Thank you so much for this, Tony! Really appreciate the shoutout - I’m so glad someone as versed as yourself in all things acoustic finds some merit in my playing. All the best to you 🎸
@@CameraLaw Thanks so much man! It was actually the first instrumental tune I wrote after one of my bands folded. I wanted to keep playing in public so decided to go down the instrumental guitar route. I saw a Fahey documentary a few years ago (the one with Pete Townshend), and hearing his music unlocked a door for me. Really glad you liked it!
Thanks for all the slide suggestions, Tony. They’re very helpful! Perhaps you can demo some of the different slides you own in a future episode so we can compare the tonal differences between materials and thicknesses. I have an important follow-up question, though. Is it okay to use a slide on coated strings like the D’addario XT or XS Phosphor bronze strings, or is slide playing best left for uncoated strings?? In other words, will using a slide wreck string coatings? Much appreciated, Tony. Happy playing everyone!
Great show again Tony! I only own one slide, had it for 55 years! It’s made of Brass and I made it myself in school as part of my Design and Technology class project!! I don’t use it much as I don’t play slide that often, but I still think it’s pretty cool! Thanks again!👏👏👏
Great show and very informative.The Rock Slide was a game changer for me from being totally frustrated with Slide and discovering there is hope after purchasing one :-)Enough so that I bought a National Raw Steel 14 Fret also.What a beautiful old school guitar that is at a reasonable price point for a USA built product. Thanks for all of the recent input on Slide Guitar on the show and how to get started on playing correctly.Cheers!!!
I've been on the slide hunt for a while. I have found several but I'll offer two interesting discoveries. A 3/4" copper water pipe fut to whatever length you prefer. I like this. It's tone is a little sharp, definitely sharper than glass, but it fills a niche. It's very lightweight so it may require some getting used to. Taylor now makes an ebony slide from scrap ebony that would otherwise not be used. It's harder than you might think and it stands up to use. It's tone is very smooth. It isn't as loud as some so it's better on a guitar you can run through an amp.
Oh great topic this week Mr. Polecastro! My favorite slide is made by a company called Booze Blues out of Artesia, Mississippi. As the name hits they are made from actual whine bottles. Very comfortable and thick, these slides yield a fantastic glassy tone. Respectfully, JR North Carolina
Not a bottleneck, but the Jetslide is my favourite. It's fits on the ring finger, has to be sized like a ring, and can move out of the way, allowing all fingers to play, or knocked back into play with the pinky. Love these! They make them in steel or brass. The first one I bought had to be modded very slightly, but I told the manufacturers about my mod, and they seem to have changed their design, to make for a more comfortable "on/off" motion.
I was wondering about your reflections on the passing of Kelly Joe Phelps. I never had the opportunity to see him live, but his music is very much alive in my collection. Thanks for turning me on to 'Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind'. I was lucky to find a copy of this gem online.
I have a brass slide I've been using for years on my Strat. I had a glass slide but I dropped it and it broke. Playing slide on acoustic I found is much more difficult than playing on electric guitar.
I have, Dunlop heavy wall large glass slide and a D'Addario rich Robinson slide. Just like you, I also favour brass Slide over the glass one. Don't get me wrong, it's fun to play with the Dunlop glass slide as its lighter in weight. Both slides have good thickness. Whats different about D'Addario slide is that it is custom tapered at one end.
I prefer glass slides. To me, they glide over the strings easier and there is almost no string noise (HATE string noise). I have the glass rock slide and I like it. I've gone down the road of cutting my own bottlenecks, but the sanding and smoothing the edges isn't for me. ALSO, thanks for the Robert Barnett recommendations, these are really great albums.
I'll agree with you, for the most of these slides. The Dunlop heavy wall - great cheap beginner. Mr Robinson signature, gonna slam your guitar til you are use the weightiness. That pork knuckle - only slide I've ever sent back. That thing hhhhHurts painful. Yet to try it but, Taylor recently came out with a 'wood' one. And C.B. Gitty will sell ya bone unless you're like me and have a close relationship with your butcher! I've also made a few of my own personal favs out of old beer and wine bottles. Where I'd scratch a third of it to a piece of emory. When y'all spin that part on your finger and it hits the strings...low down gritty swamp! But Ton-y ton-i ton-e I just can't believe NOT making this list Silica Sound. Mr. Davidson out of San Francisco glass blowing a perfect 'taper'. Oh, and just so happens to be what Cristina Vane is using, hah! You want thick wall and heavy? May I suggest the #425. Absolute fav of mine played mid finger ala Bonnie Raitt. Now I've gone and got meself all fired up bout em, gonna go buy another right now!!!
Thank you so much for this, Tony! Really appreciate the shoutout - I’m so glad someone as versed as yourself in all things acoustic finds some merit in my playing. All the best to you 🎸
Those few measures were magical. From a longtime John Fahey fan.
@@CameraLaw Thanks so much man! It was actually the first instrumental tune I wrote after one of my bands folded. I wanted to keep playing in public so decided to go down the instrumental guitar route. I saw a Fahey documentary a few years ago (the one with Pete Townshend), and hearing his music unlocked a door for me. Really glad you liked it!
Thanks for all the slide suggestions, Tony. They’re very helpful! Perhaps you can demo some of the different slides you own in a future episode so we can compare the tonal differences between materials and thicknesses.
I have an important follow-up question, though. Is it okay to use a slide on coated strings like the D’addario XT or XS Phosphor bronze strings, or is slide playing best left for uncoated strings?? In other words, will using a slide wreck string coatings?
Much appreciated, Tony. Happy playing everyone!
Wow Cristina has the voice of an angel, somewhere between Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell but very much herself, great episode thanks Tony.
Great show again Tony! I only own one slide, had it for 55 years! It’s made of Brass and I made it myself in school as part of my Design and Technology class project!! I don’t use it much as I don’t play slide that often, but I still think it’s pretty cool!
Thanks again!👏👏👏
Great show and very informative.The Rock Slide was a game changer for me from being totally frustrated with Slide and discovering there is hope after purchasing one :-)Enough so that I bought a National Raw Steel 14 Fret also.What a beautiful old school guitar that is at a reasonable price point for a USA built product.
Thanks for all of the recent input on Slide Guitar on the show and how to get started on playing correctly.Cheers!!!
I've been on the slide hunt for a while. I have found several but I'll offer two interesting discoveries. A 3/4" copper water pipe fut to whatever length you prefer. I like this. It's tone is a little sharp, definitely sharper than glass, but it fills a niche. It's very lightweight so it may require some getting used to. Taylor now makes an ebony slide from scrap ebony that would otherwise not be used. It's harder than you might think and it stands up to use. It's tone is very smooth. It isn't as loud as some so it's better on a guitar you can run through an amp.
So much info. I'm thinking of getting a dobro, and a slide will definately help with my left hand.
Oh great topic this week Mr. Polecastro! My favorite slide is made by a company called Booze Blues out of Artesia, Mississippi. As the name hits they are made from actual whine bottles. Very comfortable and thick, these slides yield a fantastic glassy tone.
Respectfully,
JR
North Carolina
Wow, that was an education on slides, thanks! I think there should be a T-Shirt for slides, Slidearsenal :)
Wish I had the means to try that many slides thanks for the options
Not a bottleneck, but the Jetslide is my favourite. It's fits on the ring finger, has to be sized like a ring, and can move out of the way, allowing all fingers to play, or knocked back into play with the pinky. Love these! They make them in steel or brass. The first one I bought had to be modded very slightly, but I told the manufacturers about my mod, and they seem to have changed their design, to make for a more comfortable "on/off" motion.
I was wondering about your reflections on the passing of Kelly Joe Phelps. I never had the opportunity to see him live, but his music is very much alive in my collection. Thanks for turning me on to 'Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind'. I was lucky to find a copy of this gem online.
I have a brass slide I've been using for years on my Strat. I had a glass slide but I dropped it and it broke. Playing slide on acoustic I found is much more difficult than playing on electric guitar.
I have, Dunlop heavy wall large glass slide and a D'Addario rich Robinson slide. Just like you, I also favour brass Slide over the glass one. Don't get me wrong, it's fun to play with the Dunlop glass slide as its lighter in weight. Both slides have good thickness. Whats different about D'Addario slide is that it is custom tapered at one end.
I prefer glass slides. To me, they glide over the strings easier and there is almost no string noise (HATE string noise). I have the glass rock slide and I like it. I've gone down the road of cutting my own bottlenecks, but the sanding and smoothing the edges isn't for me. ALSO, thanks for the Robert Barnett recommendations, these are really great albums.
Very nice guitarsinal. Beautiful presentation! I could never get a good tone out of my Norlin era Les Paul (sandwiched body, maple neck).
I'll agree with you, for the most of these slides. The Dunlop heavy wall - great cheap beginner. Mr Robinson signature, gonna slam your guitar til you are use the weightiness. That pork knuckle - only slide I've ever sent back. That thing hhhhHurts painful. Yet to try it but, Taylor recently came out with a 'wood' one. And C.B. Gitty will sell ya bone unless you're like me and have a close relationship with your butcher! I've also made a few of my own personal favs out of old beer and wine bottles. Where I'd scratch a third of it to a piece of emory. When y'all spin that part on your finger and it hits the strings...low down gritty swamp! But Ton-y ton-i ton-e I just can't believe NOT making this list Silica Sound. Mr. Davidson out of San Francisco glass blowing a perfect 'taper'. Oh, and just so happens to be what Cristina Vane is using, hah! You want thick wall and heavy? May I suggest the #425. Absolute fav of mine played mid finger ala Bonnie Raitt. Now I've gone and got meself all fired up bout em, gonna go buy another right now!!!
The Bob Dylan Center is right next to the Woody Guthrie Center. They also do live performances across the street during the warmer months.
Anyone familiar with the solid brass Mighty Mite "Don't Fret" slides made by Mighty Mite for only a few years in the mid/late seventies?
Ariel Posen polished brass slide
What slides and what slide guitars did Ry Cooder use in the 1980s when he did the film score for 'Paris Texas' and 'Southern Comfort'
Is that a question? He used cut off necks of wine bottles.
Try the Eric Sardinas. Preaching pipe
Slide and the family stone....ararar
I once played in band where our lead guitarist used an empty bottle of jack daniels for his slide. He never bought one .
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