How did it take me so long to discover this? 

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I remember seeing Rob Scallon’s b bender guitar and always thought how cool it’ll be on a few more strings. Sounds super great but does seem to take a while to get over the learning curve

Now combine it with a chordinero for the ultimate test of finding something that's probably never been done before

Your versatility as a player continues to baffle my mind dude. The compositions you throw together to just review a piece of gear are great. The effort does not go unnoticed.

The potential for midwest emo riffs with this thing is insane

"Gradually, I drifted off to sleep, pranging ducks on the wing and getting off spectacular hip shots." - Adult Ralphie, A Christmas Story (1983.)

I never ever was a country fan, but after picking up guitar, I have a deep appreciation for lots of it. There are some seriously world class guitar players in country music!

Being able to jump into a drop tuning with a flip of a lever sounds so convenient lol It's not hard to just tune down a step but it's still cool that a concept like this exists.

I am by no means a country fan, but I am a fan of Telecasters, and this seems like a really interesting product. It would be fun to see how something like this could be incorporated into something like punk rock or ska-punk, though surf seems like an obvious fit.

It's crazy how quick you get up to speed with new things,even the microtonal guitar you make it seem like you've been using these things forever

Amazed at just how naturally you adopted it in a seamlessly musical way. I’m not into country at all but this all sounded real neat.

Marty Stuart is the master of the b-bender. He actually plays the original Parsons b-bender as his main axe and bends in just about every song. Check out his videos with the Fabulous Superlatives for a master class.

Appreciating the seamless transition at 3:10

First time I ever heard of the b bender was a Jack White interview and I've wanted one badly since, but would likely never use it, so... I'll probably order one soon

It took me long enough to get good at changing my tone and volume in the middle of playing... This thing is amazing

Love it! Thank you for the demo and link!

Hipshot makes such awesome stuff. I love their extender keys. I have them in nearly all of my Basses.

I've been a hipshot user for about 5 years now. It completely changes how you play guitar. I have one on a strat and one on a Telecaster. fantastic product

the bottom flip seems like a great way for allowing drop tuning riffs as well as regular tuning riffs and chords to be incorporated in a single song. Honestly I would love to see something that is just that switch and no need for the rest :D especially if it could also somehow work with Evertune, and especially once the tremolo version of Evertune gets released...

It’s like a Trombone w/F tachment allowing you, the player, to find & alter notes without having to use speed, techniques & tricks. It puts it in 1 place for you to use w/little effort. Nicely done!

As a rock guitarist, that makes me wanna play some good old 70s-90s country

A friend of mine in high school her dad play guitar for Chaka Khan and he had a guitar that was like this with multiple bender bars one bar bent multiple strings at the same time while another would only bend one. Very interesting. I was literally just thinking about this today and your video popped up crazy.

As always duder, sick vids and great demos!

I've been wanting one of those for a while now but after seeing your demo of it it's now a must have! It would sound so good on my J Mascus.

This is pretty much the same thing that Michael Manring uses on his Bass. His mechanical parts are way more sophisticated, and since he plays fretless, it really completes the unique sound. What you're doing with it sounds pretty cool though.

I remember seeing Jack White give a run down of his B bender guitar and he uses a hipshot on it for quickly switching to Drop D (and also for adding a G bender I think)

This is so cool! I had seen these on lap stroll guitars but I never thought of using them on a standard electric!

Tha was some absolutely great stuff you came up with using that thing!

What a gorgeous guitar on its own.

One of the best guitars I've ever played was a B bender tele, but this seems like a whole new level.

have been subbed for a while. I JUST found this thru your short on it I am ashamed of myself for not having found this earlier 🤣🤣 great video

This is actually amazing. Thank you for showing us this! 🤔 Now, we need to send one to Sugizo of Luna Sea.

I've never heard of this either, though I've never played that style of guitar. I am really impressed by it's efficient and effective design. This sounds like some gimmicky idea that would never actually function properly, but man that sounds awesome. Totally agree, I would switch that hip lever with another one by the hand. The low D doesn't seem necessary though (might be cool to half step it for some harmonic minor and modal stuff) For many years I would only play in drop D because at first that's the kind of stuff I started playing, but once I evolved into more full chord shapes and expanded my tastes, I simply learned how to play the vast majority of chords you can play in standard with a different hand shape. I always asserted that I could play virtually anything someone else could play in standard while I was in D (except needing a low e drone) and I was right the vast majority of the time. I can't recall the songs but I do remember there were a couple of times I had to tune up to e but for the most part, I prefer to just have that low D available and play - and still do to this day (over 20 years later lol.)

Excellent content! I have been using Hipshot Detuners for 3 decades now. I have them on 7 of my main guitars. All of them are Gibson/Hamer/Epiphone Les Pauls and Les Paul Double Cuts. It makes it so I can instantly switch to Drop D tuning without tuning. They are well-made and a little expensive. I am definitely going to look into the 10300C bender. The D-Tuner clinches it for me. There is no such thing as too many guitars.

It’s always fun to find gadgets that can widen your horizon and boost your creativity

This is one of the coolest guitar gadgets I've ever seen. It's a shame that even the cheap model is NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS

I've thought this for a while, because you seem like the kind of guy to enjoy a country guitarist (and originally a banjo player) in a hard rock/prog metal kind of environment, but with this video I hear too much of their sound to deny it, but you should listen to Mastodon, particularly their more modern work. They're a prog band from Georgia and their lead guitarist is heavily inspired by country and blues and they also happen to be my favorite band on the planet. Three of their four members are vocalists with unique timbres to their voices, and I'm never disappointed with their quality. They even use lapsteel in their EP Cold Dark Place and I'd think you'd enjoy it Mr. Sammy G. Bit of a long shot, but I figured I'd try.

That pic of the Clarence White/ Marty Stuart tele is iconic. Not very many guitars are so iconic the back is as recognizable as the front.

It’s cool how it’s not invasive on the actual body of the instrument. In other words ya didn’t need to drill any holes or anything. It’s like a B-bender + or something. Love it!

I like odd stuff like that, but this bender seems to have too much going on. But, I'll probably end up with one eventually.

that's pretty cool. I think all the other junk gimmicks out there probably prevented you from discovering it sooner

Great job finding the right tune to showcase the tech! Not easy at all... Congrats!

If you have a spare guitar laying around and are ok with drilling some holes in it, check out the Bigsby Palm Pedal (if you can find one. They've been out of production for a long time). I was introduced to it in college by a picker named Boomer Castleman who knew a guy in Sweden or Finland who was selling some (this was in 2001). It was only $60 (plus shipping), but was well worth it. It's basically the palm bender idea from this gadget, but has two adjustable pedals for B and G sitting on a Bigsby tremolo tailpiece. I ended up modifying my with a reverse lever for the A string that drops it a whole step, which can be fun. The only drawback is that the pedals can get in the way of the strings sometimes, but Boomer suggested shortening them to my liking, which was easy to do as they're made out of aluminum, so I filed them down nice and smooth to where my hand could rest around them and they sit out of the way until I press with my palm.

Oh, yeah, a friend of mine uses a hipshot b-bender on his Tele, as well as a little switch that loosens the low E to throw the guitar into drop D. He's a killer musician across multiple instruments, and very tasteful. I highly recommend checking out Chris Stafford.

Hipshot used to make a bridge called the trilogy, that had switches similar to the one on the low E, but for all 6 stings, and each string had three settings. I saw a guitarist in a bar band once doing sort of roots-rock Micheal Manring-ish stuff with tons of pitch shifting on the fly.

I have one of those on a Tele- I just drilled holes in the bridge behind the saddles like a top loader- works great for the dough

I think I'd be happy with just the lever for the b-bender, to be honest.

"How did it take me so long to discover this?" That is really a good question. How can you listen country as a guitarplayer to and never wondered about this effect? BTW: Even as a metalhead you have heard it in Unforgiven 2 by Metallica

I used to do this with the Roland VG8. It was like having a Whammy Pedal for each string separately. The only problem was (apart from all the foot pedal activity) that if your amp wasn't up loud enough then you could hear the acoustic string pitch along with the shifted amplified sound. I'd love to see a mechatronix version of this like the robot tuning machine heads.

What makes it fun is listening to players to see how they use benders, and to realize how they do it so seamlessly. I saw an interview with Brad Paisley, and he talked about how it allowed transitional notes and phrases you couldn’t comfortably pull off just with your left hand. You have explained this further for me. Thanks!!😎

Sounds amazing, looks awful

!!! Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! Just bought myself a 'Telecaster Guitar' sooo, shall look into that 'Hipshot' device !!! Thank you for the video, keep up the great work !!! Cheers !!!

The Hipshot Bender is on all 4 of my teles. In addition to the B bender, the "band guitar" has a toggle on the 6th and 5th strings. That way, when on stage, I can get into a dropped D tuning easily, and an open G tuning fairly quickly by moving both toggles; only having to re-tune the 1rst string for Rolling Stones covers. The problem is, as you stated, having to always use a strap or stand up. I'm now in my mid 70's and my legs won't let me stand all night. So if I sit, I have to use excessive. motion to operate the bender. But I'll figure something out... Great channel. Love all your vids!!

Trogly's guitar show channel showed us you're getting a reverse firebird with 3 p90s. Really looking forward to seeing that one!

Awesome video, I got interested in the old Bigsby palm pedal units, but they're very rare to find, and can be pricey. Didn't know Hipshot made their own, so I'll definitely look into this.

Great video, man. If you’re looking for an alternative to the palm lever b bender check out the “B Blender”. I have one on my Nash tele, and it’s basically a B5 bigsby arm that lets you pull the arm sideways for a B Bender while still letting you push it down/up for regular bigsby functionality!

Damnnnnn Sammy Rye! Absolutely beautiful song and playing! You are one of my heros. I can't get past beginner/ intermediate level playing after 3-4 years. I'm straight as an I beam, but I'd huff a thousand cokks to play even 1/4 as good as you.

Now you just need a duesenberg fairytale lap steel to kick it up a notch.

Sounds great! Cool sound!

Matching headstocks really go well with rosewood/colored fretboards

3:14 I dig that cutaway and belly cut on the Tele!!!

I just have a single bend hipshot palm lever b bender on my tele which I love ( country licks are new to me as I only joined my Texan frieds band two years ago - such fun!) You can also now get a palm lever tail piece for a les Paul too - so I got one of those too - both work well and are reversible mods ( handy if I ever want to sell either guitar as the market for such niche mods must be tiny) love your work etc..👍🎸🇬🇧😀

This was a fantastic display. Great playing

I need this ...Thanks! Great video love your stuff! 🍻

Awesome! It amazes me how creative people can ve with a guitar

Jack White used to play a tele with that mod too. He had a regular B-bender and then used the hipshot for the G-bender an drop D.

Look up Certano benders located in France. Also available on Reverb. I have one on my budget lap steel, but he also makes a version for Tele's. Easier to use than the Hipshot, but that Hipshot design is pretty smokin.

Fun fact: the trem bridge was developed by Leo Fender and Paul Bigsby to emulate the sound of steel guitars. Also, the first commercial use of a string note lever was first used on lap steel guitars in the 1930’s. Banjo’s also used tuning levers early on.

Very nice. I vaguely recall seeing a similar device from Hipshot that Fran Blanche was showing off over at FranLab some time ago, but your demo made more sense to me. (Not to put her down; it's probably because I understand guitars better now. Which is not to put you down! Communication is hard.)

I like this channel for its variety of guitars and the history that comes with them. It's very educational. I used to learn guitar when I was in my teenage years and never followed through with it in the early nineties. Now I have bought myself a new guitar and decided to go for it as a hobby wanting to turn into a serious player some day. I have only one problem with my new guitar, I never remembered it hurting my fingers as bad as it does now. I heard that changing the strings to a thicker gauge would help that and the thought had crossed my mind to do so but I wondered if you could give me better advice on wether or not I should put electric guitar strings on an acoustic silent guitar such as a Donner Hush-1 guitar to make it easier. I also heard that lowering the bridge where the strings at the body of the guitar would help me hit the notes more efficiently without having to press down as hard to make the song clearer. What is your opinion on this and if it's a bad idea, should I simply stick with acoustic guitar strings on an acoustic guitar. PLEASE HELP! My fingers will thank you.

damn dude awesome demo of something that is surely not easy to make sound so great. That tele is really nice looking

I went with the Rolling Bender on my Strat/Tele hybrid because it let me keep the trem system. I only have a B Bender but still helpful to get pedal steel sounds!

the benefit of this system is, if you wish, you can install the plate a little higher, so side-hipshot will raise g-string and palm-lever will raise d-string. I got two G&Ls - no need to replace the bridge; to reduce friction I installed roller riders in the bridge. And I put a little graphit underneath the strings where they cross the saddle.

This looks like it needs rolling saddles and a roller nut to keep in tune during a full concert, but the amount of options it gives you is insane.

I’m actually building a Tele project right now and planned on installing one of these. My dad has one on his Tele so I’ve been hooked on this mechanism for awhile now!

this is one of your best videos for sure

Looking at this, I'm imagining a mod where you attach a bicycle brake cable to it going down to a foot pedal (like on a piano), rather than using the hip lever. Seems like that might be a good bit less awkward to use. (For that matter, you could probably hook it to a model-airplane servo that's actuated electronically, which would give you something a lot more flexible to connect to the foot pedal.)

The hip shot is indeed a game changer, I’ve got four now. Here’s a nice tip, that little silicone sleeve for the strings passing through the bridge.. snip a quarter inch off and feed the string through that under the string tree as well. And lube your nut. Enjoy

it's nice to be back on the channel and listen to some ol' Sammy G playing. thanks

Very happy to see a good number of lefty versions available

That last little jam you did was SICK

Nice work! And a very cool gadget indeed.

Something I'm assuming would work as well is harmonic bending, another thing this system would enable that would be nearly impossible without it. Cool product.

Bending stuff like a D7 to a D is cool, single note stuff is cool too because it’s still a different sound than doing the same thing bending with your fret hand.

B benders are pretty cool. Always loved the tele sound

That’s one of the best demos you’ve done. I enjoyed watching you play some twang.

Excellent playing!

reminds me of the stuff Michael Manring does on bass, he has custom basses that adjust pitch in similar ways from both the bridge and headstock

I like that this mod lets you adjust more than just the one string, as opposed to a b-bender.

Comments from a pedal steel player: I added a (different) lever-based B-Bender to my Tele - now I can't put the guitar in a case... a significant drawback that often goes unmentioned. With Parsons' design, of course that's not a problem, although pulling the guitar down to activate via the guitar strap is also awkward. Also, as you mentioned, the Hipshot's side motion is also super awkward. Sounds great though and you came up with some nice stuff to play.

I owned a HipShot system with B and G benders for about 15 years. I purchased mine from the one and only Will Ray of the Hellecasters. Ever before that, I purchased a second hand 68' Telecaster with a homemade foot pedaled B bender, around 1983. Check out Clarence White playing lead in the Byrds as they perform Dylan's song, You Ain't Go8ng Nowhere, and see Clarence pumping the neck up and down. Merry Christmas to All Telecaster lovers.

Love my Hipshot but it took me awhile there was a big learning curve for me!

Those Keith tuners are cool for pitching down if you happen to get tired of pitching up.

This would work great on a lap steel guitar legs! Thanks for sharing this gem 🥳

Really good vídeo! Loved the tunes

My playing is very simple, so I was failing to see much of a practical use for this, until you said slide. Then 🤯

sounds dope af

OK, using the volume pedal there totally nailed the sound of a pedal steel!

Well done, cool find

Definitely one of the coolest add-ons around. How does the bar in back move to allow it to be put in a case?