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I've had a new Fender B-Bender tele about 10 days and may return it to GC since it is rather expensive. It has the extra strat pickup in the middle, which is only used for the two notched positions- the middle position itself has both tele pickups in parallel (like a typical tele).
I've been wondering about upgrading the pickups and wiring- maybe throw in some series and out-of-phase linkages. I thought that the stock pickups are too bright but I just figured out that the knob on the bottom will cut the highs... I think that they call it the "tone" control. <g>
Most of my tele sets are a RWRP pair so they are humcancelling when used together- so I'm trying to figure out the best way to add in a middle pickup to one of the sets I already have...
One question: has anybody here taken out one of the Parsons-Green B-Bender assemblies? Do I need to first remove the B string? I've gotten instructions from Gene Parsons web site but they don't seem to address that issue. I'd like to get the bender to work a bit more smoothly- I may need to stretch the spring a little bit.
Thanks!
Steve Ahola
P.S. The neck on this guitar is really great- very low action without having the strings "fret out" during bends. So I guess that the US guitar makers are also getting very good with the computer-aided manufacturing techniques just like Korea. Even without the B-Bender this might be a nice guitar to keep.
I've been wondering about upgrading the pickups and wiring- maybe throw in some series and out-of-phase linkages. I thought that the stock pickups are too bright but I just figured out that the knob on the bottom will cut the highs... I think that they call it the "tone" control. <g>
Most of my tele sets are a RWRP pair so they are humcancelling when used together- so I'm trying to figure out the best way to add in a middle pickup to one of the sets I already have...
One question: has anybody here taken out one of the Parsons-Green B-Bender assemblies? Do I need to first remove the B string? I've gotten instructions from Gene Parsons web site but they don't seem to address that issue. I'd like to get the bender to work a bit more smoothly- I may need to stretch the spring a little bit.
Thanks!
Steve Ahola
P.S. The neck on this guitar is really great- very low action without having the strings "fret out" during bends. So I guess that the US guitar makers are also getting very good with the computer-aided manufacturing techniques just like Korea. Even without the B-Bender this might be a nice guitar to keep.
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