Gene Parsons
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“I'm still slammed with orders. Each B-Bender is made with care and love, just like I did with the first one for Clarence White”: How Gene Parsons reinvented electric guitar playing with the B-Bender
By Andrew Daly published
He was the drummer for the Byrds, but Parsons is best known in guitar circles for pioneering the Parsons/White B-Bender, a mind-bending mechanical contraption that changed the face of country guitar playing and beyond, finding fame in the hands of Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs and Jimmy Page

Everything you wanted to know about the B-Bender, a guitarist's ultimate secret weapon
By Damian Fanelli published
The complete guide to the guitar innovation that uses your strap to change the pitch
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