Country Guitar Lesson: B-Bender (String Bender)
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Hi and welcome to this country guitar lesson on the B-bender guitar also known as string bender.
In this video I explain a little bit what the B-bender is, how it works and a couple of simple licks to get you started with it.
In the video I mention a video where Gene Parson talks about the history and creation of the B-Bender. Here's the link: • Video
For more info regarding the B-bender (makers, songs, etc) go to my website: www.dariocortes...
In the last performance you'll hear my the B-bender going slightly out of tune... I know it, I can hear it.. unluckily that's not much I could do so please go easy on me. Some benders have that problem.. and mine is one of them! I hope you can still enjoy it...
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Dario
I just got a B bender from Matney USA and it works great ! Nice lesson, dude.
I very much like the enthusiasm you bring to your videos. Makes leaning something new and difficult more fun. I enjoy your playing and teaching very much. Thank you!
I have been using a ( B ) Bender for probably 45 years…..! I have a Custom built Joe Glaser ( B ) Bender I have had for over 30 years…❤️❤️ I also have your exact guitar …! The same color too…, probably different pick ups, but nevertheless exact same” Parsons Green Frnder Bender “ …! I purchased it simply in case something were to happen to my Joe Glaser , I would not be lost on stage….😳😳😳👍🏻 For me using my ( B ) Bender becomes second nature after a while ….! You get to know where you can use it and where you can’t….! Many years ago I saw a Ray Flack video of him demonstrating a ( Hip Shot ) This was around 78 or 79….! I used a ( Hip Shot ) ,with a “Hip Pull ( B ) “ a Palm ( G ) Bender ,and a Drop Low ( E to D ) trigger …., while I was touring on the road for about five years…! I then met a good friend Johnny Alford , Who had just got a job working for Joe Glaser in Nashville…! Johnny told me before he left for Nashville that I needed to let him and Joe build me a Custom ( B ) Bender Guitar ….!!! So I agreed on my channel the Jeff Galey channel this weekend I am going to put a couple videos of my red Binder guitar….! It now looks like it has been run over by a burning tank but those are all battle scars after all the guitar is about 37 years old, or Older…!!! It still plays fantastic and sounds wonderful…! I want to compliment you on your fine video most people who get a B bender want a relatively simple introduction so they can play a couple licks this way they don’t get frustrated and just sell their guitar….! This is how I ended up with my Nashville special, Frnder Bender …! A student of mine fell in love with the ( B ) Bender sound, and found it was harder to use on stage then what he thought…!!! I kept bothering him till he sold it to me…! It had already had the pick ups Hot Rodded…! It is a great guitar but my old red Joe Glaser is sooooo, Freakin Light with its Alder Body , I end up playing it all the time…! Once again “ You Do “ , have a very good video for beginners your friend Professor Jeff Galey, ( The Jeff GALEY Channel )
dario sei davvero un grande !!! mi hai fatto appassionare al country con il tuo sito ed il tuo playng
GRAZIE DI CUORE!!!!!!!!
Many thanks for a great video demo - loved the playing.
Hello there - my friend has just given me his B Bender Tele in return for some help I gave him a few years back. Your video is great and has already given me lots of ideas and insights. I have been a teacher for almost 30 years (art and design) and I am happy to tell you - you are obviously a gifted player, but you are also a fantastic teacher. You have a really nice tone as a player and a person. Many thanks and best wishes from England!
What an incredible video! Had so much fun watching it and you are wonderfully informative. Beautiful playing and some cool jams, dude. I'll be watching all your stuff. I just wanted to see someone use the b bender so I'd know what it was. This video gave me that and so much more. Keep up the great work and the fine skills.
Great explanation Dario. Its the first site that actually shows the back of the guitar and the roller near the bridge. THANKS! Also, congrats on the great picking technique and licks that you played at the end. You are a Nashville picker, no matter where you are living. :)
Gene Parsons did my Tele in 1986 but I never mastered it like you did. Excellent playing!
Hadn't heard of these before. Saw one installed in a guitar, for sale online and was curios what they did. Excellent clear video lesson! Nice job and thanks!
Thanks - just bought a b-bender and I really like your examples and you explain it so well.
Grandisssimooooooo! Sei eccezionale Dario... Tanta stima per il tuo lavoro e la tua passione per il Country :)
So cool I have always wondered what that was
Great job man! My B-Bender is due to arrive on 5/31/14 and I'm ready to get started with some of your lessons. Thanks for your time, keep up the good work! Rex
I have a very early Parsons-White B-bender guitar. I love my B-bender. It really adds lots to the guitar.
It's just something I came up with... Glad you like it! :)
Learned something new today… always thought it was done by regular bending…yet couldn't do it… now i know….Thanks.
Thanks for your creativity and input on this subject--I have a Strat with a Glaser B bender and no whammy--I haven't had trouble breaking strings just intonation problems when standing and playing
I love it - lots of fun. Play more tunes please.
dunno about it being a lesson, Dario, but as an exhibition of the technological marvel that is the B-bender i thought this was much better than most. well thought out, and sectioned fantastically with sign-posts and separating interludes. i like the two tunes you played at the end but, of the two, the one that floors me is the first one - the solo piece. just beautiful!
whatever this was, did i enjoy it? hell yeh!
thank you! :)
Hi Dario, after watching your vidéo , i decided to by a fender B bender telecaster. So now , i got one ! the sound is fantastic, especially when you put some reverb on ! !!! thank 's
Thank you for the informative vid Dario, you are one hell of great guitar player, and I always enjoy watching your videos! I finally got to see how a B Bender works thank to this one. Now I gotta go get one!
I enjoy your videos.
Make a lot of sense to me !
Keep it up and thank you very much !
Some beautiful playing there maestro
That was exactly the type of vid I was looking for. Thanks!
Great video,great teacher and great player too!
Thanks for the lesson.
Great playing! I did not know what a bender was thanks for the info!!! Great tool. Keep rocking, I enjoyed this video!!!
amazing sound at 6:15
Thanks for the vid! Lotta "B bender " vids but not many describing what it is! Cheers!
I love the slow pice you did. thanks for the inspiration. best wishes.
Two thumbs up ! Bravissimo !
What a cool vid... and great playing!!
Haha the little looks at the end crack me up!!! Amazing!
Ciao Dario, bel video interessante e divertente, saluti dalla Sardegna!
Great lesson and explanation. Thanks!
Amazing.. I too have been schooled. Thank you
Hey. Nice technique!
...and good explanation of the B bender.
Excellent lesson . Thankyou
Thanks for the info. Learned a lot! :-)
Dario, I love the "...this is the little thingy to tune the b-bended" @ 1:05 \m/.
Fantastic demo! Thank you!
Nice Lesson.....well explained thanks
i love this guy man! hes Great!
great video dario! thanks so much for posting
Great lesson! Thank you!
Man ... i loved your vids !!
The song with deep reverb at 6:20 is amazing.
God bless you and keep it !!! (Sry my bad english)
OK I need a Tele equipped with a B-bender! Nice video, loved your demo!
great lesson and playing thank you
Cool. At 6:14 you do a great chord section before the country picking.What chords are they ?
I know this is a old post but I wish you could transcribe that last example fast country lick.. I figured most of it but when you go off towards the end it's like put the guitar down time lol But, I'm still determine to figure it out. You make it look so easy but hell no it's isn't.
Great stuff Dario. Thanks
Dario - you are a very good guitar player. Do you play in a country band? France? Italy?
Great video, congrats!
Very interesting. A new "toy" I'll have to save my $ for-LOL! Does the B-string break more often than on a regular guitar?
great review, thanks dario!
That was awesome!
@johnnysalvny No really but it depends how much you're gonna use it. When I got my first B-Bender gtr I spent like a week just using the B-Bender (like a mad man). I broke a lot of B strings!
great vid again!
very useful video. well done!
Thanks for this video man!
***** What pickups are you using? the neck pickup looks different
My fender bender I bought new in 2011 just like yours..
Grazie compatriota
Precious Dario!
great vid, lookin forward to getting my own setup :-)
so u can have a b bender & g bender installed at the same time?
Awesome guitarist, plus you talk like a Die Hard villain. A++
awesome!! greets from Russia)))
Fantastisk
Fantastisk.
Can someone explain to me, why don't you just use the regular bending technique instead of using the string bender? :)
Does the B string go out of tune faster?
Seeing the preview I thought it was Tom Morello :D
Nice nashville tele ;)
What do people think about Marty S. adding the E bender and other stuff to Clarence White's original Tele? I was shocked that Marty would do this. I don't believe in putting any instrument in a glass case -if it can be played it should be; but when I saw how much Marty had done to the guitar it made me uncomfortable. Marty could have MUCH easier made a new tele to do the same thing. After all, the modern b string bender is a far better mechanical work.
can a b bender or b bender g bender be used with a capo?
Yes
I GUESS YOU COULD ACTUALLY CALL IT A FENDER BENDER !
haha... yes indeed! LOL... great sounds that you can do with it.. if you know how to use it...
lol! clever. but it begs the question, what is a Gender bender if there r no strings attached?
its really "twin peaksish".
thanks for the lesson.
Model of pickups please???
you sound french or something like that, where are you from?
song at 6:15?
you can see when James Hetfield uses it on the video of Metallica - The Unforgiven II :)
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To my ears he sounds German. And the reason for using a "B Bender" instead of bending with your finger is ease and fluidity of bending a whole note and avoiding excess string brushing. Plus it just sounds different, by far, trust me.
"I think it's really awesome." lol
Es la guitarra de mi novio
Can't get past that accent.. Waiting for him to say "Za Nude"
This guy clearly doesn't know the other use of the word.