Saw a Tele with a hip bender in action..

[poodlesrule]

Interesting and, apparently, simple enough(?)

I think what I saw was the "Hipshot" brand version.
Bend mechanism on the B string, a whole step up, and also low E to D on demand, from what I am reading.

I am now curious to see it fitted to a strat.

[Zip]

Just as easy to install a B Bender on a Strat as a Tele...and a few places will do it for you. I think you see them mostly on Tele's because it's sort of a country thang. Twangy like a pedal steel. Unless you're Jimmy Page and it's ten years gone ;)