Benders!

Frankieabbot

Are you a string bender upper or downer? Have just seen Jeff Lynne on tele playing......and he looks like a bender downer.

stickyfiddle

As in push or pull? I generally push plain strings and pull wound ones, I think.

Barney

the top 2 i push... bottom 2 pull and the middle 2 could be either way.....i had to pick my guitar up and play it to see... i never really took much notice ..

Branshen

Push all except for the A and the low E. 

EricTheWeary

stickyfiddle said:

As in push or pull? I generally push plain strings and pull wound ones, I think.

I think that, although if you are adding vibrato at the end it will sound different if you opt to pull rather than push on the G. I've no idea why that should be and it may be in my head but if you are trying to replicate an Otis Rush type thing that's the advice.

RocknRollDave

Had to pick up a guitar and try it, to see what I do, but it appears I puch the top three and pull the bottom three, so the same wound/ unwound thing as @stickyfiddle, although I do the same on an acoustic, even with the wound 4th

ElectroDan

I bend the G B and high E up and the low E A and D down.

Mkjackary

low E, A and D all down.

High e always up, B always up unless I'm doing a semi tone/micro tone on the first few frets with my hand in the g, c, or e position, but other than that, always up.

G string is completely down to whatever kind of tonality I'm looking for in the bend. using ring finger with other two fingers behind it is about 75% up 25% down. with index finger it is 90% down 10% up.

lateralus462

Always up with the high E & B and down with the Low E and generally A  - G and D depends on what I'm playing.

Roland

5 and 6 are pulled down. 1 is always pushed up or it falls off the board. 2 and 3 are generally up, and 4 goes either way, depending on how I want it to sound. With my playing pushing up is smoother and more controlled whilst pulling down can be more rapid

koneguitarist

All directions depending on what I am doing, sometimes I just bend the string behind the nut, sometimes I bend the B string with my shoulder !