |
Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 25 Dec 2024 4:25 am |
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Happy Christmas, Tony!
I too enjoy my bender for movement within chords. The single note stuff can be absorbing, but enhancing chords is even more so for me.
And yes: the movement goes both ways so don't ignore the 'release' options.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 25 Dec 2024 1:26 pm
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
Happy Christmas, Tony!
I too enjoy my bender for movement within chords. The single note stuff can be absorbing, but enhancing chords is even more so for me.
And yes: the movement goes both ways so don't ignore the 'release' options. |
Merry Christmas Roger, I pray you are well.
Funny side note true story. Years back a friend and his wife were over for dinner. Pat, my friend, is also a multi-instrumentalist, including guitar.
I picked up my Fender B Bender, he immediately said, "OH - its got a Cheater on it " referring to the B Puller. So, I started playing triads and pulling/releasing the B inside the triads. He looked at me and said , "Hey- wait a minute, stop- what was that " ? I said and showed him pulling the B and releasing it inside triads. He took the guitar from me and wouldn't put it down, we had to yell at him to come eat dinner ! 
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders , Eastman Mandolin ,
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
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Bruce Moore
From:
California, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2025 8:33 am Buckaroo
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| One of my favorite guitarist who played a B-bender Tele was Clarence White. Here is an example of his various licks -live in San Francisco in 1969 (I wish I had been there). Listening to this makes me smile, laugh and tear up, just hearing how good he was when he went all in. This is humbling, with so many different skills being applied by both hands and the bender - this would be a worthy study if someone wanted to try - please post if you do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWSIfk30o-A |
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Lee Rider
From:
Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2025 10:03 am Re: Buckaroo
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| Bruce Moore wrote: |
| One of my favorite guitarist who played a B-bender Tele was Clarence White. Here is an example of his various licks -live in San Francisco in 1969 (I wish I had been there). Listening to this makes me smile, laugh and tear up, just hearing how good he was when he went all in. This is humbling, with so many different skills being applied by both hands and the bender - this would be a worthy study if someone wanted to try - please post if you do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWSIfk30o-A |
Clarence was amazing! I play music just about every week with Gene Parsons who did the first StringBender for Clarence and played in the Byrds with him. Gene said Clarence almost never played a lead the same way twice, often times heading into the weeds so thick that Gene did not think he could come out on the other end but he always did.
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Bowman SD10 push pull 3x5, Modified Hudson PedalBro, Sarno Tonic preamp, Evans FET 500. with Altec 418B, Standel Custom 15, '67 Showman with D-130F in cabinet, Ganz Straight Ahead, custom Wolfe 6 string dobro, '52 Gibson Century 6. |
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