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Post subject: Slide Guitar
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:11 pm
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Anyone out there do much sliding on their Strat? I just picked up a glass slide after used all sorts of stuff for a while, and I think I might be serious about it.


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:05 am
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I'm a student of slide guitar. I have slide educational material from Warren Haynes, Rick Vito and Keith Wyatt. All of these people are very good. There is lots more out there that I haven't looked at yet. I have not taken any lessons from an instructor, but I'm sure that would be very helpfull. If you find a good resource, let us know.

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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:10 am
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Beginning Electric Slide Guitar w/Kirby Kelley. National Guitar Workshop/Alfred DVD

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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:37 am
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Which Tuning is best for Slide? Standard or Open?


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:52 am
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Standard, Open E, and Open A are all widely used.

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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:23 pm
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I got my tele partialy for alternet tunnings but might try the roland strat standard! :shock:


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:29 pm
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CAFeathers wrote:
Standard, Open E, and Open A are all widely used.


I actually tend to use Open G a lot of the time.
there's not that much tuning involved.


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:53 pm
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For electric slide I use a few guitars. I use a 1956 Harmony H44 tuned to open A strung with 12's. Its a one piece guitar (neck and body) made of solid Mahogony. It has a Cheezy single coil pickup in it and it just sounds nasty for slide work.'

My second Electric Slide is a California Telecaster which is tuned to Open E strung with 11's (I will probably restring this with 12's in the future).

For Acoustic slide I use 2 Dobros one metal body tuned to D and a Wood body tuned to G.

If you are just learning to play slide, a few pointers I would recommend is to learn to play with your fingers. Slide is more about the right hand controlling the notes your playing as much as muting the strings you don't want to play more so than what you are doing with the slide. Secondly is I would recommend raising the action high enough to where you can slide cleanly yet still fret notes when you want to. Experiment with different slide materials. With Electrics I don't find a whole lot of variation in tone, but with acoustics I prefer the Dunlop mudslides. These have more weight to them then glass does and still has a tone similar to glass. Some people prefer metal slide so as I said experiment and see what you like. Experiment with moving the slide to different fingers to see which is the most comfortable and gives you the most flexibility in your playing. I wear the slide on my ring finger. This is the most comfortable with me, but wearing the slide on your pinky will allow you to use your other fingers easier. The beauty of playing slide guitar is there really is no one way to do it. A lot of variety in what some of the masters have done!


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:20 pm
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Many great lessons on youtube all... YouTube is so great, and you really dont need a teacher when you got lessons online!


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:32 pm
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It is to my constant and great annoyance that I have never been able to master slide guitar. I envy you all who can play in this style.

I nearly bought this guitar recently, but my inability to do it justice induced me to walk away and not look back. :o(

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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:42 am
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Man, Fender needs to make one of those. Maybe as "Slide Guitar Beginner's Pack"


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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:55 am
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I too envy those that can play slide. My feable attempts no doubt end up sounding like a cat fight.


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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:03 am
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I personally don't like Strats for slide. I prefer Gibson SGs for slide. For now my old strat copy is set up for slide but I hope to get a Gibson SG '61 Reissue someday.

I play in Open E and Open A. I tried it in Standard Tuning (I believe Warren Haynes plays slide in standard) but I prefer open tunings.


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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:09 am
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chris63 wrote:
I too envy those that can play slide. My feable attempts no doubt end up sounding like a cat fight.


Your attempts sound that good? Mine have been terrible, kinda like fingernails on a chalkboard.
I keep trying though. My touch playing guitar the regular way is getting lighter and lighter which may help me in my slide attempts.

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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:25 am
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LOL Chet. I took my Hamer Echotone (cheap korean 335 clone) and set her up with 13's for drop c tuning. I think I am going to buy a nut raiser doohickey and try her out with a slide.


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