FENDER AMERICAN NASHVILLE B BENDER TELECASTER
WITH ALL HANG TAGS AND NONE ORIGINAL HARD CASE
MADE IN THE USA
AUGUST 2003
3 TONE SUNBURST
FACTORY FITTED B BENDER
PULL DOWN ON THE STRAP IT RAISES THE B STRING UP A TONE TO GIVE PEDAL STEEL TYPE BENDS
ORIGINALLY INVENTED IN 1967 BY GENE PARSONS AND CLARENCE WHITE OF THE BYRDS
THEY LICENSED THEIR INVENTION TO LEO FENDER IN 1968 BUT HE NEVER PUT IT INTO PRODUCTION
GENE PARSONS AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER MERIDIAN GREEN LATER TOOK THE DESIGN BACK TO FENDER AND THEY USED IT ON A RUN OF CUSTOM SHOP CLARENCE WHITE TELECASTERS
1996 FENDER RELEASE AN AMERICAN STANDARD TELECASTER WITH PACTORY FITTED B BENDER (WE SOLD ONE OF THOSE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO)
1998 THEY PRODUCED THE HOT RODDED VERSION WITH ADDED MIDDLE TEXAS SPECIAL STRAT PICKUP AND 5 WAY SWITCH
2000 THE AMERICAN NASHVILLE B BENDER TELECASTER (AS WE HAVE HERE) WAS RELEASED THIS ADDED SCHALLER STAGGERED HEIGHT TUNERS, A NEW NECK SHAPE WITH ROLLED EDGES AND A POPLAR BODY
AVAILABLE IN BLACK AND 3 TONE SUNBURST
NOW DISCONTINUED
THIS IS IN GREAT CONDITION
APART FROM THE USUAL LAQUER CRACKING ON THE BACK OF THE NECK (MOST FENDERS DO THIS FROM THIS PERIOD)
LARGE LACQUER CRACKS EITHER SIDE OF THE NECK
I MUST STRESS THESE ARE JUST LACQUER CRACKS (LOOKS LIKE THE FINISH WAS APPLIED VERY THICKLY AROUND THIS AREA) AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
JUST HAD A SETUP SO PLAYS LIKE A DREAM
SOUNDS SUPERB, ITS EXTREMELY VERSATILE
AND IT LOOKS STUNNING
WITH ALL THE ADDED METALWORK THIS IS NO LIGHTWEIGHT TELE
4.3kg / 9.4lb
THESE DONT COME UP FOR SALE VERY OFTEN
ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN
IT WILL ONLY GO UP IN VALUE
LISTERS GUITARS HARD TO FIND S/H BARGAIN PRICE ONLY £2299!!!!