Ammo Box Guitar: Simplest Palm Bender
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2018
- Just a bar of aluminum bent to bend the b to perfection (and to possible destruction) for my franken-guitar better known as the ammo box strat.
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Thank you for your demonstration!
Nice simple bender!
If you want to have an easy limiter/stop, drill a hole above where the bar comes over a solid area of the saddle. Tap it, or use a self tapping mahine screw (most hardware stores have them). You can then thread it in as far as you want and it will allow you to stop at a note in tune.
Simple yet genius!
Great guitar build and awesome palm bender too 👍
I like it!
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Wouldn't mind a video, on what you did here, specially on how you keep that palm bender in up-right position. Only thing I can figure is the tight string is the only thing keeping it in place, am I correct in saying that?
Eso solo aluminio sin resortes?
You say capo like the guys from “oh Hello” say c’caine . Ca’po
Cool idea. Can you share some close up pictures? It's not clear where the pivot point is. I'd like to try building one of these.
This video is quite old and said benders are no longer on the guitar. The pivot point was on the back top edge of the tailpiece, and gently tugs on the string from its string button end
@@meercreate thanks. I might give it a try and see if I can build something for the tele.
I'm quite interested in what you did here, as I use the Stratocaster type bridge/saddle on my home-made Lap Steel. Purchasing a bender for this type of Stratocaster Bridge/Saddle, is quite expensive like you say, like around $165 USD for each bender, and if two benders are needed (for both second, and 3rd strings on a 6 string lap steel), that hurts the pocket book. I like the simplicity for what you did, but I would like to know how you keep the Aluminum bar standing straight upward, and not sliding sideways in either direction while playing, if the string is the only thing keeping the bar in place on yours. There's an intonation screw located right above where the string comes through the back of the frame. If I have to use two aluminum bars, like a said earlier (one for my 3rd. string, and one for my second string), I need to have the two bars slightly apart at an angle, and that can easily slide the bars sideways when playing. Do you find your single bar slides sideways at times while playing? I have a couple of ideas to prevent the bars from sliding while playing, so I'm going to give it a try. Maybe I can come up with something usable. Thanks for sharing your idea. Has me thinking.
No. The rear tip is nearly square, so it hits on the (metal in my case) guitar body
@@meercreate Thanks for the info... Makes sense...
Cah po!!!
Kay poe 😈
Little bit out of tune, but JESUS I really like to have that bar to my Squier!!
I have the same brige on my lap steel I'm going to try it tomorrow
Why not just put a wammy bar on it and use it as a palm bender?
A whammy bar bends all strings, rather that individual strings. A palm bender bends individual strings, to transition notes in chords
@@meercreate ah thanks!! I honestly didn't know the answer. I was trying to find out because I'm building a steel lap guitar and I want to add the ability to bend like yours. Thanks for your help! So is it just the B and G strings or one or the other? Ideally?
Love what you are doing with that guitar and bender.Thanks and God bless you and thank for that video.