GoldenStreet wrote:John Farrar's palm pedals can be seen clearly towards the end of the clip, produced by Bigsby in the 1970s, and still in production by all accounts. Not too sure they really caught on, though.
Bill
Along withe a string bender, activated by pulling down on the guitars neck, the palm pedal
was a fairly common accessory fitted to Telecasters by Country Music players in the rapid
fire "chicken scratch" style.
Somewhat Shadows related, there is a clip shared on one of the Shadows FB groups
a guy playing: 36-24-36 on a Telecaster copy in the style of American country music.