Where can I buy a SteelMaster™? Do I have to drill any holes in my guitar? No, simply remove the top two screws in your JM style vibrato and install the SteelMaster™. Here are a couple of short videos demonstrating how to install the SteelMaster™️ How do I tune the Bent Note? Can I still use the vibrato after installing the SteelMaster™? Yes, indeed. This is one of the coolest features. We hope you do. Can I still play behind the bridge like Nels Cline? If you can play like

The New SteelMaster+Vibe™️ is a gamechanger! Offset players asked us if we could upgrade the SteelMaster™️ so that they could still use the vibrato on the same string(s) as they use the SteelMaster™️ string bender. We listened and the +Vibe™️ Accessory Kit is now available. How do I buy the +Vibe™️ Accessory Kit? The +Vibe™️ accessory kit will premier at The Fretboad Summit August 20-22. You can buy one at the event or you can pre-order here: Can I use the +Vibe™️ kit along

We now have 3 new "no drill" options to add a string bender to your guitars: 1) Our new Gilbert plate allows you to mount a SteelMaster™️ to your Stoptail style guitar with TOM Bridge. 2) Our new MVP Plate allows you to mount a SteelMaster™️ to the Master MV-P vibrato like many of the popular guitar builders use: See Losch, Collings, Creston, BiLT, Diemel Guitarworks, Kauer and Echo Park. It is simple to install: a) Loosen the strings on your guitar. b) Use the top two MV-P

The SteelMaster™️ was recently showcased on the Premier Guitar YouTube channel, offering a detailed look at the unique "no drill" palm bender guitar accessory . John Bolinger puts the SteelMaster™️ through it paces on a Bass VI, a Nashville high strung guitar and an offset. The demo showcases that it's useful for everything from ambient textures to pedalsteel country licks. Also, you can still use the vibrato bar! Jedd Hughes - Maximum Twang with the SteelMaster™️ Jedd Hugh

If you are just now finding us, we are offer discounts to our newsletter subscibers. Our 3Bender Guitar inventory is on sale through Dec 31, 2025. Subscribe to the Newsletter and Email for details. There is a $650-$750 discount available on the new guitars below until December 31, 2025. Not kidding, sign-up and I'll send the discounted prices to you. Then click the "Shop 3Bender Guitar" button to find our latest inventory and buy a guitar. First, a few details about our stan

It has been a crazy and cool year! If you are a 3Bender newsletter subscriber, we'll update the inventory list soon. In the meantime, get to know us: check out this podcast feature by Jason Verlinde at Fretboard Journal, see us featured with our friends at our favorite Guitar Extravaganza, The Fretboard Summit, and hear Cousin Kenny Vaughan talk about his custom ordered 3Bender.

*****Announcement***** We did it again! Wade Black, owner and creator of 3Bender, has created another new family of string bender products. This newest string bender product line is a nod to Paul Bigsby: The B5 🐝 Bender™️, B7 🐝 Bender™️, B50 🐝 Bender™️ and B70 🐝 Bender™️. What is this new family of a 🐝 Bender™️ products? It is a stringbender that can be mounted to your B5, B7, B50 and B70 vibrato front roller. Where can I buy a 🐝 Bender™️? U.S. customers can find o

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