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Holy Crap! I never heard of this guy. He's dead, but still...

One of my favorite songs taken to another level. I've seen that great clip, and heard of him, but don't possess any of his material. If I could magically be a real hot-shot guitar player, it'd be in that style versus some metal thing. Great stuff.

Is that a b-bender tele? What's all that stuff behind the tailpiece?

I don't know what the stuff behind the plate is, it's hard to see. Palm benders for strings would be around there, but that doesn't look like it. He does a neato behind the nut bend near the end, but doesn't appear to be manipulating levers and what-not. Hmm. I dunno.

Well a B-bender is some how linked with levers to the strap bolt near the neck on the body. I don't think he uses it on this tune- but that guitar looks like it might be one.

http://www.stringbender.com/img/Routingbox.gif

You can see the guitar much better in the licks and tricks vids. I'll let you guys analyze it there:

Looks like it's not a b-bender, but something called a T tailpiece

for those with interest in teh b-bender

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIilq3JdCT4

Not looking at viddys yet, but I have a tele with B-bender. There are several kinds. There are ones that strap to your belt, ones that are a Bigsby made palm lever, and the type I have, Parsons-White, that are a big old lever tucked away in a route in the back of the guitar. These are operated by pushing down on the strap lock, raising the B string a whole step. The frst example of a tune I used it on here was the lead in "Big Success", but it''s made many an appearance. Mebbe I'll bust it out this week!