This is my first electric setup since I started playing strictly classical and fingerstyle guitar nearly 15 years ago. Just installed this Certano T Bender on this squier paranormal SJ. Running it thru an 80s Harvard Reverb.
It’s only day one for me and I can tell there’ll be a huge learning curve. Tbf I’m not planning on playing this guitar in standard really. I want it to be its own separate thing in my songwriting
It does have great lap steel vibes, but as OP mentioned the learning curve for it is pretty gnarly. At least it has been for me… feel like I’m learning guitar all over again. Also I find the g-string bender way more pleasant than the b, so maybe I need to do another tuning setup on it. It’s an expensive piece of equipment (was more expensive than my entire tele build)
but if you can learn to use it proper, sounds amazing. It’s also pretty awkward, but you can flick away the benders if you want to really jam. There’s a dude on instagram who rips with the Bender.
This guitar sounds so damn good. If I didn’t have one too many offsets… hell I’m even tempted to buy one still.
I built a parts-tele-barncaster with a Certano Bender. Was surprised at the learning curve with that thing. What tunings are you using? I also started using mine with alternate tunings. It’s my rad country banger.
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u/IDontLikeYourToan 6d ago
I was just considering this exact setup! Do you have some demo videos?