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Post subject: What's the best guitar for slide work.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:08 pm
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I want to learn how to play slide so I think for my next guitar I'm gonna set it up for slide usage. I'm just wondering what guitar would be the best. I'm looking at a price range between 300 to 500 dollars. Or if you know any lap steel guitars in this price range that would be great as well.


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I prefer a Guitar with two Humbuckers and a Stop Tailpeice. (Sorry Fender). But just like any other kind of guitar, it depends on what sound you want.

The most amazing slide technician alive uses a Stratocaster, Sonny Landreth
Eric Clapton's 461 Ocean BLVD was all Telecaster Slide work.
Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, and Warren Haynes all us SG's
Jimmy Page would use his Danelectro live
Billy Gibbons uses whatever he's got on, Gretch, Dean, Gibson, Fender, and whatever his guitar man makes him.

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Post subject: Sonny Landreth!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:04 pm
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Blaqdog, please check out the master slide playing of Sonny Landreth. I have seen this guy in concert playing a Fender Stratcaster...he was musically amazing. Below is a paste from his website...

From Sonny Landreth's website:

How to play a signature Stratocaster

And get ready for this: The Sonny Landreth Signature Model Fender Stratocaster is coming! The company’s first guitar specifically for slide playing is scheduled for production this year, and Sonny is working closely with Fender on the design.

To get your hands ready for that instrument, you might want to check out the series of instructional slide guitar columns that Sonny and Jude Gold have put together for Guitar Player magazine. They began with the January issue and will work from the beginner’s perspective up to tips for intermediate bottleneckers. Sonny’s also featured in the February issue’s cover story, “40 Timeless Tips from 40 Years of Guitar Player Lessons.”

Here is the actual website link:

http://www.sonnylandreth.com/slidelines13.html


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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:22 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:30 pm
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I saw Sonny Landreth two years ago, at a blues festival. At the time, someone out there told me that he had his strat specially modified to do the type of playing that he does. Only.........yep.......I forgot what the modifications were.

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George Harrison was a decent slide player too. I have seen him use several different guitars including Strat's and Tele's.

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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:57 am
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I use my strat for slide playing occasionally and it sounds fine to me.

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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:46 pm
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It's not so much which guitar, almost any will do, but the set up. The strings should be set for high action to avoid buzzing. The Strats layout in general is great for slide and general playing. The machine heads are in a line, the tone and volume controls are within easy reach as is the pickup selector. I've seen Sonny Landreth several times and he is AMAZING. He was at a very small club in Teaneck, New Jersey that seats about 150 people and I was about 5 feet away from him...... AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING !!! No doubt he is THE slide guitarist out there. If you want to hear one of the best slide guitar solos of all time, listen to Rory Gallagher's " Crest of a Wave" off his Deuce album. This is an AWESOME display of Gallagher's slide ability - you have to listen to it - you WILL be floored - and realize he's only 23 at the time !!!!


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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:14 pm
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A Dan Armstrong. A lot of guys used these (see list at bottom of link)

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The action is too high for much else.

EDIT: oops! Didn't see the price parameter. These go for around $1500 new. Carry on!

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In the acoustic field, I use my early 1990s Gemini II. It has a decent sound and the action is naturally a bit high. All in all a good use for a pretty inexpensive guitar.


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This is a good Slide Guitar.

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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:36 pm
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First of all the setup is everything.
I recently wanted to start playing slide again and my brother has an Ibanez SZ320 w/duncan designed hb's and a gibson style bridge (+1 about the humbuckers & stop tailpiece). I strung it with .011's and raised the action about 1/32" and tuned to open E. Also I am using a medium weight glass slide (for me it's gotta be glass). Now I am in slide heaven.

Sonny Landereth is awesome.

While we are talking slide guitarists can I hear a Derek Trucks anyone?
And of course my personal favorite - Duane Allman with his slide guitar sounding like smoked bbq? 8)


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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:09 am
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As much as I hate to say it (i've been playing fenders mostly since day 1) I have to say that the best slide guitar I ever owned was a les paul standard. something about the tail and stop bar makes it really easy to pull the action up. The neck humbucker with a chrome slide produces my favorite slide tone to date.


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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:40 am
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One thing to consider is the fingerboard radius. A flatter radius makes it easier if your style is to play all 6 strings--or even 4 or 5 of them at the same time. A rounder radius will help if playing 1 or 2 strings at a time. That doesn't mean you have to have one or the other, but it can make it a bit harder or easier--and it does affect your style to a degree.

Some slide players prefer a rounder radius, some a flatter one. SO there's no hard & fast rule, but something worth taking into consideration if you're buying a guitar specifically or primarily for slide.

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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:47 pm
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Hello BlaqDog,

I'm with First Measure on this one
Resonator guitars and a slide
seem to go hand in hand.

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