{"id":600,"date":"2015-05-28T10:54:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T09:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutguitars.uk.gridhosted.co.uk\/?p=600"},"modified":"2017-08-16T16:24:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:24:38","slug":"nashville-b-bender-telecaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Nashville B-Bender Telecaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard of the Nashville Tele with a\u00a0Texas Special\u2122 \u00a0or normal Strat pickup in the middle position, and a five-way\u00a0pick up selector but this instrument takes it a step further. \u00a0With the addition of\u00a0a device linked to the strap button that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up a whole tone to C-sharp.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-601\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"898\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender1.png 898w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender1-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender1-800x268.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"892\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender2.png 892w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender2-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b-bender2-800x270.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally called the pull string, this dates back to 1967 when a couple of enterprising Nashville musicians modified a Tele to bend a number of strings to get a country style slide guitar sound a bit like a pedal steel. Finally settling on the B string it became the B-Bender.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Lee, (with dark hair) demos it in the video below<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z8RPjjpbZhA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard of the Nashville Tele with a\u00a0Texas Special\u2122 \u00a0or normal Strat pickup in the middle position, and a five-way\u00a0pick up selector but this instrument takes it a step further. \u00a0With the addition of\u00a0a device linked to the strap button that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up a whole tone 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