Fender Nashville B-Bender Telecaster – USA 2015

From Fender: 

‘Occasionally, Fender is asked if it still offers a Telecaster model equipped with something called a “B-Bender.” The answer is no, not at the moment, not since the B-Bender Telecaster went out of production in the 2000s. 

The device is the aforementioned B-Bender, and, while it didn’t always have that name, that’s what most guitarists know it as. 

The B-Bender is a mechanical device that raises the pitch of a Telecaster’s B string by a whole tone (up to C#), producing plaintive, sinuous bends very much like those produced on a pedal steel guitar. This is accomplished by spring-loaded levers inside the guitar’s body, which connect the bridge to the strap button on the upper bout. The strap button itself is attached to a lever that moves up and down about an inch. When you wear the guitar over your shoulder and you push the neck downward, the guitar strap pulls the strap button upward, activating the lever system and raising the pitch of the B string. 

The B-Bender was invented by two country-rock pioneers, guitarist Clarence White and multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons, both of whom played in Nashville West and the Byrds, among other acts, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  

If the whole concept of the B-Bender sounds a bit strange, keep in mind that you’ve very likely heard it before. You might not own a copy of the Byrds’ Live at the Fillmore: February 1969, which features Clarence White’s sterling use of the B-Bender, but you probably have heard “All My Love” by Led Zeppelin and “Peaceful Easy Feeling” by the Eagles, both of which feature a B-Bender. Other guitarists who have put a B-Bender to good use include James Hetfield (Metallica), Pete Townshend, Albert Lee, Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and David Gilmour.’ 

Features: 

• Alder Body 
• Maple Neck 
• Modern "C" Profile 
• 25.5" Scale Length 
• 9.5" Fingerboard Radius 
• 22 Medium Jumbo Frets 
• 1.6875" Nut Width 
• American Standard Single-Coil Tele Pickup (Bridge) 
• Texas Special Single-Coil Strat Pickup (Middle) 
• American Standard Single-Coil Tele Pickup (Neck) 
• Master Volume Control 
• Master Tone Control 
• 5-Way Switch 
• 6-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Bridge with Block-Style Saddles 
• Chrome Hardware 
• 4-Ply White Pearloid 
• 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™ Adjustment 
• Parsons/Green B-Bender System 

This 2015 Fender Nashville B-Bender Telecaster is the real deal! It’s the first B-bender we’ve had in stock at PREMIER GUITARS, and we love it! It possesses all of the desired Tele elements one looks for, and it sounds fantastic; the neck pickup thick and jazz like, the middle pickup is nice and open and the bridge pickup is clear and spanky. 

The guitar presents in excellent condition with close to zero player wear, the frets look brand new, and the body is spotless except for one small chip on the back near the input jack. The neck is smooth and clean with no dings or dents. The guitar weighs 9.36lbs. The action is fairly low @ 1st fret: 0.65mm and 12th fret: 1.75mm. 

You don’t see a heap of these around so definitely worth a closer inspection - It is sure to impress! 

Comes in its original hard-shell case.