re: #171 Barefoot Grin

I’d love to try a bender someday. I think Jason Victor was using one to get the pedal steel sounds for Matthew Sweet when I saw them a couple of months ago. It sounded great.

I don’t have the ‘real’ bender (the Parsons-White one where they rout out the guitar body to install it), I’ve got the one made by Hipshot, developed by Will Ray from the Hellacasters. It’s pretty cool, in that it installs with one screw (through the back strap button) and besides that it’s a completely un-invasive install. I’ve had it on three of my T-bodies since I got it. :)

I belong to a Tele forum where Will Ray is a member, and he was kind enough to guide me through getting it set up and gave me a lot of tips to make it work better.

Here’s Will doing a demo. He’s a lot better at using it than I am.

Will Ray Model Hipshot B-Bender