Give your guitar riffs a country twang with a custom-made B-Bender guitar

March 5, 2020

In a recent video, Bob from the YouTube channel I Like To Make Stuff demonstrates how to convert your guitar into a custom B-Bender.

Are you a musician with a flair for DIY projects? Do you have a shop full of power tools and don’t mind using them on expensive guitars? Could your guitar riffs use a country twang? Then consider creating your own B-Bender guitar. Unlike other guitars, a B-Bender features a spring-loaded lever that raises the pitch of the B string by a whole tone, mimicking the sound of a pedal steel guitar. In a recent video, Bob from the YouTube channel I Like To Make Stuff demonstrates how to convert your guitar into a custom B-Bender.

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Alexis Gajewski | Senior Content Strategist

Alexis Gajewski has over 15 years of experience in the maintenance, reliability, operations, and manufacturing space. She joined Plant Services in 2008 and works to bring readers the news, insight, and information they need to make the right decisions for their plants. Alexis also authors “The Lighter Side of Manufacturing,” a blog that highlights the fun and innovative advances in the industrial sector. 

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