How does the B Bender work?
You bend the G string (the normal way, with your fingers) up a full tone and simultaneously “pull” the B string up a full tone. Or one bend can go up as the other goes down, resulting in contrapuntal bending notes. [Note: There also are G-benders, not to mention double-benders, that could bend that G for you.]
Does Fender still make B benders?
A three-pickup version of this two-pickup model was introduced in 1998. Fender released a version of the instrument — the aforementioned B-Bender Telecaster — appeared in 2000, but it is no longer in the Fender line.
Who made the B Bender?
A B-Bender is a guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up by as much as a minor third (three frets). A whole step bend (two frets) is most common….B-Bender.
| Other instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Guitar accessory |
| Inventor(s) | Gene Parsons and Clarence White |
| Developed | 1968 |
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Does Brad Paisley use AB bender?
He’s a B-bending guitarist who collects B-bender-equipped guitars.
Who invented the string bender?
The original Parsons/White bender, as invented by Clarence White and Gene Parsons. The face of this guitar is one of the most recognizable in all of country music.
Who made string bending popular?
guitarist B.B. King
Legendary blues guitarist B.B. King is thought by many to be the most influential guitarist of all time. He introduced solo techniques such as string bending and the “butterfly” vibrato that would help define the rock and roll guitar sound.
Why do guitarists bend strings?
String-bending allows exploration of microtonality and can be used to give a distinctive vocal articulation to lead guitar passages.
What is a B-Bender?
The B-Bender was invented in 1968 by musicians Gene Parsons and Clarence White of Nashville West and The Byrds. The device was originally called the Parsons/White Pull-String, later renamed the StringBender, and is now best known as the B-Bender.
Why did Jimi White choose the B string bender?
Early prototypes developed by Parsons (a machinist as well as a drummer) included multiple bending devices for the E, B, G and D strings, but guitarist White decided he preferred a single B string bender in the final design. The B string is bent up a full tone by pulling the guitar neck down.
What is the Parsons/White Pull-String?
Their device was called the Parsons/White Pull-String, and it was designed to fit White’s 1954 Telecaster (White was killed by a drunk driver in 1973; his guitar with the prototype bender mechanism is now owned by Marty Stuart, who has played it often).
What is a back-plate B-Bender?
To answer the demand for StringBender-equipped guitars Gene Parsons and Meridian Green designed a new “Back-plate mounted” B-Bender which is licensed to Fender. This StringBender product is manufactured by Fender with the same commitment to quality, durability and musicality that is the hallmark of all StringBender and Fender products.