The Cheapest, Easiest B-Bender?

Follow along as I install and try out my first B-bender, the Rolling Bender.
This video is NOT sponsored. I just was interested in the product.

[@dynamicsdoor]

I was googling myself silly about cheap and easy solutions for B bender, and you looked right into my soul and knew exactly where I had been and what I had done, and were about to deliver a solution I had never thought of yet. Thank you. Please make more content!

[@TheUsefulMusician]

I appreciate that, and I’m glad it was helpful!

[@trevorbest-gn2dq]

As said by previous poster you seemed to hit the nail om the head for what I was looking for ie a cheap B bender mechanism. The only problem is $150 seems very expensive for a small piece of metal. ( Is it made of Gold? ) Surely this can be made much , much cheaper?

[@memphismick7010]

This seems a pretty affordable solution. I have a hip shot, which is easier to use, but you have to wait until you find a good price. Mine was $150 brand new. You do have to drill a small hole in the bridge back plate for the string, though.

[@cNicely]

I'll be getting one, thanks to you and your informative and entertaining video. Brought a smile to my face several times while I still took everything in. You're a champ, BT!

[@kellyleewright97]

Nice job sir! I build a few Teles now and then and, I've been thinking about a B bender for one. Thanks for showing us this one.

[@vinsonstracke9171]

I play country music. I love bending strings. This settles it. Im getting a Rolling B Bender for my Michael Kelly '53 Tele. I already use a MXR Phase 90 for that Waylon sound. A B- Bender will rock.

[@pinstripeconspiracy3017]

Just got one and will install today. Thanks for showing!

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Right on!

[@thegraze8]

This is very awesome. Thank you for posting this

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Glad you liked!

[@boriscat1999]

Thanks for sharing this. I often wondered how these things installed and how they work out. I was a little scared by the fancier benders that screw into body. I did see a guy who made a bender out of a dinner spoon. Which I don't know if it would last, but also didn't need any drilling into the guitar.

[@dobroplayer7]

Thanks for posting this. I've got one of these on my strat. It's fun and nobody expects it haha. If you do a strat with the usual trem bridge, you need to use 3+ springs and make it really tight down so when you use the bender it doesn't pull the rest of the strings sharp.

[@TheCravenIsReal]

thanks for making this helpful video- great content, good info. great communication. What more could I ask. Yes, and ...overalls!

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TommyWendover]

This video was really useful for me. Now I want one hahaha thank you very much!

[@BLK4EVR]

Just what i was looking for. Thanks a lot... Now I'm a new subscriber

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Welcome!

[@waynehughes8297]

Don’t really do country and western music but that little gizmo does a great job of it. In the right hands I don’t see it sounding any different than a traditional B bender. 👍thanks for a good video.

[@costa1434]

well done mate

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Thank you!

[@AkashaRecords]

I think it's awesome, especially since you bend from the back and can still palm mute. I think if you had a tele ashtray that has the bottom part shaved off or lower than the top, then the pick will not get stopped by the bottom part of the ashtray, but I don't know if they make one for fender. I think they do, but don't know if it's the patent pending. Anyway, I'm a super tele guy, so I think this is super affordable and modular--I mean if you want to switch back to a regular tele, you can do that too or switch back to the "rolling bender." Thanks for the video. I love the lap-steel sound or b-bender sound.

[@johndanter2246]

Its great for me because - and I'm meaning well here - you were obviously flying blind there and thats the pace Id be doing it. I've now gotta find where I can buy a Rolling Bender. Cheers & greetings from Hampshire, England.

[@GratefulHead1969]

Way cool bro! Sounds great!

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Thanks a lot!

[@sesa2984]

I just dropped one in my lap steel. Wanted to put two to get a full on pedal steel sound, but only one would fit at a time.

[@sesa2984]

However, I have two lap steels, so soon they will both be b-benders cause I still got that other one left over.

[@user-bi4sr2rw7b]

Wow, the most magical American country singing guitar I have ever heard not on stage!

[@Larry-jh1bw]

Love the "Skaggs & Rice" album behind you!!

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Heck yeah.

[@sbrown1953]

Useful & subscribed!

[@Docsjeff]

Main thing is that if you end up not liking it,just remove it and reinstall the original saddle. Your guitar is unscathed and you’re not out $900.00 +.

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Exactly!

[@martinweston7144]

Thanks for the video about this unit, it's yet another B bender I was previously unfamiliar with, and TBH now I think about it, it is probably the best one I've seen so far, next to a actual Parsons /White or Glaser strap pin activated bender, as you can still palm mute the strings, something that you can't do with a Certano G & B bender.. Another B & G bender from Apollo Guitar Parts in Australia with leavers beneath the bridge looked good, but once I got thinking about it I can't see how one could be used while picking at the same time, which defeats the purpose. The Hipshot just looks cumbersome in use, plus is IMHO as ugly as a pigs butt when fitted

[@TheUsefulMusician]

I got a lot to learn about making videos! Sorry that the audio quality isn’t very good. Again, this video is not sponsored, but I recommend checking out rollingbender.com if you want a simple bender solution. Peace and love! BT

[@chuckwolfboyer7830]

VERY GOOD VIDEO 😊

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Thank you!

[@1antonioorlo1]

Wow we need it

[@midwaymonster30]

1 year later....how is this holding up?

[@TimeandTalk]

That is so cool. Been obsessed with the b bender since I first discovered, and this seems like a very good compromise, as for most the b benders are not particularly practical. How does it affect tuning?

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Doesn’t seem to effect tuning at all on my guitar

[@markallen381]

Great demo! My guitar is not vintage so I can't use this device. I have a six roller-saddle. I would like something like this. Thanks!

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Rollingbender.com does make one for modern bridges!

[@dobroplayer7]

They make them for 6 piece saddle. I have one on my strat

[@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463]

Good job and how much is it ??

[@fabieneldridge3414]

Never saw anything like that before this video. Your right b venders are expensive.

[@richardjones1754]

Where can you get this one ? And what's the cost ? I havent seen any under $200 😢

[@klvs2ply]

how do you intimate it

[@ExploreAmerica]

I could tell by the wood grain that’s an ash body

[@1bflatmajor7th]

Good video.. I dont often give likes or subscribes, but your video was simple, and to the point, I look for that in instructional videos. Well done, man.. If you start putting useless stuff like animated flames on your fingers or, a bunch of nonsense off topic jokes and stuff I will be gone.

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Ha ha thank you!

[@metalmover]

The only problem with this bender is it kills your break angle (the sound of a telecaster). The regular bender is the only one that keeps the break angle thus keeping your guitar sounding like a tele. That’s why bigsbys ruin a tele’s sound.

[@FREEZER4000]

nice video thx -Whats the bender called ?, who makes them ? thx bud

[@TheUsefulMusician]

find it at rollingbender.com! (I’m not sponsored or anything)

[@FREEZER4000]

@@TheUsefulMusician not Sponsored , good ! They've got to make two KZbin's one for product influencers and another for people without agendas. I don't know about everyone else , I'm sick of it.

[@marcuslewitzki4610]

So, I assume you won't be able to intonate the E or B with that thing on there?

[@trevorbest-gn2dq]

I thought that too but I imagine if you csn adjust the screw that attached the part to the existing bridge / saddle

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Yes it is fully adjustable

[@RobotronSage]

wooooooooooow

[@jimkontos4221]

I always take my guitar to the guitar shop for all repairs because I'm nor that handy

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

The cheapest, easiest B-Bender is the middle finger of your fretting hand, although it does require an investment of time to practice licks that work, and there will of course be some that can only be achieved with a proper B-bender. For 99.9% of the time though, it'll do.

[@Getyabootsoffskinny]

Nicely done. Great video

[@TheUsefulMusician]

Thank you very much!