Jackson Distortion
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Why have I never heard of this mechanism before in all of my guitar playing years? I feel like all guitars should have 'benders' put in them!
Mind-blown: Country Guitar Content
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Re: Mind-blown: Country Guitar Content
With a thick enough G and jumbo frets, you can almost get by without one!
With a thick enough G and jumbo frets, you can almost get by without one!
Powdered Toast Man
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Re: Mind-blown: Country Guitar Content
Ronnie Wood has been using a B-bender regularly since the 70's.
Ronnie Wood has been using a B-bender regularly since the 70's.
blueman335
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blueman335
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Re: Mind-blown: Country Guitar Content
Not as big a selling point as you may have hoped.
Not as big a selling point as you may have hoped.
DreX
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Re: Mind-blown: Country Guitar Content
He says "it's something you can kinda use when you get stuck"... to me, the that's the problem; not so much the tool as what the tool is used for, which itself incredibly limited compared to a whammy bar, or even that switch that instantly puts a guitar into drop D. He's describing a crutch, basically, and so it is that I've come to associate b-benders with being the mother of all country music guitar solo cliches.
He says "it's something you can kinda use when you get stuck"... to me, the that's the problem; not so much the tool as what the tool is used for, which itself incredibly limited compared to a whammy bar, or even that switch that instantly puts a guitar into drop D. He's describing a crutch, basically, and so it is that I've come to associate b-benders with being the mother of all country music guitar solo cliches.
Edgecrusher
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Re: Mind-blown: Country Guitar Content
Holy cripes the arrogance... yeah dude Brad Paisley needs a crutch... whatever...
Holy cripes the arrogance... yeah dude Brad Paisley needs a crutch... whatever...
Matt42
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I don't really see it as a crutch. I think it's a unique tool which can give a creative guitar player additional ways to express himself. I also don't think it's fair to associate it with a whammy bar or the drop D switch, it's a totally different animal. It's meant to imitate a pedal steel, and I personally think it does a good job of that, and adds quite a lot when used skillfully.
I don't really see it as a crutch. I think it's a unique tool which can give a creative guitar player additional ways to express himself. I also don't think it's fair to associate it with a whammy bar or the drop D switch, it's a totally different animal. It's meant to imitate a pedal steel, and I personally think it does a good job of that, and adds quite a lot when used skillfully.
DreX
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I agree. I want to hear more "adds quite a lot when used skillfully" and less "it's something you can kinda use when you get stuck".
I agree. I want to hear more "adds quite a lot when used skillfully" and less "it's something you can kinda use when you get stuck".
DankStar
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Apparently! Wow, I never knew. I thought he was just a purty face all this time.
Apparently! Wow, I never knew. I thought he was just a purty face all this time.
