Yeah, I know that you can just raise the hell out of the action and it'll work for slide . . . that's why guitars that suck are awesome for it. I've been playing some slide on my acoustic with a heavy brass slide and it sounds great - deep full, and slippery ringing goodness. The slide just moves nicely while resting on the strings. When I try to do the same on my electrics it's not working at all. The slide pushes the string down too much and bashes into the fret . . . and if I go lightly enough that it's not hitting the frets it won't sound the note properly and just buzzes.
Do people use lighter slides for electric than acoustic or something? Am I that heavy handed? I know I could set up a dedicated slide guitar with huge strings and high action and get it to work, but I'd really like to do it with medium-low action and normal strings (.11s) and just add the slide as an occasional thing for some colour. Am I asking too much there? Is there some sort of trick I don't know?
Do people use lighter slides for electric than acoustic or something? Am I that heavy handed? I know I could set up a dedicated slide guitar with huge strings and high action and get it to work, but I'd really like to do it with medium-low action and normal strings (.11s) and just add the slide as an occasional thing for some colour. Am I asking too much there? Is there some sort of trick I don't know?
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