I started in open A and then my mind was opened up when I tuned to open E. You can play very smoothly in both E and D... often times C. The very first riff he teaches you, if you can get that down comfortably... you're already on a roll. You'll see.
Yeah ok count me in.I've been drooling over SG's for a long time after playing a Resonator now I'm nearly in position to get one and now I see this brilliant little vid which leads to a place I want to be in for the foreseeable future.
String her up with at least .10s and go to town, brother. I don't even have to put the action that high at all on my SG to play slide pretty easily, and the action stays low enough to play without a slide with no trouble at all as well. I believe Derek uses .11s, which would even be better for slide but would also make it more difficult to play normally without a slide. Either way, I find an SG to be much better than a LP for slide playing because of the longer scale length (tighter string tension). If you want even tighter tension on the strings, lower you tail piece down pretty close to or even touching the body of the guitar. Just my unwarranted two cents lol. Hope the past two years of slide playing since you made this comment have been treating you well!
@@STSGuitar16 the SG and the les paul actually have the same scale lenght of 24.75'' so the string tension is either way the same on the two. However the upper fret access is way more easy on the SG than the lespaul since the neck is joint at the 22th fret in most of the case.
@@jeremyleger2624 Thank you for correcting me. So is it the ES line that has the longer scale length of the Gibson guitars? Or maybe I am just conflating the length of the string from bridge to tuner with the scale length. I could swear the strings on my SG certainly feel tighter than the strings on my Les Paul despite playing with 10s on both guitars! And you are totally right, the upper fret access on an SG is infinitely better than on a LP (especially for slide playing), however the neck and body joining at the 22nd fret of an SG does shift the first frets on the neck a little bit further down than you're used to on a LP, so that definitely throws your perspective for a minute before you readjust to the first frets looking and feeling more far away than you're used to relative to the neck and body joint. SGs are the king of slide guitars in my opinion, and there wouldn't really be much Gibson could change on that model to make slide playing any easier. They're pretty much the optimal guitar for that style.
You lucky bastard. I dream of sg. Gonna get it this year definitely. I love my cheap ibanez tho. Plays like a gibson but I'm not refretting her she's too precious to me. She will be my little slider
I thought I could play like Derek with an SG at the beginning. Then I figured I have no idea how hard it is playing in Derek’s style regarding the timing. Timing is the key to sound great when you’re sliding on the fretboard. I wanted to sell my SG a couple weeks ago, but I watched Derek live last weekend and I changed my mind, decided to give another try on slides.
So I play pedal steel, Dobro and lap steel but want to add bottleneck playing to my arsenal. What are some good guitars to use to get the SG sound Derek gets in the $600-$1000 range?
I would just look for a used SG Standard. Other than that you might want to try an Epiphone SG 61 as they have Gibson pickups. I've never tried one though.
Lads, Paul Kirwan here, best slide player in Ireland. Lol. Listen up, the buck in the video is correct. I have all my guitars tuned to open E. I can play in any key using this tuning, plus as the positions on the neck are similar to standard, another guitarist can follow along. You can also play minor chords by fretting behind the slide. Check me out on Facebook for more facemelting slide playing.!!
@@Learningguitarnow uh ok but can you not also play in any key with open D , as well as A G or C, or anychord as long as it is tuned to that chord in the open positon, I am sorry I sound challenging, I am just trying to understand
I don't really understand your question. I chose Open E because I like playing in it. That is all. You can use any other tuning you want to play in any key as well.
@@_antrider8584 right so I think I figured out the answer if you want to play a song where the 1 chord can be made to be played with a slide, then the key the guitar is tuned to will never be the key you want for the song,, like i said so you can employ the slide on the root in the lower end am I clear? so in this case , just to spell it out, the key of d is up on the 10fret, but still that enables you access to that root in the lower position and now you can slide in and out, plus tremelo , plus crazy three fret tremelo
Wait you said you gota play alot of licks to keep it interesting ummmmm sorry sir uh ya don't because I can put my strat on the neck pickup and play pentatonic scales very slow that will reach in and grab your soul dude but your correct on the "if you wanna sound them yes play alot of licks🥴 happy slide
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I started in open A and then my mind was opened up when I tuned to open E. You can play very smoothly in both E and D... often times C.
The very first riff he teaches you, if you can get that down comfortably... you're already on a roll. You'll see.
Yeah ok count me in.I've been drooling over SG's for a long time after playing a Resonator now I'm nearly in position to get one and now I see this brilliant little vid which leads to a place I want to be in for the foreseeable future.
Awesome lesson and playing. Thanks for sharing!
Fabulous! Thanks for putting this all together! It's great.
Just got an Sg the other day....I got an idea now :)
String her up with at least .10s and go to town, brother. I don't even have to put the action that high at all on my SG to play slide pretty easily, and the action stays low enough to play without a slide with no trouble at all as well. I believe Derek uses .11s, which would even be better for slide but would also make it more difficult to play normally without a slide. Either way, I find an SG to be much better than a LP for slide playing because of the longer scale length (tighter string tension). If you want even tighter tension on the strings, lower you tail piece down pretty close to or even touching the body of the guitar. Just my unwarranted two cents lol. Hope the past two years of slide playing since you made this comment have been treating you well!
@@STSGuitar16 the SG and the les paul actually have the same scale lenght of 24.75'' so the string tension is either way the same on the two. However the upper fret access is way more easy on the SG than the lespaul since the neck is joint at the 22th fret in most of the case.
@@jeremyleger2624 Thank you for correcting me. So is it the ES line that has the longer scale length of the Gibson guitars? Or maybe I am just conflating the length of the string from bridge to tuner with the scale length. I could swear the strings on my SG certainly feel tighter than the strings on my Les Paul despite playing with 10s on both guitars!
And you are totally right, the upper fret access on an SG is infinitely better than on a LP (especially for slide playing), however the neck and body joining at the 22nd fret of an SG does shift the first frets on the neck a little bit further down than you're used to on a LP, so that definitely throws your perspective for a minute before you readjust to the first frets looking and feeling more far away than you're used to relative to the neck and body joint. SGs are the king of slide guitars in my opinion, and there wouldn't really be much Gibson could change on that model to make slide playing any easier. They're pretty much the optimal guitar for that style.
You lucky bastard. I dream of sg. Gonna get it this year definitely. I love my cheap ibanez tho. Plays like a gibson but I'm not refretting her she's too precious to me. She will be my little slider
I thought I could play like Derek with an SG at the beginning. Then I figured I have no idea how hard it is playing in Derek’s style regarding the timing. Timing is the key to sound great when you’re sliding on the fretboard. I wanted to sell my SG a couple weeks ago, but I watched Derek live last weekend and I changed my mind, decided to give another try on slides.
Open D tends to loosen the strings . E gives a little more resistance.
Killed it brother great lesson
What’s the BPM on that backing track? And any tips on tone settings?
jaw droping! Thanks !
Dope thanks for sharing
Superb lesson!
Thanks John Great lesson man.
So I play pedal steel, Dobro and lap steel but want to add bottleneck playing to my arsenal. What are some good guitars to use to get the SG sound Derek gets in the $600-$1000 range?
I would just look for a used SG Standard. Other than that you might want to try an Epiphone SG 61 as they have Gibson pickups. I've never tried one though.
Don't overlook a Danelectro. It's a completely different beast but is loves slide.
thanks master
beaut tone 👏🏻🤟🏻🤙🏻💪🏻👊🏻🎸🍺😪
Skydoggin it!!!!!
When cranking your amp, do you use an attenuator to keep the volume lower or do you just crank it up loud?
I use a Clearsonic iso box, but lately just a Two Notes Captor.
Nice! Sounds killer, man. You make these slide licks look much easier than they are. Haha
What kinda amp are you using here?
I find get this kinda snarl with an MXR Super Badass distortion and a Dynacomp.
@2:58 Duane Allman thang..
Its funny to me. All these "Derek" how to videos yet none that I have found has had anything resembling Derek Trucks' licks.
Nice , thanks
Hey! Is that still that slide you bought from ebay?
No that's a Mr B's which is my favorite overall slide I've ever owned.
Sounds like a cranked tweed deluxe with a TS?
Andrews Spectraverb no pedals.
Learning Guitar Now sounds awesome, John!
It's a fantastic sound. I will check them out.
I don't wanna break a string, see ya
Lads, Paul Kirwan here, best slide player in Ireland. Lol. Listen up, the buck in the video is correct. I have all my guitars tuned to open E. I can play in any key using this tuning, plus as the positions on the neck are similar to standard, another guitarist can follow along. You can also play minor chords by fretting behind the slide. Check me out on Facebook for more facemelting slide playing.!!
Do you seriously going around introducing yourself as the best slide guitarist in Ireland?
@@maxgreen3336 Do you really believe that I was being serious? Why is it that Americans can never understand sarcasm. Why? Oh Why?
@@Hiram1000 Ha wrong again. British my old pal
I love it!!! Im the best side player in my neighborhood!!
if you chose to teach us a song in OPEN E then what is the reason why you just did not use OPEN D
Because this guitar is setup for Open E. You can play in any key with Open E
@@Learningguitarnow uh ok but can you not also play in any key with open D , as well as A G or C, or anychord as long as it is tuned to that chord in the open positon, I am sorry I sound challenging, I am just trying to understand
I don't really understand your question. I chose Open E because I like playing in it. That is all. You can use any other tuning you want to play in any key as well.
This is a waste of a comment. If it was in open D then you could ask “why not play it in open E?”
@@_antrider8584 right so I think I figured out the answer
if you want to play a song where the 1 chord can be made to be played with a slide, then the key the guitar is tuned to will never be the key you want for the song,, like i said so you can employ the slide on the root in the lower end
am I clear? so in this case , just to spell it out, the key of d is up on the 10fret, but still that enables you access to that root in the lower position
and now you can slide in and out, plus tremelo , plus crazy three fret tremelo
I'll take "who is Derek Truck" for $100, Jack.
Wait you said you gota play alot of licks to keep it interesting ummmmm sorry sir uh ya don't because I can put my strat on the neck pickup and play pentatonic scales very slow that will reach in and grab your soul dude but your correct on the "if you wanna sound them yes play alot of licks🥴 happy slide