B&W Benders for Telecaster

William Fusfield · Post by **William Fusfield** » 26 Feb 2021 12:05 pm

I assume this Tele, from this thread - viewtopic.php?t=241403 - with the two B&W benders is long gone, but I am definitely looking for something like it. Anyone know where I might find one?

Thanks,
WDF

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 26 Feb 2021 5:13 pm

B&W Benders is back in business again. I had a B&W double bender installed in my Nashville tele.

William Fusfield · Post by **William Fusfield** » 1 Mar 2021 1:56 pm

How does B&W manage to put in two benders without having to take the back off of the unit like all the other guys do? Strikes me as pretty amazing! I think I will go with them since they are light and the price is right.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 1 Mar 2021 3:11 pm

The pics on my web site show a lot of the details. The Glaser bender uses similar techniques.

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Fender%20Ben ... ender.html

William Fusfield · Post by **William Fusfield** » 1 Mar 2021 5:00 pm

Some great pictures and music you have there, my man!! So if B&W are still doing mods I guess I will need to check out their website next!! Thanks for all the interesting materials!!

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 3 Mar 2021 6:16 am

William Fusfield wrote:How does B&W manage to put in two benders without having to take the back off of the unit like all the other guys do? Strikes me as pretty amazing! I think I will go with them since they are light and the price is right.

Well, it depends on which system you want installed. Glaser, McVay, Kirkpatrick , B&W etc route under the pickguard and bridge assy then out to the neck plate where the levers are attached. The lever for the B is pulled UP by the strap, the other lever for the G is pulled OUT by another strap attached to your belt or something. The pull rods are under the pickup cavity out of sight. They are all quite nice but the saddles are where any differences are, protected by patents.

I don't know of anyone who takes the back off, other than the Parsons/Green they do route the body for install. They are NOT lesser guitars with the routing installations. RE: Parsons White, Parsons Green ( Fender) , Forrest Lee JR, D Matney, Evans custom etc...

You can even get a rear body mount on system , B or B+G SLINGSHOT from Paul McEwen. It mounts to the the 4 neck plate screws and is an excellent operational system.

It all just depends on what you want. A single PULL Install should be no more than $ 700 these days.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 3 Mar 2021 7:53 am

Since this is now a discussion about B&W Benders and benders in general, I split this discussion from the old defunct For Sale thread. Carry on.

Dale Foreman · Post by **Dale Foreman** » 3 Mar 2021 3:52 pm

Look up Forest Lee Jr. he has benders and makes fine guitars!

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 24 Sep 2023 6:49 pm

Highly recommend B&W Benders. I had them do a B bender in my paisley tele, and it plays and sounds great.

Some noodling:

https://www.facebook.com/jimfog/videos/ ... 4754615230