Marty Stuart:

[Inspector #20]

Phenomenal guitar playing. Kenny Vaughan's sol begins at 1:49 & Marty's solo starts at 2:18. Now, focus on Marty's upper straplock. It's attached to a lever mechanism that bends the 'b' string up a whole step, giving Marty that steel guitar effect...

 

[gasket]

Looked long and hard at one last year. Decided it would be lost on me.
Photo from the net not the one I looked at.

 

[Inspector #20]

Looked long and hard at one last year. Decided it would be lost on me.
Photo from the net not the one I looked at.

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I want to try one...

 

[Inspector #20]

Kentucky Headhunters on Marty Stuart:

 

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Kentucky Headhunters on Marty Stuart:

I wonder who told the drummer "that hat looks good"?

 

[eSGEe]

Blackberry SMoke Guitarist Charlie Star uses one....here it is at work on a great tune

 

[Inspector #20]

Marty's precision just blows my mind, Man...and Kenny Vaughan is a Telecaster Master.

 

[gball]

Those guys are sick players. Been a fan of MS for quite a while now.

But, yeah, Parsons B-Bender. They've actually been around for a while:

B-Bender - Wikipedia

 

[Inspector #20]

It's an awesome ear-bending sound....very steel guitar-ish...

 

[Inspector #20]

Notice Kenny Vaughan's Rickenbackers in the video...

 

[gball]

It's an awesome ear-bending sound....very steel guitar-ish...

Good ol' James Patrick Page has a few guitars with them also

 

[Bocc69]

Oh yea, some very tasty notes coming off those teles. They make it look easy, don't they?

 

[Inspector #20]

Oh yea, some very tasty notes coming off those teles. They make it look easy, don't they?

And their tone isn't at all ice-picky...

 

[eSGEe]

SURE is a lot of hardware to bend 1 string.....wonder how much weight that ads ???

 

[Inspector #20]

SURE is a lot of hardware to bend 1 string.....wonder how much weight that ads ???

Good question. I'm hoping to find out soon.

 

[Inspector #20]

I'm thinking about a 1" log neck, Tele body, 24.75" B-Bender...

 

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[eSGEe]

I hate to ask--- but I dont know so I will-- did he have a smelting accident ? I notice after a point he is NEVER in public without a scarf?

 

[Inspector #20]

Marty Stuart with his VonHerndon StageCrafter Serial #12

 

[Don O]

You sure about the SN ?