The B-Bender Guitar (the strap pulls the b string)
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- 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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Watch our friend Bob Clagett make this guitar on "I Like To Make Stuff"
th-cam.com/video/vWiu05DflR4/w-d-xo.html
He's awesome too
It was an awesome project!
Rob Scallon th-cam.com/video/5LXNNkIZS4k/w-d-xo.html
Do a video on your second channel about the history of the B-bender
turns out my parents dont have money for a guitar for my bday its march 3rd
If fender starts making one of these, they could call it a "Fender Bender."
They did for a while, I've got one!
Noah Lochner nice
Yusss, my dude!
They did the Fender Blender,a legendary fuzz pedal,btw.
i approve
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.
Your Grandad is great!
when
@@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.
Raphael Boll oh that’s sick
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.
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.
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 :(
Never free.. Never mey-yah
I think he used on My friend of misery as well.
Why not just use your pinky?
@@goodtimeeric u can try if u want
Jesus. Every time Jessica shows up she just absolutely crushes it.
Such a good drummer!
Making an "All Bender" Guitar where the Strap functions as a whamy bar would be next level.
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
or you can just use your whammy bar because that one would strain your shoulder
@@mazon33 it would probably be more difficult to play fast while pulling down the neck
@@wakin7907 meh i disagree, i think it much more ergonomic, but as jerma said it would be rough on the neck.
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.
"I'm just gonna start singing"
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.......
r/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
So anyway I started singing
Nik Sauer th-cam.com/video/5LXNNkIZS4k/w-d-xo.html
Nik Sauer 1 day ago hmmm
What if you pull the B string too hard?
Does it become a " *B* *Ender* "?
😂
How old are you??? Your account is pretty old
@@vaocl Is my account older than you? 😄
@@6feetunderpants it’s 14 years old!!
With enough bends over time, yes. Metal fatigue.
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.
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.
Now watch the video again. th-cam.com/video/5bt7kAVxKfs/w-d-xo.html
You can see him using the strap to bend :)
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.
@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.
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.
Alex Banks u can edit the comment cuz people will admonish u lol. I got what u meant though
8:30 never thought I'd see yodel tapping being born
Yodelling kid at Walmart (cover) 2020
I wanna see a bass version of this
That would be perfect because on a 5 string the 1st string is a b
YES
Genius idea
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
G bender?
It's awesome watching Bob watch an expert slowly master an instrument that he made, and discover things he didn't even think of.
The B bender was invented in 1967
@@TheMerseySound1 He said "made", not "invented".
Rob Scallon: The master of whatever the hell he wants in 10 minutes or less.
94MikeJ Woooooshhhh
@@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
I wonder when hell start making signature beanies
@@Kaftn you made me laugh into my coffee :)
*Edit* and your user name made me laugh again!
@@novatriio lol he removed his reply
B-Bending is a new ability that's superior to water bending and air bending
You really have to be a lowlife to binge so much youtube.
Ye
Hello~
You watch too much youtube
It's not new, brad paisley has been using this system for a long time.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
9:32 was such a cool and funny moment when he pretended to be drunk walking through the fields 😭
Rob is so goddamn talented yet he acts like he’s great by accident. It’s nice to see people so humble.
People like him are who look up to😊
I think that's why he's so good. Because he's always excited to learn new things
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
So if you made an “all-bender” would it be an Avatar Guitar?
It would be a pedal steel
Ohh dude... it’s a joke..
@@Lunker_Dunker 😂👍
@@merangoo8372 yes
Avaguitar
Rob, every riff you jammed on this guitar should be a song. Amazing.
“It sounds like its a sunny day, you’re running through a field, but you’re super drunk.” 🤣🤣👍🏻
So accurate lmao
Sounds like you can make a Red Dirt song out of that line.
I want a full track out of this!!!!!!!! *ooooo* 😍😍😍😍
mid-90s Flaming Lips
can't wait for the "B-Djenter" where we can bend only the low B
The Djenter-Bender?
Intermernet oh my fucking god that was hilarious but you gotta reign that comedy gene in bro
I'll be honest, i don't know why i was expecting it, but that's what i was expecting coming into this video
Yeah but instead of bending it you destress it.
🤣
Can we give some recognition to Jessica's drumming? Holy shit. Some
Thank you Rob and Bob for such wonderful content!
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.
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!
I love The Byrds!!
Check out Mike Campbell in Mudcrutch playing a B-Bender covering "Lover of the Bayou"
@@dlbrownmac check out clarence playing lover of the bayou live on the untitled album
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.
Greetings from Mendocino County.....GENE PARSONS
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.
Please rob, i want to hear "a collapse" played on the b bender. That version in the beginning sounded like heaven
8:30 - Spongebob on acid. Mind blown.
doesn't sound anything like spongebob music lol
@@djangomaxfield yes it does 😂
That's my type of music
Lol
Kinda gives Hawaiian vibes
"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 😉
here's one! open.spotify.com/track/4pyjQrJmuK55CZ3zgAvmnK?si=zp4roIb2RHaRFDLoTzaMtw
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: th-cam.com/video/ZeYiV3c2ivY/w-d-xo.html!
That's one of the nicest sounds I've ever heard from an instrument
Love that math-rock jam at the end. Those bent harmonics are awesome for music like this!
14:54
Damn, I was not ready for that groove....sick
Seriously she was killin it lol
That was way too much for the song.
No shit! I immediately ran it back and listened to it again. And then again. So good.
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
@@WhrsTheMoneyLabowski ehh, I can see why you'd say that. But its an opinion that I disagree with lol
I wasn’t getting “a running through a field drunk” feel so much a “spongebob jelly fishing”.
allenlowe12 unoriginal comment
Grass skirt chase for sure
that’s exactly what was in my mind
same here
ok spongebob
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.
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.
Alternative title: "How to make Spongebob music"
nexium a buy a lap steel
8:45 especially
nexium a, haha I thought the same thing. 😂 🙌
@@maxonmendel5757 "it's a nice sunny day and you're running through the field" trying to catch jellyfish!!
slide guitar is way better
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.
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.
@@robscallon Yeah man, after hearing this, the world needs b-bender emo math rock. Do it a service rob!! Seriously though
Or make a ptfe rail, that way all the clanking noises would be dampened
maybe some spring action or a magnet that pulls it back to place?
@@Psyfonify The world needs more math rock period. I'm all for it
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.
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
So they wrote a Midwest emo song with a b-bender. We need a whole album now.
Artificial Dissonance ...right!?
First Of October album with this guitar would be insane
YES YES YES
This is so the Gloria Record! Hahaha
Ayy Midwest emo hell yeah
... does anyone know if they make an electric "bender" bass, asking for a davie504
I'm on it
@@gunnarbates942 Me to
I guess you better sign me up as well..
Sdaiay
Does Charles Berthoud's La Fay with the drop tuners count?
please make this a full length song 🙏🏼 It sounded so amazing and the drums were so sick
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
Lost the opportunity to call it the fender bender.
I mean, it aint a Fender tho. Its a Chapman. This one, anyways
It's not a Fender
@@themorrigan1312 - whoosh. yes, that's why they lost the opportunity
@@ikigai47 its not whoosh you reddit dwelling, cheese burrito eating normie
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
I recorded a band where the lead guitarist uses a B bender recently, the beantown buckaroos. The album is on Spotify and such.
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.
Modest little self plug. Can always appreciate.
One of my favorite guitars to build. Worked there for over 6 years
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.
11:30 "I've just been pulling on this thing nonstop". That's how we all feel when we get a new toy.
Mark Durante it had some mathrock/emo vibes
Sure, a.."toy". 😂
*Insert Lenny face*
sounds like me after 11 pm :)
Boys at 14 years old
"pretty rare to hear a harmonic being bent"
every floyd rose player: wut?
*any tremolo user ever
Every modest mouse fan ever
Yeah, because divebombs aren't a thing lol
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
Pantera anybody wth
that's one of the coolest mechanisms I've ever seen in a guitar.
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.
is nobody gonna talk about the insane snare work at 14:55
Right ???
I came to the comments section specifically to talk about how hard that drummer went lol
she way overplayed but I loved it lol
I need to learn that
Exactly what this song did not need.
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.
When he does the "Harmonics" I almost teared up, that was beautiful
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.
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.
Damn man, she's a keeper
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
You better put a ring on her finger
@Bman Marry her but a half step up 🤔
You picked a good un'
Ohhh it all makes sense now, I almost broke my fingers trying to play the unforgiven2
Brad Paisley has a G-bender and sounds amazing.
So does Marty Stewart.
No one should tighten someone else's G-string.
So a moment ago I‘ve found this system (right after watching the above video) that allows to do either B or G - th-cam.com/video/Cr3igM5-jyg/w-d-xo.html
I've always wanted a B-Bender guitar thanks to The Unforgiven 2. Great video!
I really should have learned that song...
OOOOH SO THATS HOW THEY DID IT
Red Avenger th-cam.com/video/5LXNNkIZS4k/w-d-xo.html
@@robscallon well there's still time. make a cover!
I was looking for this comment!! Damn right.
14:54 Can we talk about the drums here tho?
those ghost notes...
Right? I was trying to see if anyone else talks about it, but it seems that it’s just a few of us!
It was absolutely amazing! What sort of beat/pattern is that called though? (I don't know much about drums)
Us drummers definitely all catch the same things. Cheers to you boys
Lots of unnecessary chops.
So incredible when genius is combined.
Incredible as usual.
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
WHOA
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
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.
Here are a few songs from the latter-day Byrds that feature Clarence's use of the B-Bender:
Old Blue: th-cam.com/video/f6xaSZVs2yo/w-d-xo.html
Nashville West (live version): th-cam.com/video/SN9BRY-43rE/w-d-xo.html
Tulsa County: th-cam.com/video/ZW4GcDBJtMg/w-d-xo.html
Lover Of The Bayou (live version): th-cam.com/video/myLTgLqFaj8/w-d-xo.html
Buckaroo: th-cam.com/video/HWSIfk30o-A/w-d-xo.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.
@@maverick_trail Yes he does!
13:20 the harmonic bends totally sounds like someone is backing you up with a lap guitar.
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.
So glad I found this channel!
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.
14:54 that was so good damn
Came down looking for this comment, Ho Lee Fuk
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.
Wha this is so vintage and handmade I like it so much
14:54 crazy snare roll thing, skills.
Rob: * gets b bender guitar and doesn't play unforgiven 2 *
Me: * angry sub noises *
McGames Company good point, that’s the most well known one imo too
Joe Sudz absolutely, look at the official tab
My Friend of Misery and Mama Said have some B-bender stuff too
You tellin me one of my favorite songs of all time uses one of these? Like by Metallica?
@@teemukielinen7182 Where exactly in "Misery" ??
Sweet playing! Awesome drumming too!
My two best shows on youtube combined! Awesome!
Ah yes, the 5 elements
Water, Earth, Fire, Air, 🅱️
Look.. you gotta say EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE.. then say water.. you missed the chance for a killer joke 😂
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@@thekiller5672 ok then
@@Tysandifer i dont get it
oh no. "she" was the fifth element!
this would "B" #6!
What hellish invention is this?
As if the string didn't have enough trouble staying in tune lol.
Someday someone will finally find a way to make a tele come out of tune.
It's really old. Give it a search on the interwebs and watch someone use it properly like Brad paisley.
@@burlapjack8345 yeah, I was gonna say...
google is your friend. parsons/white.
I find it's usually the G that goes out the easiest on any guitars I've had
Well you know what they say' "There is a first time for everything". Love it, and keep up the great work.
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. th-cam.com/video/zxQhbvke44I/w-d-xo.html
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!
This has a huge modest mouse vibe to it. Almost reminds me of Dramamine by modest mouse
i thought the same thing
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.
end of Life like Weeds too
@@nulllocke I was born in 1990 and Modest Mouse was a huge influence on my teenage years also. Certainly can relate.
definitely sounds like Mouse. when he mentioned "songs with bending harmonics" i immediately thought of Dramamine
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!?
It was initially invented to imitate a pedal steel
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
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
People already mentioned the pedal steel, but also you bend only one string all the time? In like regular guitar playing?
@@TheMerseySound1 oh damn, the question was rhetorical but thats actually quite informative thanks!
The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
So dope! Awesome content dude!
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!
12m50s the builders face when he sees Rob do something he hadn't yet imagined is great.
Dude just say 12:50
tip: instead of 12m50s, type 12:50, then we can just click the timestamp and see it, instead of having to look for it
Robs always gotta have his unique sound! Nice intro man 👍
The harmonic bending sounds so good
rob: the limit for the b string would be a whole step
me, playing another brick in the wall solo: i wished so.....
Lol turd
Chuckle MuChuckle why did this make me laugh😂🤣
I Wanted A B-Bender To Play The Unforgiven II, Now I Want One Even More, Damn You Rob!
the little ditty you played in the beginning was absolutely amazing
It’s a rendition of his song A Collapse - it’s originally played on bass but sounds smooth af on guitar too
@@marines.7022 thank you so much
@@reggiemadison7257 it’s okay ! One of my favourite pieces by him
That’s really cool. Brings me back to that issue of Guitar World where Brad Paisley was featured. And in that feature Brad talked about a special Telecaster that he played that had a B-bender feature. Pretty cool
Bob: oooh, I never thought about harmonics
Rob: *laughs in Modest Mouse*
Yea......A LONG TIME AFTER
the intro reminded me of dramamine a little bit
Yeah was hoping he'd start on Interstate 8 lol
I would use it more in the opposite position honestly
It sounds like if Modest Mouse made a baby with Mogwai. Lol
14:54 Holy mother of groove that is darn amazing!
Soham Sengupta it’s really cool but sounds shit with the song
@@kxle3918 I feel like that has more to do with the sub-par mixing
Arnav Malik nah most the drumming was pretty hard hitting for such a nice guitar riff which was pretty bad
@@kxle3918 music is subjective so it can sound horrible to you but amazing to someone else. there is no right or wrong.
Nuclear101 yeah I know :)
That Snare Sound!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I can't get over holding that harmonic and playing through it, it's so...unorthodox and beautiful.
For a while there, I was like "I'm sure Rob can make me like this, but I'm not convinced yet." Those harmonics NAILED it. Thanks for the vid guys!
This just opened up a whole new musical door for me. This is my first time seeing a B-Bender Guitar.
Mr.Scallon got me into music and now I am a huge music geek.
Fender had this on the tele. Country players like Albert Lee were using it in the 60s/70s