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 £2499!!!!