The B-Bender Guitar (the strap pulls the b string)

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  • Опубліковано 28 лют 2020
  • Bob Clagett from "I Like To Make Stuff" turned this Chapman ML3 into a B-bender guitar that stretches the b string when you pull on the strap. This is me trying my best to learn how to play it.
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  • @robscallon
    @robscallon  4 роки тому +1578

    Watch our friend Bob Clagett make this guitar on "I Like To Make Stuff"
    ua-cam.com/video/vWiu05DflR4/v-deo.html

  • @Noahlochner0
    @Noahlochner0 4 роки тому +7105

    If fender starts making one of these, they could call it a "Fender Bender."

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +3030

    B-Bending is a new ability that's superior to water bending and air bending

  • @dylmwidner
    @dylmwidner 3 роки тому +415

    That is 100% what James used for Unforgiven 2. That riff he plays always seemed impossible to nail because you had to use your pinky to bend the B string.

    • @ty4020
      @ty4020 3 роки тому +54

      it is what he used, i’m pretty sure it was a yellow tele and if you watch a recent performance you’ll see he doesn’t play it the same because he doesn’t play with the bender anymore :(

    • @jeffyjoebob8300
      @jeffyjoebob8300 3 роки тому +29

      Never free.. Never mey-yah

    • @joshpratt4448
      @joshpratt4448 2 роки тому +5

      I think he used on My friend of misery as well.

    • @goodtimeeric
      @goodtimeeric 2 роки тому +4

      Why not just use your pinky?

    • @henryjc3015
      @henryjc3015 2 роки тому +22

      @@goodtimeeric u can try if u want

  • @tommyvig1096
    @tommyvig1096 3 роки тому +614

    I wanna see a bass version of this

    • @kierancooper6581
      @kierancooper6581 3 роки тому +52

      That would be perfect because on a 5 string the 1st string is a b

    • @cyclopsentertainment517
      @cyclopsentertainment517 3 роки тому +5

      YES

    • @wingnutmcspazatron3957
      @wingnutmcspazatron3957 3 роки тому +5

      Genius idea

    • @lred1383
      @lred1383 3 роки тому +15

      We already have d-tuners, don't see any reason for this thing. Especially seeing as the tension on bass strings is WAY higher than the B string of a guitar

    • @noahhughes1433
      @noahhughes1433 3 роки тому +3

      G bender?

  • @456bulgogi
    @456bulgogi 4 роки тому +5653

    Hey, my Grandfather invented this. His name is Gene Parsons. He was in the Byrds for a period in the 70s. He still makes these custom in his shop at home.

    • @TheMerseySound1
      @TheMerseySound1 4 роки тому +318

      Your Grandad is great!

    • @thomasradford9830
      @thomasradford9830 4 роки тому +35

      when

    • @raphaelboll6096
      @raphaelboll6096 4 роки тому +219

      @@thomasradford9830 must habe been in the late 60s or maybe early 70s. I just googled it but couldn't find an exact year. He invented it together with his former band mate Clarence White. They were in a band in the late 60s and early 70s according to Wikipedia.

    • @thomasradford9830
      @thomasradford9830 4 роки тому +32

      Raphael Boll oh that’s sick

    • @milesendebrock373
      @milesendebrock373 4 роки тому +87

      Man that’s awesome, my dad has a B-bender Tele that he made into a replica of Clarence White’s several years back complete with the exact decals and everything.

  • @lars5174
    @lars5174 4 роки тому +4903

    Making an "All Bender" Guitar where the Strap functions as a whamy bar would be next level.

    • @xnirvanaXnevermindx
      @xnirvanaXnevermindx 4 роки тому +355

      that's a lot of tension, your neck probably wouldn't appreciate it. then again maybe there's a way to compensate that I'm not aware of it

    • @wakin7907
      @wakin7907 4 роки тому +437

      or you can just use your whammy bar because that one would strain your shoulder

    • @wakin7907
      @wakin7907 4 роки тому +138

      @@mazon33 it would probably be more difficult to play fast while pulling down the neck

    • @capnmarkx1908
      @capnmarkx1908 4 роки тому +38

      @@wakin7907 meh i disagree, i think it much more ergonomic, but as jerma said it would be rough on the neck.

    • @Nevir202
      @Nevir202 4 роки тому +46

      No reason you couldn’t make it an electric effect, like a distortion pedal. Then you could have it take as much, or as little effort as you wanted to pitch bend.

  • @jacksodudee
    @jacksodudee Рік тому +121

    Jesus. Every time Jessica shows up she just absolutely crushes it.

  • @6feetunderpants
    @6feetunderpants 3 роки тому +360

    What if you pull the B string too hard?
    Does it become a " *B* *Ender* "?

    • @minecraftmax9503
      @minecraftmax9503 2 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @mmonsterr
      @mmonsterr 2 роки тому +2

      How old are you??? Your account is pretty old

    • @6feetunderpants
      @6feetunderpants 2 роки тому +8

      @@mmonsterr Is my account older than you? 😄

    • @mmonsterr
      @mmonsterr 2 роки тому +2

      @@6feetunderpants it’s 14 years old!!

    • @thomasmleahy6218
      @thomasmleahy6218 2 роки тому +3

      With enough bends over time, yes. Metal fatigue.

  • @qfz2112
    @qfz2112 4 роки тому +2366

    "I'm just gonna start singing"
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @rileyrenner5934
    @rileyrenner5934 4 роки тому +3826

    Rob Scallon: The master of whatever the hell he wants in 10 minutes or less.

    • @novatriio
      @novatriio 4 роки тому +5

      94MikeJ Woooooshhhh

    • @rileyrenner5934
      @rileyrenner5934 4 роки тому +36

      @@TheMerseySound1 implying mastery can't have multiple levels. That's like saying someone's not a master at bass just because they aren't victor wooten 3head.
      Edit: ok boomer name dropper

    • @Kaftn
      @Kaftn 4 роки тому +25

      I wonder when hell start making signature beanies

    • @procarpenter1788
      @procarpenter1788 4 роки тому

      @@Kaftn you made me laugh into my coffee :)
      *Edit* and your user name made me laugh again!

    • @rileyrenner5934
      @rileyrenner5934 4 роки тому +1

      @@novatriio lol he removed his reply

  • @jbillz615
    @jbillz615 2 роки тому +29

    The running through the field song super drunk was actually mind blowing, as his first time playing the guitar. Actually incredible even though he didn't hit all the notes it was crazy how he picked it up and played something so sick, and then described it so perfectly. Totally earned a subscribe.

  • @ckannan90
    @ckannan90 3 роки тому +35

    It's awesome watching Bob watch an expert slowly master an instrument that he made, and discover things he didn't even think of.

  • @alexbanks8429
    @alexbanks8429 4 роки тому +5116

    OH. MY. GOD. I'm not crazy. Countless years ago I tried to figure out how to properly play Unforgiven 2 by Metallica and the source I had (maybe a website or tab book) said that James probably used a "B-bending system" to achieve the full effect, but never explained what that was. Whether or not that is even true, I don't care. Every music expert I ever encountered between then and now always insisted that they had never heard of such a thing. I could find absolutely no trace of anything that even remotely sounded like this "system" Even the internet let me down (in the earlier days of the internet). I always assumed that it was made up. IT'S FUCKING REAL. My mind is officially blown sky high.

    • @BobGnarley.
      @BobGnarley. 4 роки тому +406

      Now watch the video again. ua-cam.com/video/5bt7kAVxKfs/v-deo.html
      You can see him using the strap to bend :)

    • @LucasGeorge
      @LucasGeorge 4 роки тому +138

      You've really never heard of a B-Bender? Clarence White made the first one with Gene Parsons in the 70's and now Marty Stuart has it. They've been a staple in country music for years and Brad Paisley plays them, but mostly a G-Bender and their main purpose was to let a guitar player mimic the tones of a pedal steel guitar. This is nothing new, it's just surprising that you've had 'every music expert' say they've never heard of such a thing. Fender made an actual production run of B-Bender Telecasters for a few years, I own one and it's rad.

    • @alexbanks8429
      @alexbanks8429 4 роки тому +281

      @Eclipse538 Ok look, I understand I should have put quotations around music experts. What I meant by that was that while I had heard the term, no one in my area who was far more experienced than me in music seemed to know what it was. I'm from a very small town in middle Minnesota. "Music experts" to me in this area, at that time, where music teachers at school, and the working musicians who also worked at the one legit music shop within a 2 hour drive. I was not saying I stumbled upon some incredible secret, I was saying how satisfying it was to finally be able to reach further than that limited sphere and find what I was looking for all those years ago. Don't mean to jump down your throat, I just don't want 5000 comments admonishing me for something I didn't mean.

    • @aislingoda6026
      @aislingoda6026 4 роки тому +117

      Eclipse538 or maybe they didn't specialise in guitar? or maybe they're classical guitar players? don't call people morons for not knowing literally everything.

    • @spencestep1998
      @spencestep1998 4 роки тому +6

      Alex Banks u can edit the comment cuz people will admonish u lol. I got what u meant though

  • @austindorf83
    @austindorf83 4 роки тому +830

    Rob is so goddamn talented yet he acts like he’s great by accident. It’s nice to see people so humble.

    • @raybeastbrook_2536
      @raybeastbrook_2536 4 роки тому +12

      People like him are who look up to😊

    • @femchad3317
      @femchad3317 4 роки тому +21

      I think that's why he's so good. Because he's always excited to learn new things

    • @sid6645
      @sid6645 4 роки тому +20

      I would much rather attribute great plays to skill and experience, rather than talent. Who knows how many hours he has sunk in the art, and it may be unfair to give all the weightage to something pretty abstract like talent. There's always more to it than just talent.

    • @austindorf83
      @austindorf83 4 роки тому +10

      Siddasloth isn’t talent something acquired through time and practice though? Yes, one could be born with it, but I believe it could be obtained through tenacity and attentiveness.

    • @sid6645
      @sid6645 4 роки тому +7

      @@austindorf83 Well I don't really know about the accepted definition of talent (English is my second language), I think talent that is squired through time and practice is skill. That's how I see it, at least.

  • @jwingo7257
    @jwingo7257 3 роки тому +32

    The Eagles used it in Take It Easy. The best song showcasing the b-string bender is by its originator Clarence White and the song is called “Nashville West” by the Byrds.

    • @golgothapro
      @golgothapro 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, our band did that tune and we were all like, " WTF is a B bender?" and Why B? A lot of sugar for a dime if you ask me.

    • @buckinghambazoni
      @buckinghambazoni 2 роки тому +1

      First used by Clarence on 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo ' album by the Byrd's . The original guitar is owned and played by Marty Stewart . His dedication song of the B - bender is Hummingbyrd

    • @silvrface
      @silvrface 2 роки тому

      The b-bender wasn't used in Nashville West. Clarence tubed his high E down to D, bent it behind the nut and bent the 3rd string by hand. He played the tune for years before the bender, and only used it later in live versions after the main melody.

    • @silvrface
      @silvrface 2 роки тому

      @@buckinghambazoni Sweetheart of the Rodeo was recorded before the bender was invented. Clarence was a studio musician on that and earlier Byrds albums before being hired.

  • @ONE-pg7wd
    @ONE-pg7wd 3 роки тому +20

    9:32 was such a cool and funny moment when he pretended to be drunk walking through the fields 😭

  • @rahzark
    @rahzark 4 роки тому +302

    8:30 never thought I'd see yodel tapping being born

  • @mathiasm12
    @mathiasm12 4 роки тому +1955

    Lost the opportunity to call it the fender bender.

    • @themorrigan1312
      @themorrigan1312 4 роки тому +61

      I mean, it aint a Fender tho. Its a Chapman. This one, anyways

    • @davemustaine9687
      @davemustaine9687 4 роки тому +6

      It's not a Fender

    • @ikigai47
      @ikigai47 4 роки тому +94

      @@themorrigan1312 - whoosh. yes, that's why they lost the opportunity

    • @hyperaktive8362
      @hyperaktive8362 4 роки тому +75

      @@ikigai47 its not whoosh you reddit dwelling, cheese burrito eating normie

    • @hyperaktive8362
      @hyperaktive8362 4 роки тому +18

      They allready exist. They are fender guitars that have been deformed but are still payable, search it up on google
      Edit: They are called Bender distortocasters, but are still awsome

  • @kaithehollow9469
    @kaithehollow9469 3 роки тому +308

    So if you made an “all-bender” would it be an Avatar Guitar?

  • @Diego-wi8rc
    @Diego-wi8rc 2 роки тому +60

    It’s surreal how Rob can improvise something using a concept he’s never used before and have it still sound better than anything I could write

  • @heathurban9217
    @heathurban9217 4 роки тому +996

    can't wait for the "B-Djenter" where we can bend only the low B

    • @Intermernet
      @Intermernet 4 роки тому +58

      The Djenter-Bender?

    • @aliray1165
      @aliray1165 4 роки тому +2

      Intermernet oh my fucking god that was hilarious but you gotta reign that comedy gene in bro

    • @alex-ir9uq
      @alex-ir9uq 4 роки тому +4

      I'll be honest, i don't know why i was expecting it, but that's what i was expecting coming into this video

    • @pauldavis1583
      @pauldavis1583 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah but instead of bending it you destress it.

    • @jwallguitar
      @jwallguitar 4 роки тому

      🤣

  • @RoarTheRapper
    @RoarTheRapper 4 роки тому +674

    “It sounds like its a sunny day, you’re running through a field, but you’re super drunk.” 🤣🤣👍🏻

    • @Stan622
      @Stan622 4 роки тому +5

      So accurate lmao

    • @devinmac5547
      @devinmac5547 4 роки тому +3

      Sounds like you can make a Red Dirt song out of that line.

    • @machinelearning4376
      @machinelearning4376 4 роки тому

      I want a full track out of this!!!!!!!! *ooooo* 😍😍😍😍

    • @telequacker-9529
      @telequacker-9529 4 роки тому

      mid-90s Flaming Lips

  • @brodieknight772
    @brodieknight772 2 роки тому +13

    Can we give some recognition to Jessica's drumming? Holy shit. Some

  • @drivewaystar6485
    @drivewaystar6485 3 роки тому +81

    Brad Paisley has a G-bender and sounds amazing.

    • @Kizer.
      @Kizer. 3 роки тому +1

      So does Marty Stewart.

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau 3 роки тому +4

      No one should tighten someone else's G-string.

    • @agn855
      @agn855 3 роки тому

      So a moment ago I‘ve found this system (right after watching the above video) that allows to do either B or G - ua-cam.com/video/Cr3igM5-jyg/v-deo.html

  • @Aledharris
    @Aledharris 4 роки тому +144

    I don’t think I’ve ever commented on Rob’s videos but I’ve watched them for a long time. I love the vibe he’s had going in the past year or so. Finding interesting musical things and sharing them with his audience. And he’s so fucking humble with it.

  • @Noone-of-your-Business
    @Noone-of-your-Business 4 роки тому +342

    8:30 - Spongebob on acid. Mind blown.

  • @jordilund4096
    @jordilund4096 3 роки тому +7

    Rob, every riff you jammed on this guitar should be a song. Amazing.

  • @michaelpollice4550
    @michaelpollice4550 Рік тому +21

    the amount of times rob drops that he really wants the half step is absolutely hysterical

  • @nexiuma8538
    @nexiuma8538 4 роки тому +1518

    Alternative title: "How to make Spongebob music"

    • @TheMerseySound1
      @TheMerseySound1 4 роки тому +13

      nexium a buy a lap steel

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 4 роки тому +42

      8:45 especially

    • @centsofhumor
      @centsofhumor 4 роки тому +1

      nexium a, haha I thought the same thing. 😂 🙌

    • @gtrman12887
      @gtrman12887 4 роки тому +9

      @@maxonmendel5757 "it's a nice sunny day and you're running through the field" trying to catch jellyfish!!

    • @carstarsarstenstesenn
      @carstarsarstenstesenn 4 роки тому

      slide guitar is way better

  • @allenlowe12
    @allenlowe12 4 роки тому +1026

    I wasn’t getting “a running through a field drunk” feel so much a “spongebob jelly fishing”.

  • @lad5378
    @lad5378 2 роки тому +11

    Please rob, i want to hear "a collapse" played on the b bender. That version in the beginning sounded like heaven

  • @juggerhuevo
    @juggerhuevo 3 роки тому +16

    Ohhh it all makes sense now, I almost broke my fingers trying to play the unforgiven2

  • @juvedoo99
    @juvedoo99 4 роки тому +641

    So they wrote a Midwest emo song with a b-bender. We need a whole album now.

    • @morbidsoaps2094
      @morbidsoaps2094 4 роки тому +5

      Artificial Dissonance ...right!?

    • @H3llCy0n
      @H3llCy0n 4 роки тому +9

      First Of October album with this guitar would be insane

    • @mdsuen
      @mdsuen 4 роки тому +1

      YES YES YES

    • @1godgodgodgodgod
      @1godgodgodgodgod 4 роки тому +1

      This is so the Gloria Record! Hahaha

    • @oofergang304
      @oofergang304 4 роки тому +6

      Ayy Midwest emo hell yeah

  • @danielzajonz4364
    @danielzajonz4364 4 роки тому +156

    14:54
    Damn, I was not ready for that groove....sick

    • @liamplunkett5100
      @liamplunkett5100 4 роки тому +14

      Seriously she was killin it lol

    • @WhrsTheMoneyLabowski
      @WhrsTheMoneyLabowski 4 роки тому +7

      That was way too much for the song.

    • @ShaneRichey
      @ShaneRichey 4 роки тому +2

      No shit! I immediately ran it back and listened to it again. And then again. So good.

    • @GerstBladeworks
      @GerstBladeworks 4 роки тому +5

      It feels like too much for the song.. but it is a nasty groove. Kinda like a fast paradiddle broken between the hi hat and snare

    • @liamplunkett5100
      @liamplunkett5100 4 роки тому

      @@WhrsTheMoneyLabowski ehh, I can see why you'd say that. But its an opinion that I disagree with lol

  • @pancon5
    @pancon5 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you Rob and Bob for such wonderful content!

  • @barrytimmerman2411
    @barrytimmerman2411 2 роки тому +5

    One of the great b-bender players was Clarence White, a phenomenal guitarist, who left us way too soon. He was in the Byrds as well as having one of the best bluegrass bands of all time.

  • @iyanmanzano
    @iyanmanzano 4 роки тому +137

    13:20 the harmonic bends totally sounds like someone is backing you up with a lap guitar.

  • @Rickzenbackzer
    @Rickzenbackzer 4 роки тому +139

    For anyone interested:
    The first B-bender was invented by the drummer from "The Byrds" in the late 60s, for their guitarist "Clarence White". It was most likely invented to try and recreate the pedal steel guitar sounds on their country music album "Sweetheart of the Rodeo".
    Clarence White's original B-bender is sunburst with a tortoise shell pickguard, and is now owned by Marty Stuart. There are plenty of videos of him playing it, and it sounds fantastic!

    • @DavidB.Rockin
      @DavidB.Rockin 4 роки тому +3

      I love The Byrds!!

    • @dlbrownmac
      @dlbrownmac 4 роки тому +2

      Check out Mike Campbell in Mudcrutch playing a B-Bender covering "Lover of the Bayou"

    • @yoyomaniac50250
      @yoyomaniac50250 4 роки тому +3

      @@dlbrownmac check out clarence playing lover of the bayou live on the untitled album

    • @yoyomaniac50250
      @yoyomaniac50250 4 роки тому +4

      Clarence and gene came up with it while working sessions for the gosdin brothers. It did get some use on sweetheart of the rodeo however.

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 4 роки тому

      Greetings from Mendocino County.....GENE PARSONS

  • @JJohnston4Life
    @JJohnston4Life 2 роки тому +6

    B benders are fairly popular among country music players. G benders are a little harder to find but do exist. These are typically made from steel guitar parts. Diamond Rio and Brad Paisley is these. The most popular song is probably Meet in the Middle.

  • @ilackedtheheart
    @ilackedtheheart 3 роки тому +3

    Love that math-rock jam at the end. Those bent harmonics are awesome for music like this!

  • @quijadriss7650
    @quijadriss7650 4 роки тому +149

    11:30 "I've just been pulling on this thing nonstop". That's how we all feel when we get a new toy.

  • @Danongorf
    @Danongorf 4 роки тому +362

    "no, the mechanism works! It's my playing that 'kinda works'"
    Love how humble you are, and that you kept reassuring him that his work was solid. I would love to see a whole record based around the B-Bender. Maybe you can bring it out for a track next October 😉

    • @joltedlozengek4708
      @joltedlozengek4708 4 роки тому +2

      here's one! open.spotify.com/track/4pyjQrJmuK55CZ3zgAvmnK?si=zp4roIb2RHaRFDLoTzaMtw

    • @silvrface
      @silvrface 2 роки тому +3

      There are dozens already. plus Clarence played his prominently on The Byrds' albums Ballad of Easy Rider, Dr. Byrds and Mr Hyde, Byrdmaniax, Live at the Fillmore and Live at the Royal Albert Hall - plus a ton of studio stuff. Bob Warford made the second one - he has and still does a lot of studio work, and check out the Everly Brothers live -he tears it up: ua-cam.com/video/ZeYiV3c2ivY/v-deo.html!

  • @kestr3l299
    @kestr3l299 2 роки тому +1

    That's one of the nicest sounds I've ever heard from an instrument

  • @shambolicentity
    @shambolicentity 2 роки тому

    Rob, I love your channel, and I love going back and finding these videos that you made before I discovered you. Your musicality is inspiring, and you're a thoroughly nice guy as well, which makes for very enjoyable viewing. Also, Jessica is a great drummer and a lot of fun, so it's always a little bonus when she appears.

  • @guyverdio
    @guyverdio 4 роки тому +758

    "pretty rare to hear a harmonic being bent"
    every floyd rose player: wut?

    • @BigCleverName
      @BigCleverName 4 роки тому +56

      *any tremolo user ever

    • @Cooliofamily
      @Cooliofamily 4 роки тому +56

      Every modest mouse fan ever

    • @IanSparta
      @IanSparta 4 роки тому +9

      Yeah, because divebombs aren't a thing lol

    • @disastermidi1990
      @disastermidi1990 4 роки тому +49

      I think he meant while also tapping and having other strings play harmony and stay the same note while being able to bend only the harmonic

    • @MonkeyWrenching
      @MonkeyWrenching 4 роки тому +4

      Pantera anybody wth

  • @BlindSideNZ
    @BlindSideNZ 4 роки тому +161

    Explaining what a B Bender is to my fiancée who doesn’t play guitar.
    She’s like “oh is it like a whammy bar”;
    And I’m like “yeah I’m guess it is a bit like a whammy bar”
    And my love for her grew exponentially.

    • @wibbledee
      @wibbledee 4 роки тому +9

      Damn man, she's a keeper

    • @chadzilla100
      @chadzilla100 4 роки тому +1

      BlindsideNZ what is a B bender anyway lol? Because I’m new to guitar and also thought it was just a fancy whammy bar lol

    • @xltsalad8100
      @xltsalad8100 4 роки тому +2

      You better put a ring on her finger

    • @saint-cetacean
      @saint-cetacean 4 роки тому +8

      @Bman Marry her but a half step up 🤔

    • @wallybonejengles5595
      @wallybonejengles5595 4 роки тому +2

      You picked a good un'

  • @Zavalik
    @Zavalik 3 роки тому

    My two best shows on youtube combined! Awesome!

  • @ShaneDavisDFTBA
    @ShaneDavisDFTBA 3 роки тому

    When you watch an amazing video of an excellent guitarist playing something made by an amazing creator and the best thing is the drums played at the end.

  • @SteelSkin667
    @SteelSkin667 4 роки тому +331

    This is great! B-benders are definitely a pretty rare sight due to how involved the installation is. I look forward to hearing a full version of that song.
    I haven't watched Bob's video yet but one thing that I think could help the function of the mechanism coule be adding some material (maybe strips of brass?) either side of the lever that goes to the strap button to reduce the amount of play and stop if from catching on the sides.
    Also I didn't catch which part of the string broke, but if it's the winding around the ball end that came loose that can be reinforced by flowing a bit of solder into it.

    • @robscallon
      @robscallon  4 роки тому +69

      Thanks! yea, it's such a cool modification. I wonder how other b-benders have done it, it's all pretty new to me. Maybe in a later video we'll explore it a bit more, would be great to finish this song sometime as well.

    • @Psyfonify
      @Psyfonify 4 роки тому +16

      @@robscallon Yeah man, after hearing this, the world needs b-bender emo math rock. Do it a service rob!! Seriously though

    • @AdrienSantosCoelho
      @AdrienSantosCoelho 4 роки тому +2

      Or make a ptfe rail, that way all the clanking noises would be dampened

    • @lankymoose1831
      @lankymoose1831 4 роки тому

      maybe some spring action or a magnet that pulls it back to place?

    • @JohnDoe-xx8yw
      @JohnDoe-xx8yw 4 роки тому +1

      @@Psyfonify The world needs more math rock period. I'm all for it

  • @poopyjoe7883
    @poopyjoe7883 4 роки тому +160

    is nobody gonna talk about the insane snare work at 14:55

    • @dasheep720
      @dasheep720 4 роки тому +4

      Right ???

    • @Seabass20329
      @Seabass20329 4 роки тому +16

      I came to the comments section specifically to talk about how hard that drummer went lol

    • @TheOriginalArchie
      @TheOriginalArchie 4 роки тому +22

      she way overplayed but I loved it lol

    • @VioletAOP416
      @VioletAOP416 4 роки тому +2

      I need to learn that

    • @REALwoombath
      @REALwoombath 4 роки тому +9

      Exactly what this song did not need.

  • @stargrrl_1
    @stargrrl_1 3 роки тому +11

    please make this a full length song 🙏🏼 It sounded so amazing and the drums were so sick

  • @aaronmartin6634
    @aaronmartin6634 Рік тому

    One of my favorite guitars to build. Worked there for over 6 years

  • @lo0nyt0onz
    @lo0nyt0onz 4 роки тому +238

    This has a huge modest mouse vibe to it. Almost reminds me of Dramamine by modest mouse

    • @dickjohnson9996
      @dickjohnson9996 4 роки тому +1

      i thought the same thing

    • @nulllocke
      @nulllocke 4 роки тому +5

      This song reminded me of being a teenager. I listened to a lot of Modest Mouse then so this comment really made sense of it for me.

    • @wolleyreikivalley
      @wolleyreikivalley 4 роки тому +1

      end of Life like Weeds too

    • @michaelinglis567
      @michaelinglis567 4 роки тому +1

      @@nulllocke I was born in 1990 and Modest Mouse was a huge influence on my teenage years also. Certainly can relate.

    • @SilhouetteLifter
      @SilhouetteLifter 3 роки тому

      definitely sounds like Mouse. when he mentioned "songs with bending harmonics" i immediately thought of Dramamine

  • @Fallaxe
    @Fallaxe 4 роки тому +408

    14:54 Can we talk about the drums here tho?

    • @victorerickson9770
      @victorerickson9770 4 роки тому +44

      those ghost notes...

    • @EV3REST
      @EV3REST 4 роки тому +11

      Right? I was trying to see if anyone else talks about it, but it seems that it’s just a few of us!

    • @oceanusprocellarum6853
      @oceanusprocellarum6853 4 роки тому +8

      It was absolutely amazing! What sort of beat/pattern is that called though? (I don't know much about drums)

    • @keyboardkenny5986
      @keyboardkenny5986 4 роки тому +14

      Us drummers definitely all catch the same things. Cheers to you boys

    • @xthatghomiex2939
      @xthatghomiex2939 4 роки тому +32

      Lots of unnecessary chops.

  • @pollutance
    @pollutance 3 роки тому +1

    So incredible when genius is combined.

  • @loganlobrutto8143
    @loganlobrutto8143 3 роки тому

    I love that u can see that bob wants to learn how to do what you are doing because he’s starting at your hands the entire time

  • @sneeringimperialist340
    @sneeringimperialist340 4 роки тому +172

    What hellish invention is this?
    As if the string didn't have enough trouble staying in tune lol.

    • @burlapjack8345
      @burlapjack8345 4 роки тому +16

      Someday someone will finally find a way to make a tele come out of tune.

    • @bradhargis2261
      @bradhargis2261 4 роки тому +9

      It's really old. Give it a search on the interwebs and watch someone use it properly like Brad paisley.

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 4 роки тому +2

      @@burlapjack8345 yeah, I was gonna say...

    • @duncan-rmi
      @duncan-rmi 4 роки тому +2

      google is your friend. parsons/white.

    • @jjwp-ql5rv
      @jjwp-ql5rv 4 роки тому +1

      I find it's usually the G that goes out the easiest on any guitars I've had

  • @drumsNstuff79
    @drumsNstuff79 4 роки тому +314

    The B- Bender mechanism was invented by Gene Parsons and Clarence White while they were in the Byrds. Gene Parsons in fact still makes and installs them himself at stringbender.com

    • @povertysauce9034
      @povertysauce9034 4 роки тому +1

      WHOA

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 4 роки тому +1

      The DrumMan is spot on!!
      And this is the truth...
      In fact, Gene's Partner in Crime, Lee Rider, who plays a mean Steel and Dobro has worked with me more than a few times

    • @maverick_trail
      @maverick_trail 4 роки тому +5

      Clarence White's original B-Bender Tele is owned by Marty Stuart and he's the BB master. He still plays that guitar on tour.

    • @dw89music73
      @dw89music73 4 роки тому +3

      Here are a few songs from the latter-day Byrds that feature Clarence's use of the B-Bender:
      Old Blue: ua-cam.com/video/f6xaSZVs2yo/v-deo.html
      Nashville West (live version): ua-cam.com/video/SN9BRY-43rE/v-deo.html
      Tulsa County: ua-cam.com/video/ZW4GcDBJtMg/v-deo.html
      Lover Of The Bayou (live version): ua-cam.com/video/myLTgLqFaj8/v-deo.html
      Buckaroo: ua-cam.com/video/HWSIfk30o-A/v-deo.html
      I chose the live version of "Nashville West" from (Untitled) to the studio version from Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde because it's the better version.

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 4 роки тому

      @@maverick_trail Yes he does!

  • @wengel_eth
    @wengel_eth 3 роки тому +2

    Funny how Bob just kinda agrees and lets Rob do his thing, and Rob is just jamming out talking about all this technical music stuff and having a blast.

  • @JustIn-sr1xe
    @JustIn-sr1xe 3 роки тому

    that's one of the coolest mechanisms I've ever seen in a guitar.

  • @kortkden3207
    @kortkden3207 4 роки тому +51

    14:54 that was so good damn

    • @branca0907
      @branca0907 4 роки тому

      Came down looking for this comment, Ho Lee Fuk

  • @C4103
    @C4103 4 роки тому +131

    I recorded a band where the lead guitarist uses a B bender recently, the beantown buckaroos. The album is on Spotify and such.

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 4 роки тому +7

      Cool! I once worked with a recording artist/songwriter in Bozeman, MT named Mike Beck who not only used a B bender Tele but a B bender acoustic as well. He had a song called "Life of a Buckaroo," and your band reminded me of that.

    • @senza4591
      @senza4591 4 роки тому +6

      Modest little self plug. Can always appreciate.

  • @markzaikov456
    @markzaikov456 2 роки тому

    When he does the "Harmonics" I almost teared up, that was beautiful

  • @corysandell8696
    @corysandell8696 3 роки тому +3

    I remember seeing ‘b string bender’ in a Metallica tab 15 years ago, now I understand! That’s why I love this channel. 20 years of being a musician, and I still learn cool new stuff. Thank you!

  • @hey_mario
    @hey_mario 4 роки тому +22

    I love Rob's child like wonder and Bob's reaction when they discover the tone they where looking for. The energy in this video is beautiful.
    Thank you.

  • @Plunkcown
    @Plunkcown 4 роки тому +358

    i keep finding out about guitar mods and parts i haven't heard about, who even comes up with the idea to bend just 1 string!?

    • @moonchild4806
      @moonchild4806 4 роки тому +23

      It was initially invented to imitate a pedal steel

    • @kennethdon3619
      @kennethdon3619 4 роки тому +8

      theres a trem system, which you can get on an 8 grand gibson custom shop es, and it individually effects just the b and e strings

    • @TheMerseySound1
      @TheMerseySound1 4 роки тому +23

      It was Clarence White (guitarist) and Gene Parsons (drummer) of The Byrds idea and it was made by Gene who was also an engineer. There’s videos about them creating it. Marty Stuart now has the original guitar and he did a video on Reverb talking about it

    • @juno980
      @juno980 4 роки тому

      People already mentioned the pedal steel, but also you bend only one string all the time? In like regular guitar playing?

    • @Plunkcown
      @Plunkcown 4 роки тому +4

      @@TheMerseySound1 oh damn, the question was rhetorical but thats actually quite informative thanks!

  • @BouncinBrandon
    @BouncinBrandon 2 роки тому

    I don't typically find videos as wholesome as this, and after that analogy of the song being happy and drunk, and then the dude pretending to be drunk, had to leave a like and comment haha.

  • @reggiemadison7257
    @reggiemadison7257 3 роки тому +4

    the little ditty you played in the beginning was absolutely amazing

    • @marines.7022
      @marines.7022 3 роки тому +2

      It’s a rendition of his song A Collapse - it’s originally played on bass but sounds smooth af on guitar too

    • @reggiemadison7257
      @reggiemadison7257 3 роки тому

      @@marines.7022 thank you so much

    • @marines.7022
      @marines.7022 3 роки тому +1

      @@reggiemadison7257 it’s okay ! One of my favourite pieces by him

  • @fuzzyfallthetempest
    @fuzzyfallthetempest 4 роки тому +97

    7:40 is the closest he came to playing buttercup

    • @sleepyangel3775
      @sleepyangel3775 4 роки тому +4

      2 tones higher and he would have nailed it

  • @YEABREAD
    @YEABREAD 4 роки тому +191

    I've always wanted a B-Bender guitar thanks to The Unforgiven 2. Great video!

    • @robscallon
      @robscallon  4 роки тому +110

      I really should have learned that song...

    • @laris8237
      @laris8237 4 роки тому +12

      OOOOH SO THATS HOW THEY DID IT

    • @rodolfoferri6057
      @rodolfoferri6057 4 роки тому +7

      Red Avenger ua-cam.com/video/5LXNNkIZS4k/v-deo.html

    • @fl4shbangz
      @fl4shbangz 4 роки тому +18

      @@robscallon well there's still time. make a cover!

    • @mariobrenes4264
      @mariobrenes4264 4 роки тому +2

      I was looking for this comment!! Damn right.

  • @Tom_TNP
    @Tom_TNP 3 роки тому +1

    That Snare Sound!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @DorseyFaught
    @DorseyFaught 3 роки тому +1

    This just popped up in my feed, and I had to watch. I’ve played a g bender for almost twenty years. Charlie Mcvay out of Pennsylvania makes them. This is like a Parsons style I believe. Charlie’s are amazing, there is a strap arm that comes off of the neck plate that your strap attaches to, and there’s zero metal on metal, so there’s no mechanical noise. Because of the strap arm being the way it is, you could absolutely put it on a strat style guitar provided that it doesn’t have a floating bridge.

  • @saintmayhem9873
    @saintmayhem9873 4 роки тому +768

    ... does anyone know if they make an electric "bender" bass, asking for a davie504

  • @tinyb4165
    @tinyb4165 4 роки тому +40

    Get a good thick leather strap with a sueded inner patch at the shoulder, a suede patch on the shoulder of your favorite cowboy shirt, and you won't look like such a spaz while using your bender. It becomes second nature fairly quickly.
    Or for more adventure, try a Duesenberg Muli-Bender. Then you can bend both B and G strings simultaneously, for all types of bendy goodness.

  • @mw7809
    @mw7809 2 роки тому

    Wha this is so vintage and handmade I like it so much

  • @ChristofferKeizer
    @ChristofferKeizer 3 роки тому

    Incredible as usual.

  • @ccee4117
    @ccee4117 4 роки тому +30

    14:54 crazy snare roll thing, skills.

  • @domesticcat1725
    @domesticcat1725 4 роки тому +475

    Ah yes, the 5 elements
    Water, Earth, Fire, Air, 🅱️

    • @Tysandifer
      @Tysandifer 3 роки тому +2

      Look.. you gotta say EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE.. then say water.. you missed the chance for a killer joke 😂

    • @thekiller5672
      @thekiller5672 3 роки тому

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @BagaSand
      @BagaSand 2 роки тому

      @@thekiller5672 ok then

    • @La_sagne
      @La_sagne 2 роки тому

      @@Tysandifer i dont get it

    • @rayraybonne8469
      @rayraybonne8469 2 роки тому

      oh no. "she" was the fifth element!
      this would "B" #6!

  • @aaronpanietz
    @aaronpanietz 3 роки тому

    So glad I found this channel!

  • @EricJohn2008
    @EricJohn2008 3 роки тому

    I bought 2 different Fender Telecasters with the Parsons-White B-bender and had the same issue with them. The B string never came back in tune after using the bender. I since have a Hipshot B bender with a drop D lever and it works so much better. It's nice to see you guys showing the inner workings for demonstration purposes.

  • @mcgamescompany
    @mcgamescompany 4 роки тому +168

    Rob: * gets b bender guitar and doesn't play unforgiven 2 *
    Me: * angry sub noises *

    • @aliray1165
      @aliray1165 4 роки тому +5

      McGames Company good point, that’s the most well known one imo too

    • @aliray1165
      @aliray1165 4 роки тому +2

      Joe Sudz absolutely, look at the official tab

    • @teemukielinen7182
      @teemukielinen7182 4 роки тому +6

      My Friend of Misery and Mama Said have some B-bender stuff too

    • @nutinurmacaroni
      @nutinurmacaroni 4 роки тому +10

      You tellin me one of my favorite songs of all time uses one of these? Like by Metallica?

    • @louisjamin7195
      @louisjamin7195 4 роки тому

      @@teemukielinen7182 Where exactly in "Misery" ??

  • @CassidyMartin1028
    @CassidyMartin1028 4 роки тому +128

    He should do a cover of Unforgiven II because in that song, James Hetfield plays with a B-Bender

    • @jayson3900
      @jayson3900 4 роки тому +12

      That's exactly what I was thinking! Maytallica is just around the corner.

    • @noahkrause2835
      @noahkrause2835 4 роки тому +10

      i was just about to comment this. Unforgiven II is the most underrated metallica song.

    • @DShaneSands
      @DShaneSands 4 роки тому +6

      this is how i discovered a b-bender, seeing James play it live on an awards show or something in the 90s

  • @44Wyvern44
    @44Wyvern44 2 роки тому +3

    I can't get over holding that harmonic and playing through it, it's so...unorthodox and beautiful.

  • @maranathashalom9402
    @maranathashalom9402 3 роки тому +75

    "Yeah I'd like to buy 1000 strings."
    "Wow, I'll get the packs!"
    "Actually... Just B strings."
    "GET outta here!"

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau 3 роки тому +2

      Wait.. Wait. What about some g-strings?

    • @tinfoilcat5446
      @tinfoilcat5446 2 роки тому +1

      Used to work at a music shop, we would sell single strings. It's actually a thing. Some guy came in and bought 60 .09 strings for his homemade tattoo machine.

  • @sohamsengupta6470
    @sohamsengupta6470 4 роки тому +48

    14:54 Holy mother of groove that is darn amazing!

    • @kxle3918
      @kxle3918 4 роки тому +7

      Soham Sengupta it’s really cool but sounds shit with the song

    • @AM-eg2kw
      @AM-eg2kw 4 роки тому +5

      @@kxle3918 I feel like that has more to do with the sub-par mixing

    • @kxle3918
      @kxle3918 4 роки тому +3

      Arnav Malik nah most the drumming was pretty hard hitting for such a nice guitar riff which was pretty bad

    • @newkiller101owns
      @newkiller101owns 4 роки тому +2

      @@kxle3918 music is subjective so it can sound horrible to you but amazing to someone else. there is no right or wrong.

    • @kxle3918
      @kxle3918 4 роки тому

      Nuclear101 yeah I know :)

  • @AlessandrodiTria
    @AlessandrodiTria 4 роки тому +88

    rob: the limit for the b string would be a whole step
    me, playing another brick in the wall solo: i wished so.....

  • @NOLASkaGuitarist
    @NOLASkaGuitarist 2 роки тому +2

    You'd be surprised how much a suede (or raw sort of unfinished, roughed up but still supple leather) style underside to a strap adds grip to work in this kind of situation. I have an SG and since they are so neck heavy having a strap like that really helps keep it where you put it, and even with force, that strap isn't sliding easily unless you lift up on the guitar a bit.

  • @VVxve
    @VVxve 3 роки тому

    Robs always gotta have his unique sound! Nice intro man 👍

  • @peterbrooke7146
    @peterbrooke7146 4 роки тому +106

    The girl at the end was killing it on drums god damn

    • @yung-stephen
      @yung-stephen 4 роки тому +8

      too bad they kinda sounded like shit

    • @exarkun3263
      @exarkun3263 4 роки тому +3

      Ikr? those sweet ghost notes on the snare

    • @christianmessner866
      @christianmessner866 4 роки тому +20

      Playing was good. Mixing didn't sound good at all. Or snare really

    • @Asrelis
      @Asrelis 4 роки тому

      @@christianmessner866 Yeah the mix sounded pretty rushed, especially for the same guy in Uptown Recording that mixed/mastered the First of October albums

  • @Koreyisadumbfuck
    @Koreyisadumbfuck 4 роки тому +64

    when rob starts talking sounded like a Midwest emo song

    • @Wildbikeslife
      @Wildbikeslife 4 роки тому

      Chaka from land of the lost that's spot on

    • @MrJetsparker
      @MrJetsparker 4 роки тому

      something The Used would do

    • @Wildbikeslife
      @Wildbikeslife 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/VNmXcshDJ-o/v-deo.html

  • @mattmoss1373
    @mattmoss1373 3 роки тому +17

    The riff he ends up recording reminds me a lot of 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse

    • @TheMNeko
      @TheMNeko 2 роки тому

      I knew it sounded nostalgic! Thank you for explaining why.

  • @Phantom0fTheRouter
    @Phantom0fTheRouter 3 роки тому +3

    Graphite lube on the pivot, bees wax on the back side of the strap tab, garter strap from belt to guitar strap.

  • @ccee4117
    @ccee4117 4 роки тому +6

    I've been playing guitars for 20+ years and I'd not heard of a "b-bender" until today. No matter how knowledgeable you think you are, there is always room to learn something new.

  • @gadickey1379
    @gadickey1379 4 роки тому +26

    I love that rob can just riff and doesn’t even care if it sounds like crap or not. He just doesn’t care! True guitar god!

  • @user-ez4dx5so8l
    @user-ez4dx5so8l 2 роки тому +1

    Well you know what they say' "There is a first time for everything". Love it, and keep up the great work.

    • @TheMerseySound1
      @TheMerseySound1 Рік тому

      Here's the inventor and Byrds drummer Gene Parsons explaining why the B string and the backstory of how he came create it in 1967 for his bandmate Clarence White who was no slouch at guitar. ua-cam.com/video/zxQhbvke44I/v-deo.html

  • @alexnaturalis1179
    @alexnaturalis1179 3 роки тому +1

    Sweet playing! Awesome drumming too!

  • @lightfuserunaway2508
    @lightfuserunaway2508 4 роки тому +428

    Bob: oooh, I never thought about harmonics
    Rob: *laughs in Modest Mouse*

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 4 роки тому +3

      Yea......A LONG TIME AFTER

    • @Hyieh.
      @Hyieh. 4 роки тому +10

      the intro reminded me of dramamine a little bit

    • @trevormcintosh5564
      @trevormcintosh5564 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah was hoping he'd start on Interstate 8 lol

    • @trevormcintosh5564
      @trevormcintosh5564 4 роки тому

      I would use it more in the opposite position honestly

    • @BloodClanResurrection
      @BloodClanResurrection 4 роки тому

      It sounds like if Modest Mouse made a baby with Mogwai. Lol

  • @ryubiggie
    @ryubiggie 4 роки тому +37

    Dude that girl drumming is freaking epic! That beat she had going was sick.

    • @nibblrrr7124
      @nibblrrr7124 4 роки тому

      Right? Those ghost notes were really cool. And I just love how hard she smacks the kit in general.

  • @haztj1
    @haztj1 2 роки тому +1

    The harmonic bending sounds so good