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G-Bender Telecaster
I have heard of this gadget that can be aftermarket fitted to a Fender Telecaster to bend the G string by pulling the guitar strap!
Does anybody have a picture of it? I can't figure out why you want to bend only the G string! What does it sound like? Any songs that features a "G-Bender" ?
Should I put one on my Telecaster? 
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B-Bender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A friend of mine put a hipshot Bender on his tele yesterday. As the article says, hipshots are a lot less invasive. I have seen a tele with 3 hipshots on it plus a Dropped D lever on the neck.
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Brad Paisley uses McVay G-benders on the majority of his guitars. He has a couple of B-benders, but says he prefers the sound of the G-bender. You can hear the G-Bender in many of his songs.
If you click on that McVay link above, there are pics of his G-Benders in the Gallery.
As to whether you should put one on your guitar or not - that's a subjective call. If you like the sound and think you could make use of it, why not?
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I think I understand...is this a way to give the whammy bar effect to only one string , like the B or G depending what its effecting? 
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Kinda, except it bends it up rather than down. It's more like doing a string bend on that one string.
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Is it meant to use in a chord or single note?
Ob-La-Di , Ob-La-Da , Life Goes On !, La La La La Life Goes On! The Beatles
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Both. In a recent interview (the December edition of "Guitar Player" magazine), Brad talked about his technique with the G-bender, and he mentioned using it in both chords and notes. On his albums you can hear him use it a lot in double stops to get that "pedal steel" type sound.
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Can you give me a song or cd that has the bender?
Who else famous has the bender going?
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Really Cool!!!!
He's playing a music man?
What's the way to go? G or B Bender?
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There's another video here where you can actually see the bender working, and hear the "pedal steel" effects he's making with it:
YouTube - Highway practise blues 2
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If you really want to mess with benders but don't want to spend a huge wad of money, check out Tim Wallace's custom guitars (hysterical demo video, btw!) I've considered picking one of those up just to check it out - same price as a MIM Tele and it has both B and G benders on it.
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Fantastic sound!!!
I gotta get me one!!!
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I have never tried a B bender or G Bender but judging by what I'm reading, I prefer my tremolo bridge instead.
"If we built a ride everyone wanted to ride, that's called an elevator - and that's not an amusement ride." - Stan Checketts, S&S Power
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I heard the best B-Bender Telecaster sound came from a band named The Hellecasters. What is their best album to listen to?
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