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MetalManiac
Li'l Junior Member
Re: Slide
Thats like saying you play a "little " golf. Usually doesn't work out to well... thats why I never touched it.
Thats like saying you play a "little " golf. Usually doesn't work out to well... thats why I never touched it.
Re: Slide
i dont have a dedicated slide guitar or anything like that. all my guitars are setup fairly similar. ill usually play one guitar all night long and switch back and forth between fretted and slide frequently. when learning its nice to jack up the action and use extra heavy strings but once you get the feel of it you can get around on most guitars even if the strings are thinner and the action isnt super low
i dont have a dedicated slide guitar or anything like that. all my guitars are setup fairly similar. ill usually play one guitar all night long and switch back and forth between fretted and slide frequently. when learning its nice to jack up the action and use extra heavy strings but once you get the feel of it you can get around on most guitars even if the strings are thinner and the action isnt super low
Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
Re: Slide
I definitely don't play slide. But for some reason, Seymour thought I did and he gave me a few very special slides. One was a glass Sonny Landreth signature model that Sonny gave Seymour. But the other two were amazingly special. One was John Lee Hooker's old medicine bottle (it seemed bigger than a Coricidin bottle). And the other was Jeff Beck's metal slide that he used at the ARMS concert, where Seymour teched for Jeff.
I have a good buddy in Chicago who's a slide player and I gave him the John Lee Hooker slide for his 50th birthday. He teaches slide at the Old Town School of Folk and lets his students try it out too. I still have the JB and SL slides.
I definitely don't play slide. But for some reason, Seymour thought I did and he gave me a few very special slides. One was a glass Sonny Landreth signature model that Sonny gave Seymour. But the other two were amazingly special. One was John Lee Hooker's old medicine bottle (it seemed bigger than a Coricidin bottle). And the other was Jeff Beck's metal slide that he used at the ARMS concert, where Seymour teched for Jeff.
I have a good buddy in Chicago who's a slide player and I gave him the John Lee Hooker slide for his 50th birthday. He teaches slide at the Old Town School of Folk and lets his students try it out too. I still have the JB and SL slides.
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: Slide
I love playing slide, but I'm not very good at electric slide in standard tuning. It's just not something I do very often, and I refuse to set up one of my electric guitars with action high enough to make it feasible.
Now, open-tuning bottleneck slide on a resonator? All day, baby. I'm waiting for the weather to break because I like to give my neighbors the blues while I grill.
I love playing slide, but I'm not very good at electric slide in standard tuning. It's just not something I do very often, and I refuse to set up one of my electric guitars with action high enough to make it feasible.
Now, open-tuning bottleneck slide on a resonator? All day, baby. I'm waiting for the weather to break because I like to give my neighbors the blues while I grill.
Wattage
High Voltologist
Re: Slide
Oh man that is cool. Must've been a great friend to get one of Hook's slides!!!
I have one of Mick Mars slides, can't even fit it on my pinky, he must be one tiny dude?
Oh man that is cool. Must've been a great friend to get one of Hook's slides!!!
I have one of Mick Mars slides, can't even fit it on my pinky, he must be one tiny dude?
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Slide
i put up another slide track in tips and clips yesterday:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?287293-Kelly-Ann
i put up another slide track in tips and clips yesterday:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?287293-Kelly-Ann
ericmeyer4
New member
Re: Slide
A really good interview with Sonny Landreth about slide guitar. Click here
Youtube goodness.
A really good interview with Sonny Landreth about slide guitar. Click here
Youtube goodness.
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JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: Slide
I have an epiphone Led Paul that sounds great, but has terribly worn out frets and the dreaded hump at the neck joint. I've been trying to decide for years how to justify getting it planed and refretted, so maybe this will be the slide guitar.
I have an epiphone Led Paul that sounds great, but has terribly worn out frets and the dreaded hump at the neck joint. I've been trying to decide for years how to justify getting it planed and refretted, so maybe this will be the slide guitar.
treyhaislip
Well-known member
Re: Slide
I love the sound of rock slide guitar playing! I bought two Jetslide Guitar Slides and try to practice it. The going is rough but I do enjoy the sound!
I love the sound of rock slide guitar playing! I bought two Jetslide Guitar Slides and try to practice it. The going is rough but I do enjoy the sound!
JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: Slide
Do you have any other slides? I'd love to hear how those contrast to a bottle or Pyrex.
Do you have any other slides? I'd love to hear how those contrast to a bottle or Pyrex.
treyhaislip
Well-known member
Re: Slide
I do have a very small glass slide (doesn't fit on a finger, it came with something that I bought on eBay once) that actually sounds better than the Brass and Stainless, and I prefer the Brass over the Stainless.
The thing I like about the Jet Slides is that you can quickly alternate between slide and regular playing without losing a finger for chording
The Glass is the most "organic" and raunchy sounding of the slides, the Brass is also raunchy. But the Stainless actually is amazing with an eBow
I do have a very small glass slide (doesn't fit on a finger, it came with something that I bought on eBay once) that actually sounds better than the Brass and Stainless, and I prefer the Brass over the Stainless.
The thing I like about the Jet Slides is that you can quickly alternate between slide and regular playing without losing a finger for chording
The Glass is the most "organic" and raunchy sounding of the slides, the Brass is also raunchy. But the Stainless actually is amazing with an eBow
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Slide
I started playing slide for real a few years ago now and while I'm not the slide player I want to be I'm getting there and it's become a big part of my playing.
I suggest trying to get a set that works well for both with a slide and finger style. That might not be possible for but if it is you'll save yourself a lot of work in the long run.
I use 10s and don't really use a high action...it's not now and has never been super low but I didn't go higher for slide....it's about developing a light touch.
I play mostly in open tunings but do play some in standard.
I have a huge collection of slides but favor glass wine bottle necks most of the time and like Pyrex slides the least and my slide finger of choice is my middle finger...it just works best for me.
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I started playing slide for real a few years ago now and while I'm not the slide player I want to be I'm getting there and it's become a big part of my playing.
I suggest trying to get a set that works well for both with a slide and finger style. That might not be possible for but if it is you'll save yourself a lot of work in the long run.
I use 10s and don't really use a high action...it's not now and has never been super low but I didn't go higher for slide....it's about developing a light touch.
I play mostly in open tunings but do play some in standard.
I have a huge collection of slides but favor glass wine bottle necks most of the time and like Pyrex slides the least and my slide finger of choice is my middle finger...it just works best for me.
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St_Genesius
New member
Re: Slide
I have one of these set up on my least favorite guitar: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...RIyD1yijs3NqMxEm8j0Hw0hTDQcL4OMh4vBoC0-Tw_wcB
With that, and an open tuning, I can mostly fake my way through some very simple nonsense.
I have one of these set up on my least favorite guitar: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...RIyD1yijs3NqMxEm8j0Hw0hTDQcL4OMh4vBoC0-Tw_wcB
With that, and an open tuning, I can mostly fake my way through some very simple nonsense.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Slide
It's always been a big part of my playing for over 20 years. In some of my bands, there was quite a bit of slide in the style of Haynes on electric and open tunings with a resonator or acoustic. Watching instructional videos helped quite a bit, because if I see it done well, I can perfect my technique and add a lot more original sounding licks. It's easy to fall into the typical patterns because there's only so much you can do in any given tuning.
In the late 90's, I opened for Eric Sardinas quite a bit, and there's no way to outshine him on slide, but it made me realize how being spot on is more important than your vocabulary of licks. But I definitely stole a lot of licks from him!
I realized that I prefer to have a closed end glass or ceramic slide that fits comfortably over my entire pinky. Doing it that way keeps my ring finger available to fret chords. I never cared for having the slide halfway over a finger. Once I started playing slide live, I ran into the problem of what to do with the slide when it's not in use, so my drummer gave me some old drum hardware he wasn't using, and I made a "metal finger" that attaches to a mic stand.
Remembering to remove the slide holder after a show was something I had to get used to.
It's always been a big part of my playing for over 20 years. In some of my bands, there was quite a bit of slide in the style of Haynes on electric and open tunings with a resonator or acoustic. Watching instructional videos helped quite a bit, because if I see it done well, I can perfect my technique and add a lot more original sounding licks. It's easy to fall into the typical patterns because there's only so much you can do in any given tuning.
In the late 90's, I opened for Eric Sardinas quite a bit, and there's no way to outshine him on slide, but it made me realize how being spot on is more important than your vocabulary of licks. But I definitely stole a lot of licks from him!
I realized that I prefer to have a closed end glass or ceramic slide that fits comfortably over my entire pinky. Doing it that way keeps my ring finger available to fret chords. I never cared for having the slide halfway over a finger. Once I started playing slide live, I ran into the problem of what to do with the slide when it's not in use, so my drummer gave me some old drum hardware he wasn't using, and I made a "metal finger" that attaches to a mic stand.
Remembering to remove the slide holder after a show was something I had to get used to.
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JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: Slide
Wow, you opened for Eric Sardinas? That's cool as hell.
I've used bottles before, and still want to get one, but I'd like to get one with a vent hole so my finger doesn't get all clammy.
Wow, you opened for Eric Sardinas? That's cool as hell.
I've used bottles before, and still want to get one, but I'd like to get one with a vent hole so my finger doesn't get all clammy.
