HipShot™ David Borisoff of HipShot™ Products is likely the most successful as far as bender mechanisms sold. There are two appearant reasons for the success of this design. One is the price. This unit retails for $155 and includes a B-bender and an E-Drop tuner. The second reason is that the HipShot™ does not require drilling into the guitar for mounting. Other options include Palm Levers and Half Stops. The Palm Lever adds a G bender and the Half Stop adds a 1/2 step position for the B bender.
If this is what you are looking for, we will install the HipShot™ Bender string bender system on your guitar with any options available from HipShot.
EZ-Bender™ The EZ-Bender™ was invented by Richard M. Bowden, lead guitarist in the 70's for Linda Ronstadt, Roger McGuinn, Johnny Rivers, Dan Fogelberg, and now a 16-year-veteran of the country musical team of Pinkard & Bowden. The late Clarence White (Kentucky Colonels and the Byrds) gets most of the credit for the first bender guitar, modified with a device built by his mechanically inclined drummer friend, Gene Parsons, in the '60s. There have been many attempts, some successful, to create other bending devices since then. Bowden, having succeeded Clarence in the Roger McGuinn camp, created his own version in 1974. Over the years, he refined his version to fit without guitar modification or defacing. It was then that Epiphone decided to make it available to everyone. The EZ-Bender by Epiphone comes ready for installation complete with an instructional video featuring Nashville session man Dan "The Bender Guy" Schafer with an installation demonstration by the inventor. How easy or EZ can it get? This patented detachable string-bender can be installed on any guitar equipped with a StopBar tailpiece and tune-o-matic bridge with NO modifications at all. Just follow the easy installation instructions on the FREE video (NTSC format only), and you'll be set up to play in no time! Then, check out some expert instructional lessons from Nashville session man, Dan Schafer and pretty soon you'll be bending your life away
