I use Corocidin glass on my ring finger. I think thick ceramic or bottle glass sound best to me. Brass is a famous sound but not my personal preference. I have to use glass or anything where I can see my finger tip to get it over the frets more positively. I'm not that skilled on slide at all, so how I get by is practice without a slide as if it's a one-finger solo using my ring finger, then put the slide on and watch my finger tip to put it over the frets while playing. Don't know how others do it, but that's how I get away with it.
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i have a bunch of slides in all sorts of materials and always on my ring finger. i like glass for the most part but always have a brass one with me just in case of breakage. i worked with the real bottlenecking company (rip) years ago to get the bottle that i really wanted, medium heavy real glass bottle with just the right size opening. i had four. broke two, one was stolen, and i have one left so i dont gig with it. ive been using a silica sound slide as my main slide for a while now, but i wear it with the tapered part around my finger. not perfect but close enough for now.
i play slide a fair amount and switch back and forth between slide and fretting without much thought, basically always in std tuning.
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Another here who is not especially gifted at slide , bit I try.
Thick glass, ring finger. I never could gel with using my pinky, and I can't stand brass in general. Not just as a slide material.
I prefer using open tunings wherever possible as it seems to avoid strange artefacts and have learned to also take advantage of damping with the right hand and as a result usually finger-pick.
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Got into the habit of using it on my middle finger years ago.
It gives good control and still allows power chords / blues-rock rhythm.
I prefer fairly heavy glass but usually keep brass around too, for backup..
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I am reasonably functional
I like glass for electric and I have an aluminum on that I like for the rare acoustic slide venture
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This thread has me wanting to go back to glass but I know I am going to break the frigging slide sooner or later. I love the glass slide I have now it is slightly shorter and has a thick wall. It is much lighter and easier to control than brass. I also feel it sounds better.
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I love slide.. but I don't play it everyday so it takes me at least a couple of sessions before I get back up to speed.
Practically all of my guitars like different slides.. my strats tend to use nines and 10s and like full thickness glass. The glass doesn't push too hard on the strings and gives a delicate kind of tone.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, my Parker night fly has 12s and it loves the big fat thick fender brass slide. The heavy strings and relative heavy action easily support that monster mass, and combined with those heavy strings, it growls like a Sasquatch.
And smack in the middle, my Reverend likes a heavy Chrome plated steel slide and the tone also falls right in the middle.
I play slide and chords on all my guitars and practically always play in standard tuning with a lot of muting going on.
As far as fingers, I switch back and forth between three and four pretty regularly. I use the pinky when I've got a lot of cording to do but I tend to favor the third finger for muting purposes. Honestly I never think about it, it just feels right on the correct finger on the specific song.
Big hint for beginners or those who have fought slides in the past.. it's all about muting. Run major and minor scales completely staccato until you can do it in your sleep. Once muting is automatic, it's easy to open up for the big legato glissandos and then tighten the mutes back up to avoid the slop on the detail stuff.What's so Funny about Peace Love and Understanding?
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Originally posted by jeremy View Postdoes v pick still make slides?
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i just spoke with Vinny, & i was correct in the thickness , he can not get the material for the thick ones 1/4'' the ones he sells now is 1/8'' thick, lucky i called , he hads one 1/4'' thick one left , only it was 2 1/4 '' long instead of 2 1/2 '' length, it is on its way here, i am glad i read this thread today,
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