I install a B-Bender into an american standard telecaster. I walk through all the steps, showing where to be careful, and what pitfalls you can run into.
As a retired machinist and I hear someone say "dead nuts on", I know I'm listening to another machinist. Great video, great precision work. Cheers from Akron, Ohio
Couple suggestions from a 32 year veteran finish carpenter, hand files are a one way tool, you dull them by going forward and backwards. Also, a Forstner bit would be much cleaner than a paddle bit for the initial hole….
Beautiful work. Have been thinking about building a partsTele for years, with a bender. Now you have provided more motivation, and your thoughtful work is a great guide toward success. Thank you sir. There is a reason why so many great Tele players through the decades have used benders btw. My hat is off to those who can hand-bend as smoothly and precisely as a mechanical bender does.
I’m thinking of doing one of my Teles’ for now I do as much as I can with my hands. I’ll definitely keep watching you. I really like the way you do things! ✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
Thank you. If I might nitpick, I’d recommend adding a touch of oil when filing down (by hand) the slot for the B string. Also, I like to drill a 1/8” pilot thru hole before drilling the large hole for the B bender tower. For me, it still makes it easier to drill from both sides with the large drill bit and I don’t have to worry about going too deep and tearing up the back surface.
As we say down South, “dead cajones!” The only question I have is why you don’t use the bender mechanism screw holes to secure your router template? But, hey, I’m not the one who just did an amazing job installing!
Thank you! When I made the template I didn't think to put the bender screw holes on the template. The template holes all end up covered anyway so I didn't think too much about it.
The little piece of "paint" on the neck is where the tightness of the pocket scrapes off clearcoat and the pigmented layer of lacquer.. scratched it down to the primer white layer. Impossible to avoid when your making a tight neck pocket on a pastel opaque finished guitar. No worry.
Excellent video! I have a Tele with this mechanism,i t had been sitting on the case for years, and now when wearing the strap the weight of the guitar makes the b string bend - need to adjust the spring. Any tips on what should be done? A video would be great!!
Thanks! Regarding the spring, adjusting it depends on which type you have. On a Parsons-White bender, the spring is attached to the body with a screw. To tighten it you take the spring off the screw and re-locate the screw further to the back of the guitar. Then re-install the spring. Don't forget to drill a pilot hole for the screw. I find that moving the screw 1/2" is plenty. On a Parsons-Green bender, the spring is attached to a little hook that's bolted to the underside of the bender mechanism plate. To tighten it, you take off the plate (don't forget to remove the b-string), remove the spring, then carefully bend that little hook in to the back of the guitar. With this method you'd probably only get 1/4", but that still may work. Watch out! In both mechanisms, that spring is REALLY STIFF. Be careful when removing and installing it. Wear something over your eyes to prevent that spring from whipping around and daging you in the face when it slips of of your pliers when you're trying to re-install it. Don't ask me how I know...
Because the way he did it didn't work? You're making it overly complicated. There's nothing wrong with measuring and marking. It's a guitar, not a part for a NASA spacecraft.
👍🏼Right On!! Awesome "Dead Nutz" video!! I have an "Aria Pro ii 1-(615)***-**** Tele copy from 1995. Whatz the odds of putting a B Bender on it?? Either way Outstanding Performance🎸Happy Holidaze✌🏼
Nice guitar! It's an American Special though, not a Standard. No micro-tilt neck adjustment and different bridge, jumbo frets, different pickups and a few other different appointments. Great video, thanks!!
At 14:45......Oh sue us! If it wasn't for California you'd be using 8mm film and selling reels of it by mail from an ad on the back of a comic book. We also invented........the B-Bender. You do nice work though.
Hi Ryan, I'm too focused on my pedal company to do many bender installations. This one was for a friend of a friend, so I made an exception in this case. As other folks have noted, there are several guys around that can do it, including Glaser and Gene Parsons. Either one would do a great job.
Thank You. I have a Telecaster ready for paint and I am not sure of the color that I want to paint it. I had chosen Butterscotch Blond but I am starting to like Vintage White. Thank You.
I am sure as accurate as you are, that you could make a good deal of money just copying and selling your pattern jig. I bet that was quite difficult to measure and make.
I made my own, but recently I found that hipshot offers a template. It's not cheap though. hipshotproducts.com/collections/guitar-string-bending/products/parsons-green-routing-template
Hi there, I have a selection of Forstner bits, but prefer a spade bit for this application. I've seen people get blow out with Forstner, twist, and spade alike, so it always pays to be careful. I got that particular bit so long ago I honestly can't remember if it was cheap or expensive. But I do measure the holes that it makes and it is quite accurate :)
Meridian Green, was an opportunist that got her name on this device by signing up a Partnership deal with Gene Parsons her then-husband. This was, for Fender to mass produce B Bender Telecasters on a Clarence White signature model., and also for any custom shop-ordered Telecasters requiring a String Bender. The b Bender or String Bender was invented by Gene Parsons and Clarence White, not Meridian Green, this woman contributed nothing to its design, and it makes me feel sick anytime I see her name associated with it. Thank goodness Gene got short of her a long time ago, I have met the woman, so I am not basing my dislike for her, on that one action, it's on the basis that she is not a nice person, who lacks any endearing qualities
Hi great job, Joe glaser has a new way to install a bender in a tele i dont know if you can buy parts from his shop, but heres a video of the process. czcams.com/video/JLBKjRpRA7U/video.html
I just don't get it. Major surgery on a guitar just because the player can't be bothered to move a finger a quarter inch to bend a string? Someone has too much time and money. Just learn to play the guitar.
I love when people who have absolutely no idea of what they're talking about just have to try to tell everyone else what to do. Have you ever even tried one of these or is your brain so small that if you don't like it then no one else can. God gave you two eyes, two ears and one mouth so you can look and listen twice as much as you speak. You must be real fun at parties telling everyone how great you are.
Hi, er, user-km3hj7ge8m, (am I talking to a bot here?), the kit does not come with a template. It does come with a full sized drawing to make your own. I made mine over 10 years ago. I believe that hipshot sells a lexan template, but it's not cheap.
@@mayflyamp No I'm not a bot... I'm just more creative with my username than you are, but thank you for the info about the template, or lack there of...😶
As a retired machinist and I hear someone say "dead nuts on", I know I'm listening to another machinist. Great video, great precision work. Cheers from Akron, Ohio
THAT'S SO GREAT. SHOP VERNACULAR.
Couple suggestions from a 32 year veteran finish carpenter, hand files are a one way tool, you dull them by going forward and backwards. Also, a Forstner bit would be much cleaner than a paddle bit for the initial hole….
That smile at the end made watching the entire video worthwhile. Great job and thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work. Have been thinking about building a partsTele for years, with a bender. Now you have provided more motivation, and your thoughtful work is a great guide toward success. Thank you sir.
There is a reason why so many great Tele players through the decades have used benders btw. My hat is off to those who can hand-bend as smoothly and precisely as a mechanical bender does.
Great work Trevor.
I laughed out loud about the iPhone incident. :-D
I love the way you work… So careful, so precise. Shellac in the cavity? Amazing! ❤❤❤
I’m thinking of doing one of my Teles’ for now I do as much as I can with my hands. I’ll definitely keep watching you. I really like the way you do things!
✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
Great video! Would love to fit one of these but they are soo expensive to buy!
Thank you. If I might nitpick, I’d recommend adding a touch of oil when filing down (by hand) the slot for the B string. Also, I like to drill a 1/8” pilot thru hole before drilling the large hole for the B bender tower. For me, it still makes it easier to drill from both sides with the large drill bit and I don’t have to worry about going too deep and tearing up the back surface.
Great video!! Thanks!
I'm a new subscriber!
Cheers from Wisconsin Rapids, WI!
Excellent work thanks
That’s great and I love the cheeky smile at the end
great video, I wasn't prepared for the cheese smile at the end tho haha
I couldn't stop looking at your neck support!
If that ain't country I'll kiss your ...
Thanks! Great video.
Parsons Green is people! Actually, by now aren’t there, less intrusive forms of Bea benders that are just as good?
Of course there are palm benders etc but intuitively for me personally these type of units work best and actually from the front view are less obvious
Maybe you could make the screw holes for the template match the ones you'll need for the bender itself. Eliminate a step.
Great video! Subscribed...
Wow a HP15C calculator! I still use an 11C. you can't beat PRN
Where can one purchase this amazing device? Great video!
Hi there, the unit is made by HipShot and is available on their website. They also have a bunch of dealers; the one I got it from was Sport HiTech.
As we say down South, “dead cajones!” The only question I have is why you don’t use the bender mechanism screw holes to secure your router template? But, hey, I’m not the one who just did an amazing job installing!
Thank you! When I made the template I didn't think to put the bender screw holes on the template. The template holes all end up covered anyway so I didn't think too much about it.
The little piece of "paint" on the neck is where the tightness of the pocket scrapes off clearcoat and the pigmented layer of lacquer.. scratched it down to the primer white layer. Impossible to avoid when your making a tight neck pocket on a pastel opaque finished guitar. No worry.
Excellent video! I have a Tele with this mechanism,i t had been sitting on the case for years, and now when wearing the strap the weight of the guitar makes the b string bend - need to adjust the spring. Any tips on what should be done? A video would be great!!
Thanks! Regarding the spring, adjusting it depends on which type you have. On a Parsons-White bender, the spring is attached to the body with a screw. To tighten it you take the spring off the screw and re-locate the screw further to the back of the guitar. Then re-install the spring. Don't forget to drill a pilot hole for the screw. I find that moving the screw 1/2" is plenty.
On a Parsons-Green bender, the spring is attached to a little hook that's bolted to the underside of the bender mechanism plate. To tighten it, you take off the plate (don't forget to remove the b-string), remove the spring, then carefully bend that little hook in to the back of the guitar. With this method you'd probably only get 1/4", but that still may work.
Watch out! In both mechanisms, that spring is REALLY STIFF. Be careful when removing and installing it. Wear something over your eyes to prevent that spring from whipping around and daging you in the face when it slips of of your pliers when you're trying to re-install it. Don't ask me how I know...
For very accurate lining up of the b string use a laser level, very accurate & inexpensive 👍
I use string.
Because the way he did it didn't work? You're making it overly complicated. There's nothing wrong with measuring and marking. It's a guitar, not a part for a NASA spacecraft.
👍🏼Right On!! Awesome "Dead Nutz" video!! I have an "Aria Pro ii 1-(615)***-**** Tele copy from 1995. Whatz the odds of putting a B Bender on it?? Either way Outstanding Performance🎸Happy Holidaze✌🏼
Nice guitar! It's an American Special though, not a Standard. No micro-tilt neck adjustment and different bridge, jumbo frets, different pickups and a few other different appointments. Great video, thanks!!
At 14:45......Oh sue us! If it wasn't for California you'd be using 8mm film and selling reels of it by mail from an ad on the back of a comic book. We also invented........the B-Bender. You do nice work though.
What do you charge for this ?
Hi Ryan, I'm too focused on my pedal company to do many bender installations. This one was for a friend of a friend, so I made an exception in this case. As other folks have noted, there are several guys around that can do it, including Glaser and Gene Parsons. Either one would do a great job.
Where do u fine a ROUTE TEMPLATE for the bender system
Hi there, I made my own. Hipshot does sell a template for this kit, but you might not like the price.
Not a job for the meek. Great job. Is that a Butterscotch Blond?
Yea I think so. The guitar is no longer here though so I can't check. (the happy owner is playing it)
Looks like what Fender calls Vintage White, I have a American Performer Telecaster that color.
Thank You. I have a Telecaster ready for paint and I am not sure of the color that I want to paint it. I had chosen Butterscotch Blond but I am starting to like Vintage White. Thank You.
Does this add to the over all weight of the guitar.?
short answer is no. enough material is removed to compensate for the extra weight of the mechanism.
I am sure as accurate as you are, that you could make a good deal of money just copying and selling your pattern jig. I bet that was quite difficult to measure and make.
Where can I get that critical plexi template?
I made my own, but recently I found that hipshot offers a template. It's not cheap though.
hipshotproducts.com/collections/guitar-string-bending/products/parsons-green-routing-template
try using a Forstner Bit instead of that cheap inaccurate spade bit. you will not have to worry about "blow-out
Hi there, I have a selection of Forstner bits, but prefer a spade bit for this application. I've seen people get blow out with Forstner, twist, and spade alike, so it always pays to be careful. I got that particular bit so long ago I honestly can't remember if it was cheap or expensive. But I do measure the holes that it makes and it is quite accurate :)
Would this work on a lp?
Nope - it's a completely different body shape and bridge setup. The parsons / Green bender is just for telecasters.
Meridian Green, was an opportunist that got her name on this device by signing up a Partnership deal with Gene Parsons her then-husband. This was, for Fender to mass produce B Bender Telecasters on a Clarence White signature model., and also for any custom shop-ordered Telecasters requiring a String Bender. The b Bender or String Bender was invented by Gene Parsons and Clarence White, not Meridian Green, this woman contributed nothing to its design, and it makes me feel sick anytime I see her name associated with it. Thank goodness Gene got short of her a long time ago, I have met the woman, so I am not basing my dislike for her, on that one action, it's on the basis that she is not a nice person, who lacks any endearing qualities
Inlay.
Hi great job, Joe glaser has a new way to install a bender in a tele i dont know if you can buy parts from his shop, but heres a video of the process.
czcams.com/video/JLBKjRpRA7U/video.html
i watched the Glaser Method too, two completely different processes and zen method ..the Parsons version was the original from the early 70's.
kinda useless and weird imo
Marty Stuart gives a good example of the use of a b bender.
I just don't get it. Major surgery on a guitar just because the player can't be bothered to move a finger a quarter inch to bend a string? Someone has too much time and money. Just learn to play the guitar.
How do you bend a string when it's involved with a chord. Can that be practical?
I love when people who have absolutely no idea of what they're talking about just have to try to tell everyone else what to do. Have you ever even tried one of these or is your brain so small that if you don't like it then no one else can. God gave you two eyes, two ears and one mouth so you can look and listen twice as much as you speak. You must be real fun at parties telling everyone how great you are.
Ding!! Fries are Done!! whats the bell for again🤪
If you wanna play open chords all of the time, you don't need it.
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Question: when you order one of these bender kits, do they come with a routing template for the back channel or is that a template you made? Thanks
Hi, er, user-km3hj7ge8m, (am I talking to a bot here?), the kit does not come with a template. It does come with a full sized drawing to make your own. I made mine over 10 years ago. I believe that hipshot sells a lexan template, but it's not cheap.
@@mayflyamp No I'm not a bot... I'm just more creative with my username than you are, but thank you for the info about the template, or lack there of...😶