Telecaster, albert Lee, Highway 40 blues, b-bender

[edwardshaw1]

Unless I'm missing something, this man should be a name player.

[jackblasio]

for those who are watching someone using a b/g bender and don't know it, watching just the fingers can really buff their brains,lol!!!

[bobcon95]

This is great stuff. Never even thought of attempting to do this with an axe that has a g and b bender. You did a wonderful job. What do you use for an amp?

[eaglewheels1995]

Awesome!

[edwardshaw1]

Damn good. Post some more.

[zaigar111]

Good job brotha!!!



[bareknuckles2u]

Awesome playing! 

[tmertube]

Wow, great pedal steel imitation. Really awesome!

[lazur1]

Is there clear a demo of how McVays are used? I can't find one anywhere.

[budsnook]

WOW.... might have to 'look into buying a MusicMan guitar".... great tone, by a great player! hmmm....... (got me thinin' brutha)

[MrGuimbard]

great pick!

[JOWEI92]

good job but the guitar looks very futuristic...I do not like

[joescout]

amazing picking great idea love the albert lee model

[AmpegADA6]

yehah

[derwillider]

Hey art 27

Why do u call it "b-bender telecaster"?

A Fender Telecaster has Tuner screws for the strings6 in line not 3 + 3.

[jessupar]

@derwillider yeah im not too sure what the hell he's playing; it doesnt have telecasted pickups, a telecaster neck, or a telecaster body, so i may not know what it is, but it is definetly not a telecaster. unless some japanese company is making guitars called telecasters that.. well.. arent.

[lerb21]

@jessupar

It says in the video description that it's a Ernie Ball Music Man Albert Lee Model.

[jessupar]

@lerb21 yeah i realized that within about 30 seconds of posting the comment, however that still doesnt explain why it says telecaster in the title.

[lerb21]

@jessupar I'd be willing to bet it's because string benders are more closely associated with Telecasters more so than any other guitar by far. It's probably titled thus in an attempt to get more views.

[jessupar]

@lerb21 given how well he uses the bender, and plays the solo, i dont see why he would bother trying to get more views. oh well.

[Rikk303]

the mechanism is like a full stop whole tone bend on the B-String I suppose

[telebanger2]

Very nice. I wish I had a b-bender on my Albert Lee

[wesalittle]

Very good, man. Excellent control on that bender!

Lee

[motokev]

I just bought that guitar with 3 P-90s

soooo SWEET

[HOUNDDAWG]

Really great!

Perfect execution, phrasing and tuning.

I'm impressed.

[Nashvilleagain]

. . . superior job ! ! ! Are you playin' in a Band ?  Greetz from Germany.

[bplayer47]

wow that was excellant, wish it was longer.

[Dpkll5]

Thats it

[garytelecastor]

Nice work.

Tough solo and you nailed it.

You must have a G and B bender on the guitar.

[mattchurchill2]

Great tones and playing man!

[flores1450]

damn, that was excellent,but why'd you cut it short dude? hope to hear more from ya that was great.

[BadBoysBlues]

what is a b-bender ??

sorry for asking , but i really don't know..

greetz

[knobstick]

A b-bender is a robot with a s-stutter!

No, really, it's a mechanism that raises the pitch of the B string, and is activated via the strap button by pulling the neck of the guitar down - see the way he does it on the video. It's a way of getting pedal steel style licks from a regular guitar.

[stipecountry]

A G-bender and a B-bender? I don't even have one of those, though I'd like a G-bender!

By the way, is that the actual Albert Lee Music Man signature model?

Oh, and nice job!

[art027]

Thanks!

Yes, it's an actual Albert Lee signature, but the benders were installed afterwards. It's a great guitar, i really love it.

[stipecountry]

art027: You know, I'm really a fan of Fender, but I wouldn't mind trying one of those Albert Lee signatures some time! I'd also like to try one of those Crook Customs like the ones Brad Paisley often use--with a G-bender or B-bender.

Once again, nice job with the guitar work!

[mochitsukiman]

good licks!

[Leonard5555]

so that's a tele, huh?

[knopflerado]

He's not kidding about the baby powder...I saw Ray Flacke with Ricky Skaggs too many years ago in Murray, KY, and when Flacke hit a hot lick you could literally see a puff of powder in the stage lights off the neck of his tele!

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@knopflerado: Ray Flacke is so underappreciated... what a great talent he is, a giant of country guitar. The baby powder idea, though, I though of myself long before I ever knew who Ray Flacke was, because of struggling to play in high humidity conditions as one encounters in the summer. It works real well, clouds of dust notwithstanding...

[jwlloyd76]

Nice job!

[Rikk303]

Baby powder, my ass!!!!x

[Rikk303]

Every now and again I start thinking I'm pulling a few cool riffs and then along comes a guy like this and pees all over my eforts.Hey-ho, must try harder!Good work man x

[art027]

Hi Rikk303,

Thanks for the nice compliments. But really, you're giving me too much credit here, haha..

All it really is is me playing someone elses solo. Playing those benders is great fun but i wish i would be able to come up with stuff like this.

As for how the benders work..check out ''more from art027'' i recorded 2 more versions of this solo, played a lot slower and one of them is recorded from behind so you can see how/when the benders work.

[Rikk303]

It's hard enough to get my fingers bending, pulling off and swerving, let alone adding mechanics to the equation! That would really mess up my day!!!! Nice copy of Alberts guitar you have there though. Cool x

[jblflatpicker]

cool, and great job!

[art027]

Hey Dragknuckle, thanks for the comment. where did i say Albert Lee played on this record?? Of course i'm very well aware the fact Bruce Bouton is playing pedalsteel and Ray Flacke is the guitarplayer. My guitar is a Musicman Albert Lee with b and g benders. I listen to pedalsteelplayers and i'm trying to learn those beautiful licks. How could i not be aware of listening to a pedalsteel player? That's the big idea, playing pedalsteel solo's on guitar with the help of b,g benders.

[Rikk303]

have a guitar tutorial that Ray Flacke put out decades ago.Top tip was baby powder on the fretting hand as I recall.Mean player he was/is.B AND G-Benders on the same guitar!?How does that work?You have a style to die for man...a real talent

[BigBoiJC]

the benders are built into the neck. and the baby powder...i learned that was to keep your hand from sticking to the fret board due to sweat buildup...i think my dad probably learned that from Flacke when dad was touring and recording with Ricky.

[Rikk303]

Ray did some crazy stuff with a Tele, still trying to figure out things he was trying to teach me on a tutorial video I bought years ago...hey-ho...once I've got that, it's Jerry Donahu I suppose!!!!!

[dragknuckle]

Great use the b-bender, but Albert Lee didn't play on that record. Ray Flacke was the guitar player, and the solo you played was Bruce Bouton's pedal steel solo.

On the topic of b-benders, apparently one time another player was playing Vince Gill's guitar and kept pulling down trying to get the b-bender to work, but Vince doesn't have one. He just plays immaculately pitch-perfect bends.

[mdgtrpckr]

Bruce Bouton is an amazing player.

[ezgo11]

That was great. I love that song. Good work.

[Graiskye]

Very cool bud.

Great guitar, great taste(seriously take a bite...lol) and some fine picking, and 'b Bending' as well. tried out a B Bender one time, it was weird, but cool. take care.

[SconeMason]

I should add you play the hell out of it as well.

[SconeMason]

damn, that's sweet, an Albert Lee with the benders, I wonder if Albert himself has one of those!

[jvkblues]

I had a lesson off albert and he does indeed have a b bender.

[b24warbaby]

what make is that guitar ?

[AlexGuitar1987]

It's Music Man Albert Lee signature

[ericclaptonismygod31]

Very nice! Your right hand looks a little like Albert. Wish I could play with that banjo-like style because it brightens up the playing.

[rorygg1]

tasty dude. nice,  listen to clarence white and don rich from buck owens

[wfd57fatman]

I want that guitar!!! Of course it would help considerably if only I knew how to play it that good. Yes that was my closet door that just slammed... and (***grumph***) I'm inside it!!!

[art027]

Hey guys! Thanks for the compliments, the guitar is so cool, i love it.

All the 'pushing down' is the b-bender and all the 'pushing out' is the g-bender.

[premiertl6]

that b-bender is so cool!

[alan4sure]

you got that one nailed!

[Darthloadie]

Very Good man!

[glenfenderman]

Wow! I've got a Hipshot bender on my Tele. I hope I can learn to do that!

[delliman]

good u can play it share it brake it down

[BigBoiJC]

first time i've ever heard a bouton impersonation on electric guitar! nice

[Aljoshaaa]

great solo, love the sound of that b bender, nice playing :), i think hes got a duncan twang banger in bridge.

[tennisaa]

i liked it so much, gonna start a fight at the bar tonite

[Froike]

Art..just chanced on your piece...sounded as good as Bouton's steel solo...if I closed my eyes, I couldn't tell the difference! Good job!

[art027]

Thanks guys,

Boy this Albert Lee is fun to play, the benders are so great. Now i have to have a telecaster with b/g benders as well.

Hey PACARTNEY, como estas, i saw your Albert Lee trubute clip, very, very cool. Great player.

[guitarguy458]

I'm in Austin and have a double bender tele I'm looking to get rid of... Interested?

J

[solrac3002]

Who made your tele? Also what brand b/g benders? I may be intereted. I live in Nashville.

[art027]

Bill Bores from the bender guitarshop in Houston Texas did the installation. He does excellent bender installations in various types of guitars, also ofcourse in Telecasters. Both benders are based on the Glaser design. Almost no routing was required in the small Al body.

[jamesbish]

has ypur guitar got hydraulics on it,,its quite jumpy

[okbouncer24]

Thats because he's got a B-bender on his guitar. It's connected to the strap and every time he moves it up and down it bends the strings.

[PACARTNEY]

incredible ! great player, i love string benders, you are lucky with that axe, well done , thanx for the video