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I have received my Desert Star B Bender yesterday. I have to admit that this thing surpassed all my expectations. This is a pic of @LtDave32 posing with it before he shipped it out.
The guitar is amazing, Dave did a special neck carve as I like them big. I wanted a fat neck like my R7. Big frets was my other neck request. Dave got it done.
The other important feature was a nod to old school Teles. I wanted the single layer 5 screw pickguard. Though the most important element was the “Mary Kaye” translucent Olympic white Finish over the grainy Ash body. Dave did a super fantastic job,... it is perfect.
Dave suggested the Electric City “Black Scotch” pickup pair and the MSSC wiring harness and paper-in-oil capacitor. Outstanding suggestion.
The B Bender is what encouraged me to contact Dave in the first place. I have seen a few offerings by Fender that was available but I wasn’t impressed. A custom build with the bender sold me.
The bender mechanism is a Parson-Green Bender manufactured by Hipshot. A quality made device. Very solid stable and smooth operating. Fully adjustable. Love it.
I have only put a few hours on it but I am totally satisfied with how this turned out. The sound of this guitar is to die for,... from fat to sweet and all clarity and chime you can ask for. Which is important for a B Bender. If you can’t hear the b string what good is it?
Enough script now for some pics.
And how it all started
Thanks Dave
The guitar is amazing, Dave did a special neck carve as I like them big. I wanted a fat neck like my R7. Big frets was my other neck request. Dave got it done.
The other important feature was a nod to old school Teles. I wanted the single layer 5 screw pickguard. Though the most important element was the “Mary Kaye” translucent Olympic white Finish over the grainy Ash body. Dave did a super fantastic job,... it is perfect.
Dave suggested the Electric City “Black Scotch” pickup pair and the MSSC wiring harness and paper-in-oil capacitor. Outstanding suggestion.
The B Bender is what encouraged me to contact Dave in the first place. I have seen a few offerings by Fender that was available but I wasn’t impressed. A custom build with the bender sold me.
The bender mechanism is a Parson-Green Bender manufactured by Hipshot. A quality made device. Very solid stable and smooth operating. Fully adjustable. Love it.
I have only put a few hours on it but I am totally satisfied with how this turned out. The sound of this guitar is to die for,... from fat to sweet and all clarity and chime you can ask for. Which is important for a B Bender. If you can’t hear the b string what good is it?
Enough script now for some pics.
And how it all started
Thanks Dave
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