It's funny. I've never thought about bending. Ok, I mean to say, as someone plays pretty bluesy; is that I don't often think about how the bend resolves.

I remember years ago, a friend of mine who was a pretty solid player always seemed to bend sharp. He was in a band with a guy who always bend pitch/note perfect. One was too much and the other was not enough.

In a way, Think think bending is the general understanding that the bend should land on pitch but, as EVH said: 'Gotta learn the rules before you break them'.

Bending is feel. Bending is often the element of a guitar that makes it the most voice-like.

Back to my start above; play and don't think so much. Antithetical to a teaching site? Perhaps. However, you have to feel the bend and not think it. I'm guessing our friends in Skynyrd weren't thinking about it so much.