Brobucker & Slide

[dr.barlo]

On the bridge of my 2007 Gibson Melody Maker:



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[dr. ad]

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excellent slide chops!

 

[dr.barlo]

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Thanks.



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[dr.barlo]

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Fresh outta Cubase...



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[STRATDELUXER97]

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Nice playing Doc...Hope alls well pal?

 

[Lewguitar]

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Nice! Standard tuning?

 

[dr.barlo]

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Thanks guys.

Nice playing Doc...Hope alls well pal?

Hi John, thanks for asking... How about you? All is cool with me apart from being restricted to play slide you know... I have a ganglion cyst in my left index finger. The doc makes me wear a brace for some time and gave some medication aimed to disolve this cysts. If not, I think he'll cut it out. We'll see...



This is how I am playing my Melody Maker...

Nice! Standard tuning?

Hi Lew. Thanks. Open E. I somehow could not get used to playing slide with standard tuning... Open E and open A are my favorites.

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[Lewguitar]

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Hi Doc! Your slide playing reminds me of Duane Allman - that's why I asked if you were using standard tuning. I don't play slide in standard either. Open E or A for me too. Open D and open G sometimes but the strings get a little slack in those tunings. Sorry about your finger - but a similar thing happened to me years ago and that's when I started playing slide too.

Hi Lew. Thanks. Open E. I somehow could not get used to playing slide with standard tuning... Open E and open A are my favorites.

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[dr.barlo]

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Duaney is my hero, I am a big fan... I have been listening to his stuff for so long now. But still I cannot get enough you know... I want to get better using standard tuning as well, but that'd require a bit time. Now that I have this issue in my left index finger (BTW thanks ), maybe it's a good time to do so.

I don't like slinky soft strings, hence 0.11's and open E or A is what I am using.

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[STRATDELUXER97]

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Thanks guys.



Hi John, thanks for asking... How about you? All is cool with me apart from being restricted to play slide you know... I have a ganglion cyst in my left index finger. The doc makes me wear a brace for some time and gave some medication aimed to disolve this cysts. If not, I think he'll cut it out. We'll see...



This is how I am playing my Melody Maker...





Hi Lew. Thanks. Open E. I somehow could not get used to playing slide with standard tuning... Open E and open A are my favorites.

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All is good pal..Playing more and playing out alot more these days also..The tweaking and modding phase has been gone for quite awhile.Just trying to be a better player,listening more,working on my picking hand.Never content on just being as good as I was a year ago! Slow process but always striving to be better,or at least more consistent!

Sorry about your finger/hand.Hope you get that soughted out really soon.I agree with Lew about your slide playing.

 

[dr.barlo]

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John, that's good to hear. And thanks... I think my finger has been getting better in the last week.

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[TwilightOdyssey]

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Well, that's ONE way to get your slide chops up!
Sounds great; feel better!

 

[the guy who invented fire]

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Very cool!

Sorry to hear about your playing hand, that sucks...wishing the best for a full recovery!

Cool slide axe! I use an 07 MM for slide too! Mines a burst and all chopped up too!

So...open E with 11 gauge strings but what kind of slide?? Is that a real glass medicine bottle or pyrex??

 

[macki]

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Good stuff - has this Allman bros vibe to me. Nice to hear others playing styles - I am just starting to learn to play the slide.

 

[dr.barlo]

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Very cool!

Sorry to hear about your playing hand, that sucks...wishing the best for a full recovery!

Cool slide axe! I use an 07 MM for slide too! Mines a burst and all chopped up too!

So...open E with 11 gauge strings but what kind of slide?? Is that a real glass medicine bottle or pyrex??

Thanks man. To see what slide I am using, I just have checked Dunlop's website. I couldn't find it. The closest one is Derek Trucks' signature model... I don't remember any Derek Trucks' signature models anyway...

It has a bit thickish sides. I don't like them with thin sides you know.

Do you any pics of your Melody Maker? What pickups are you using? Cool!

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[dr.barlo]

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Well, that's ONE way to get your slide chops up!
Sounds great; feel better!

Good stuff - has this Allman bros vibe to me. Nice to hear others playing styles - I am just starting to learn to play the slide.

Thanks guys.

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[Jermo3178]

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Man that sounds awesome. It's has some definite Duane Allman going on... any tips on getting started?

 

[dr.barlo]

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Thanks...

Well I started by going over some very basic blues slide book. I was one of them Hal Leonard books, but I don't remember exactly what it was. Then, after learning some of the very basic stuff I started to play along the tunes I loved... Basically it was mainly listening and trying to copy what I hear on records.

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[Jermo3178]

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Awesome man, thanks for the info!

Keep it up.. Love me some slide!