My first session on a Bender.

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Colin Boutilier
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My first session on a Bender.

Post by Colin Boutilier »

Thought I'd share these here:

These were a couple tracks I played my B/G Hipshot equipped Tele on, a few years back. The band is long defunct now, but it was fun to play a Bender in the studio for the first time back then, before I got a real steel. The lead singer was ,uh, unique, but the fiddle player was an absolute pleasure to connect with in the mix. The songs are all pretty grim. Weird gothic/punk country thing.

https://roadsidescarecrow1.bandcamp.com ... oure-sober

https://roadsidescarecrow1.bandcamp.com/track/her-fangs

https://roadsidescarecrow1.bandcamp.com ... w-i-wander

The outro in the third song was born from a funny story about one of our first gigs, at the very start of my 6 string career.
Carter Starter, Austin dobro, B/G Bender Telecaster, '75 Twin Reverb, '75 Super Reverb 1x15