page_title: B-Bender
hierarchical_section_title: B-Bender
caption_attribution_description: English: Patent drawing for Parsons-White String Bender, figures 2, 3 and 4, patent 3,512,443, title Shoulder Strap Control for String Instruments.
context_page_description: A B-Bender is a guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up by as much as a minor third. There are several different designs, but all use levers or pulleys inside or outside the guitar body that are activated by a pull or push of the guitar neck, body, or bridge. The resulting tone sounds much like a pedal steel guitar and contributes a "country" feeling. Originally designed for the Fender Telecaster, B-Benders are now available to fit many solid body electric guitars, and even acoustic guitars.
context_section_description: A B-Bender is a guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up by as much as a minor third (three frets).  There are several different designs, but all use levers or pulleys inside or outside the guitar body that are activated by a pull or push of the guitar neck, body, or bridge. The resulting tone sounds much like a pedal steel guitar and contributes a "country" feeling.  Originally designed for the Fender Telecaster, B-Benders are now available to fit many solid body electric guitars, and even acoustic guitars.
caption: Fig.A The first B-Bender was the Parsons/White Pull-String
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