duane v Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Since it looks like we are gonna be doing some country shhhstuff as part of the list, I purchased the below twanger. Actually I cant wait to play around with it..... Gotta brush up on my rockabilly finger picking again. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Looks nice. Have you ever used a B Bender? I never have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryNimda Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Wo-ho! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 A unique and fabulous guitar!! Congrats.😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I always wanted to try a B-bender. That's going to be a blast! Guitar looks great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Wow, nice Gibby there! I never seen one of them before. I have to check this one out more! There's no talking you into a Fender is there? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Big Bill said: Wow, nice Gibby there! I never seen one of them before. I have to check this one out more! There's no talking you into a Fender is there? 🤣 LOL.... I'm good with Fender, I just think their USA made instruments are over-priced. And I really don't like Fender amps. For some reason there's a tonal frequency in every Fender amp I have plugged into that makes my teeth hurt. I can't explain it. But I need a guitar that can give me a lap steel effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 9 hours ago, saturn said: Looks nice. Have you ever used a B Bender? I never have. I have..... My pal had a Gretsch Falcon that had this unique Bigsby that had a B-bender. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 I've had two Fender Tele B-benders. To me, they're like 12 string guitars (I've had a few). I like them at first then they set around un-played afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Very nice! I have the exact same guitar in my collection from 2013. They are great guitars, but I'm still not an expert with using the b bender! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) On 6/17/2023 at 3:09 PM, Dave F said: I've had two Fender Tele B-benders. To me, they're like 12 string guitars (I've had a few). I like them at first then they set around un-played afterwards. I saw and heard Albert Lee on "Sweet Li'l Lisa" and after that I had to get one. I went to California to visit friends and buy mine from Gene Parsons in 1980. He got a '67 Tele via Fred Walecki at Westwood Music, and installed one on that. I'm lucky that I still have it 43 years later; at one stage I sold it then had to go and buy it back. The pickups are original though the neck was rewound by Kent Armstrong, It's been refretted twice and the board relacquered during that time. It was my main teaching guitar for a decade. Having a B-bender on a Tele is like having a trem on a Strat IMO. But I agree that like on a 12-string, you really have to put in the time to be able to incorporate it into your playing. In my Strat case in this photo - original case is black tolex and Fender logo with tail Edited July 2, 2023 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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