Aidan McCoy yes! You are not required to do it on a resonator. You can do it on: acoustic guitars, electric guitars, dobro/resonators, banjo and mandolin.
Hey Rhett I’ve been playing exclusively in open E for over ten years now, ever since I first heard Derek Trucks. I’m not as obsessed with Trucks as I was back then but I never gave up the tuning and stuck with it ever since. If you ever want to do a more in depth video or a lesson about chords in open E I think I could be a great resource. I love the way this tuning opens up the board for chords. It’s much more intuitive than standard tuning in my opinion.
@@aidanmccoy5034 not only can you play slide on any stringed instrument (I saw one guy use a slide on his piano’s strings!) you don’t really even have to use any of the brass, glass, or ceramic tubes that are specifically sold as “slides,” either. Some Rock Guitar gods have been grabbing their microphone stands and sliding it up and down the string(s) not to mention leaving the stand where it is and sliding the guitar, itself, back and forth. Admittedly, they tend to press the stand hard enough to where the strings get pushed down onto the frets, but that just makes a different sound to actual slide playing AND fretting your strings. I’ve grabbed beer bottles and cocktail glasses from the table in front of a nice-looking young lady and used those. If you ever try the latter, make sure you buy her a fresh drink. 😂
I suffered a stroke awhile back and my left handed being partially paralyzed, I figured my guitar playing days were over. Then I saw a guy playing slide guitar and I thought, “I can do that”. I watched your video tonight and about to get a slide and get started playing again. I’m a happy camper. Thanks for giving an old guitar picker a new lease on life.
Don, sorry to hear about your stroke and good work thinking of how to improvise your new reality. Hats off to you for that. You may also want to look into the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doige on how some stroke patients are able to recover their lost neuro-connections. Good luck brother.
I'm a drummer was thinking about learning guitar. It was a little difficult for me, I'm a 71 years old blues lover. Then I came across your vid, this made me rethink. Bought my first glass slide, I already think I'm gonna be the next Derek Trucks
I'm a bass player and as a fellow member of the rhythm section, slide guitar came much easier to me. Our ability to keep time in our heads by feeling it comes in so handy.
I am an official old dude,59...been playing since 1977....NOBODY has ever made slide playing seem more possible to me than you in this video....THANKS A MILLION!
My little brother was a piano player, I played guitar, my other little bro played drums. We would all pick up bass. When we I got a little older I became a bassist my piano playing brother picked up the guitar. In one month he was better than I ever was my eight years of playing. The next month he was ripping Duane Allman riffs with a slide in standard. Needless to say, my son is now taking piano lessons at age 6.
Ryland Schamel Exactly the same scenario with me I was just working on Just Got Paid I was thinking Man I could use some help with the slide. Rhett is literally the man on the spot boy am I glad I signed up to this channel.
Here's a great tip for mastering intonation... play slide in the dark, or at least with your eyes closed, and let your ears hear it when you hit pitch. Trust me.
Hello Rhett, This video was nice. My first slide lesson was from Duane Allman himself July 4th weekend in Atlantic City NJ 1971 & yes I am that OLD. I was 17 yrs old. It was on the Steel Pier and they (the Allman Bros. were playing 2nd fidel to THE COWSILLS a family group who's song "Hair" was a number one hit. I was walking down the boardwalk and hear the Allmans warming up in the ballroom, The slide guitars of Duanne and Dickie Betts called to me like a magnet. I paid the $3.00 entry fee and went onto the Pier and went into the side door of the ballroom. There was maybe 30 people there. WOW .. I was dumbstruck ! to say the least. I was already playing my guitar to lessons and playing rock and roll anyway I could, but their music just smacked me. My guita plating was changed forever. After they came off the stage into the ballroom I asked Duanne hiw he got that sound. He was sooo kewl, he said cmon and took me on stage and sat down and grabbed his 52 LP Goldtop and gave me a lesson similar to yours. Wish I had a movie camera or cell then . He truly sat there for 20 minutes teaching me. What a nice guy .. So shy and personable. Gregg was also. He shared his story of Georgia and sitting aroung just playing ALL the time. I HAD his phone number but my MOM washed it in the wash. GRRR. They invited me and my friend who was a drummer to hang out with them and we walked the boards, smoked cigs etc and I bought everything they ever recorded. I watched 3 shows that day for $3.00 Saw them very Christmas at the Spectrum in Phila,PA for years. I love the slide and enjoyed your lesson/video .. Thought I would share ,, Thx Joe
This is my 2nd life in slide. Tried a few decades ago, but hit my Peter Principle. Thought I sucked. I learned pieces, a few songs. But not sure anyone had walked me through the process so thoroughly, so logically, so patiently. I feel that playing slide just quite be possible. THANK YOU RHETT!
Been playing guitar for 30+ years and just bought my first slide. After watching your videos and hearing your tone and the THIS is how you dobro video I had to do it. It is awesome.
For those looking for a great slide, I recommend the Rich Robinson brass slide. First slide I ever used that really sits on your finger well due to the tapered shape inside it. You can put your hand pointing towards the floor and it wont slip off! Because it sits so well, I feel it offers a sense of accuracy other slides never could for me. Highly recommended!
First guitar,1964, after learning classical piano. Beatles changed my musical destiny > 'She Loves You,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah' 😳. Then I heard Duane Allman and bought a slide in 1974. Learned on a Ernie Ball 1.5" metal slide. It cost me $1.00 in 74'. I played it (48 Years Old) today after breaking my Jim Dunlop 202 this morning. I also have a brass slide that I keep on my bike (Versys 650) in case of a music emergency! 😅 Buying another 202 tomorrow because the lighter weight makes a quicker turnaround than any stainless or brass slide. Always on my left pinkie finger. 67 years old now,but I still play > "Eat A 🍑 Peach" Thanks to Duane Allman for the inspiration and beautiful slide tracks! (Bass Fishing, Motorcycles,and Slide Guitar) > great hobbies from the Slide Master! 👀🎸😳🍑😁🏍️
Absolutely brilliant video! There is snow ball's chance in hell I could learn to play slide with my pathetic skills and advanced age... but for 15 minutes it really felt like I might! Thanks for the gift of hope and some fabulous playing Mr. Shull.
Rain Song (DGCGCD) tuning is a really great way to begin playing slide. The repeated triad makes it pretty forgiving and can give a little confidence to someone new to what is probably the most intimidating and specialized style of guitar playing.
Thank you so very much. I am an experienced guitarist playing for over 50 years. Played music in bands all over the midwest. No one has ever shown me this before in a way I could understand. I cant begin to thank you enough.
I started to try to play slid but it seemed too hard and to understand but this video helps alot so I'm gonna give it another try I think I'll do a lot better. Thanks do much
Very nice! Slide is ONE of the things that has scared me ever since I was in HighSchool attempting the slide intro to ”Freebird” and what was coming out the amp sounded more like a grand piano falling down a flight of stairs than anything else. Now I’m old and thankfully there’s RUclips to “pull my head out” and we’ll take another crack at the slide! Lol. Thanks. Very informative !
I'm a 61 y.o. bass player who has always wanted to play guitar, and your videos are like finding gold! I will absolutely be checking out your courses. Many Gracias!
This video is exactly what I needed - thank you. I've picked up my slide about a hundred times and then put it down again about 15 minutes later. This has given me what I need to give it a proper go.
59 years playing and your the best at explaining technique...just made an old Kay into electric slide...real dirty for the early 20th century sound...thanks
I’ve watched a few videos on playing slide and this is hands down the clearest explanation I’ve seen, along with the most inspiring playing. I recently discovered your channel and I think your videos are brilliant!
My buddy stopped playing guitar from hand injuries. He started using a shot glass to try and play. I picked up a real glass slide in the store and he is playing like an actual legend again cause of it. Wonderful invention
I think all the best blues players in addition to having the technical skill to do technical skill stuff, many of the best lived lives in poverty suffering under horrible police brutality and abuse,, many were outlaws at least at some point in their lives, many served time, hopped trains, slept rough, and had problems with drink and drugs, and I believe it was The wealth of experience gained from that that is the true source of the blues not cords or syncopation or any of those other things, they're just the means of expressing something deeper and more primal. I've been "lucky" enough to experience all those things in spades, so now I just need the technical ability, so I can give the scars a voice. Thanks for starting me on my way Rhett.
Man... every day I wake up and say: “Today, I’ll start playing slide”... and then, another month went by 😂😂😂 maybe after watching your video, I’ll made up my mind!
Thanks brother. Just started playing slide and I played drums for 26 years. This video made my guitar transition much easier along with knowledge of music I guess.
I hadn't touched my slide for years. I just played a bit, and I realised it is simply too big for my sliding finger. I'll pick up a new one and explore this some more!
Thanks so much, I've played metal and punk for 30 years but it was delta blues that inspired me to want to play when I was 12, I just didn't have anyone to teach me, and all my friends who could show me licks played metal, so that's where I went, now I'm back to square one wanting to learn slide and better my blues game...
Man that was a dam awesome great beginner slide lesson, one of the best i ever watched. Never realized E tuning was easy to play like that...Thanks so much
I always have to "like" your videos even before you begin talking. I love hearing your playing! (Oh, and then your info is always helpful and interesting, too)
Finally I figured out why I sucked at it so hard the whole time !!!! I shouldn't try to push the strings against the frets !! I just figured it out by watching a Ben Harper slide guitar video where his guitar has a 1cm high nut !! He was never touching the frets and I could see it. I think this info could be more explicit in this tutorial (= "Don't touch the frets !!"). I never guessed !! Now it's obvious when I rewatch. It's awesome !!!!
Nice job Rhett, how nice? Joe Walsh is on some RUclips videos that are fairly old also suggesting the open E tuning for slide. I'm an old guy, not so "up" on who's who in music since maybe '92. Stumbled upon you here and said to myself, "This Rhett Shull guy seems to be one heck of an accomplished musician, I like his style and positive attitude, fun an interesting music." Now giving Joe Walsh advise, no question in my mind you are one of those special people who have a lot to give! Great job, new band sounds really cool. I hope you put out a really diverse catalog, I haven't really heard any cool new music in some time and I'd really like to feel that excitement like I did hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time when I raided my father's record collection out of boredom and curiosity almost 40 years ago and hearing crazy different stuff on the same LP like Immigrant Song, Since I've Been Loving You, and Tangerine. I often joke that my favorite country band is Zeppelin because of Tangerine and being an 80's child I listened to Waylon Jennings Good Ol Boys every Friday night on CBS at pm. Thank's for being so refreshing!
Great vid.. I was always bewildered by Billy Gibbon's slide work, as well as Joe Walsh, they play the slide on the middle finger. Thats how I learned. On my middle finger. Just felt better for me....Watching Billy for years playing "Just Got Paid" is a thing of beauty...
Omg I was just thinking that! His slide in the later Beatles years and his solo career is magnificent! It’s what inspired me to pick up a slide. Crackerbox Palace is a great example.
I recorded a song in an open D tuning with slide, and didn't realize until a couple hours later (when mixing) that I really needed a quick guitar solo to break things up. I'd already tuned back to Standard by then, and ended up doing the solo in Standard. The result was that I ended up using a lot of Gypsy-jazz 6th chords that would have been extremely inconvenient in Open Anything, and I was easily able to do slides into minor chords on the first three strings. It sounded not only like two entirely different guitars, but two entirely different performers. You know what would be a neat gizmo? Something like a B bender, but it could raise THREE strings with a single motion rather than just one. Then you could switch between standard and open E (or Drop D and Open D) with the flick of a lever. I'm thinking of something like a Bigsby, only more focused on stability rather than fluidity, and allowing each string affected to be hand-tweaked.
Duesenberg actually make a bridge for this, called the multibender. It uses levers to bend individual strings, a bit like a pedal steel. It comes with two levers, but you can buy more levers and fit one for each string.
I heard a old dude that played with a glass slide he had made....he was literally the reason that I traded some things for my first guitar. He told me not to buy a slide but to make it. I think ima make one soon out of a bottle neck. I am originally from the south and I absoulutly love that slow blues with a slide thrown in something about it moved me enough to get a guitar and save up for an amp and so my journey has begun. Thanks for posting this it had good info
David owns a Fender double neck and two Jedson (red and blonde/white) purpose built slide guitars that sit on legs parallel to the floor. Probably more but those are just the ones I know about. The Jedsons are the ones you see him play on stage from the late 70's onward. See the Pulse video that is a modified Jedson. The guitar he used to record One of these Days was the double neck Fender. The Fender double neck is fairly rare the Jedson's are more common. Neither use frets as a guitar player knows them but position markers that at first glance look like frets but are not. Playing one of those is a whole different world.
I received a metal slide from my kids long ago, and its been sitting my my case this whole time. Thank-you for giving me the motivation to give it another shot.
@@jubba4623 True I understand that his audience is mostly blues and rock based but there are so many possibilities with slide playing he could've given a partial mention too. Just a nitpick though.
A note on intonation, I was taught from the beginning that proper fretting is when you fret immediately behind the fret you want to ring out instead of in the middle. Made slide intonation a non-issue. Just wanted to share. Thanks for the awesome content!
As I ran the neck of my beer bottle along the strings last night being a dumbass while playing, I realized I needed to explore slide guitar when not drinking. Thank you for this vid. Amazing as always.
Elaine Ricketts... Yes! The mic stand makes a neat stage trick and people go nuts for it, but I find I have lots of problem moving the guitar instead of the “slide” but MAN it looks cool! The little bit of slide I do is better with the bottle for me. Better control but if I pull out my actual guitar slide, people expect me to be good. I need more Rhett Lessons before I try to fool the masses. 🤣
Liking it. I have an older gal who has her heart set on playing Gospel licks on steel guitar, and I almost had her talked into playing dobro (bcuz her hands are less dexterous). But, she bought a steel guitar.. Now I just got into the open tunings to work with my own compositions. Good advice, thank you!
😂😂😂 over the years when I'd get a wild hair I'd just grab the Bic! Never learned to play slide, just goofing around, not now though, time to get serious! 👍
@Clyde - LOL! That's what I used whenever someone asked me to play slide. Playing bad slide with a Bic was a quick and easy way to discourage anyone from asking me to play slide in the future.
That was great Rhutt, I have slide bought few years ago, never learned it, now I did what you told tuned my guitar and played that thing at 16:00 and I end up playing -In my time of dying intro..wow I never thought it was that simple...thanks a ton man.
Hi Rhett, would love to see a video detailing your mixing process and how you eq/tweak your recordings with plugins/outboard gear. Love the videos, thanks.
And her "flippin' finger" placement of the slide. My personal preference, the middle finger. It aligns with the center of the wrist, giving the best leverage for vibrato. IMHO
Awesome teaching. I just started playing with a slide. I've played for 40 years and this is a brand new challenge. Your video is so helpful. I got a long way to go but with some direction now. Thank you brother. Keep on strumming
Amazing sound! I’m a complete beginner. 51 yrs old. Picked up the guitar when Covid 19 hit. Sorry if I ask any dumb questions but am I understanding this correctly that when playing slide guitar, other than the finger with the slide on and the other finger behind it muting the strings like a bar, the left hand isn’t ever gonna fret a note? And are ALL the chords created using the slide and not using any other finger of the left hand? (That would be awesome news cause it makes it easier for a beginner cause I don’t know that many chords yet).
Well, slide is usually (not always) played in open tunings, which allow you to play with one finger, meaning you never need to fret the guitar to play a chord. The same goes for any single notes. Many people will fret guitars and then use the slide to accent their playing. It just depends on what you want to do. Check out Justin Johnson. Great slide player. Don’t expect to get to his level overnight, but you can get a good idea of how he uses it. Other thing I would suggest is checking out is many blues players from the past, like Robert Johnson (the two aren’t related btw).
I pula,you will progress faster playing slide then just playing in the normal fashion,well I did ....then when you do play in the conventional manner you have the advantage of getting an (ear) for chords and notes.Try slide for a while and see how fast you get better because it's so enjoyable and rewarding and you can belt out tunes and riffs in no time,good luck
Really stoked to hear you say ‘ no need for a specially set up guitar’ I love the it’s a bit harder so practice more ethos.. has boosted my confidence to crack on with it!!
I bought some slides earlier this week. I got some usable tones out of them going up and down the neck slowly. Today the blue porcelain Moonshine slide 243 came and I found this video. Now I have a new practice regimen to work on. Thank you 😎
As a trombone player who writes songs on guitar I can really appreciate this in two ways, first obviously the slide thing but then the running is almost the harmonic series which is where I know all my trombone fretting. Good lesson, thanks
I was around before the death of guitar shops, they always had big displays with all the slides in a glass box. man those days were awesome. they were called the 90's and 2000s. Much better times.
Been having trouble learning guitar (so much so I nearly gave it up). Have coordination problems and a weak/scarred third finger (just about lost the tip of it when I was a kid) got some new hope moving forward...
Thanks so much Rhett! I have my guitar tuned to open D, but I am going to go back to open E and do as you have shown here. God bless you and all you love.
Thanks for the video and the great information. Played guitar for years but now dealing with arthritis in fingers of left hand Switching to slide to help out and allow me to keep playing
i just tried open tune for the first time am a 3 years guitar players back & fort & i just found point of relief this helped me tho open tune can help u learn playing with ur ears
Going to give this a try. MS and a bad back has made my attempts to learn playing electric guitar with standard tuning a painful endeavor. I've seen players doing slide with their guitar on their lap. If I can make it work, I'll finally have some satisfaction at learning to play. Thanks Rhett, for the information and the video.
I was wandering around RUclips, looking for some beginning slide guitar lessons, when I saw a familiar face...from your collaborations on Rick Beato's channel. I immediately knew this was the video to pick! Now that I've watched it, I know I'll be watching it several more times. Thanks!
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Can you used slides on a normal acoustic instead of a resonator?
Aidan McCoy yes! You are not required to do it on a resonator. You can do it on: acoustic guitars, electric guitars, dobro/resonators, banjo and mandolin.
Jennifer Johns awesome! Thanks for the help!
Hey Rhett I’ve been playing exclusively in open E for over ten years now, ever since I first heard Derek Trucks. I’m not as obsessed with Trucks as I was back then but I never gave up the tuning and stuck with it ever since. If you ever want to do a more in depth video or a lesson about chords in open E I think I could be a great resource. I love the way this tuning opens up the board for chords. It’s much more intuitive than standard tuning in my opinion.
@@aidanmccoy5034 not only can you play slide on any stringed instrument (I saw one guy use a slide on his piano’s strings!) you don’t really even have to use any of the brass, glass, or ceramic tubes that are specifically sold as “slides,” either. Some Rock Guitar gods have been grabbing their microphone stands and sliding it up and down the string(s) not to mention leaving the stand where it is and sliding the guitar, itself, back and forth. Admittedly, they tend to press the stand hard enough to where the strings get pushed down onto the frets, but that just makes a different sound to actual slide playing AND fretting your strings. I’ve grabbed beer bottles and cocktail glasses from the table in front of a nice-looking young lady and used those. If you ever try the latter, make sure you buy her a fresh drink. 😂
I suffered a stroke awhile back and my left handed being partially paralyzed, I figured my guitar playing days were over. Then I saw a guy playing slide guitar and I thought, “I can do that”. I watched your video tonight and about to get a slide and get started playing again. I’m a happy camper. Thanks for giving an old guitar picker a new lease on life.
All the very best Sir
Good luck on finding your new path with music man! With art, there always is a way =)
Good luck man! Slide guitar is really fun once you get a hang of it.
Don Galaway I’m glad your back to playing!!!
Don, sorry to hear about your stroke and good work thinking of how to improvise your new reality. Hats off to you for that. You may also want to look into the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doige on how some stroke patients are able to recover their lost neuro-connections. Good luck brother.
That opening gave me chills brother. ❤️
Me too - his intro lick and the other examples he played just sound lovely!
Two of my fav guitar guys!! You two should do a collab
It's by muddy waters I feel like going home
That is the real shit. Listen to some Robert Johnson and you will give some good chills
@@DirtyHarry-kw3qv its also Walkin Blues Eric Clapton version. or Country Blues by Jeffery Wright( who played as Muddy Waters in Cadillac Records)
I'm a drummer was thinking about learning guitar. It was a little difficult for me, I'm a 71 years old blues lover. Then I came across your vid, this made me rethink. Bought my first glass slide, I already think I'm gonna be the next Derek Trucks
How’s it coming along?
. . . Or Joanna Conner (✔️)
LOL I am a 61 year old guitar player just learning the drums!! AND...apparently, STILL learning guitar!!
I'm a bass player and as a fellow member of the rhythm section, slide guitar came much easier to me. Our ability to keep time in our heads by feeling it comes in so handy.
ehehhehehehehh. Nice, nice, old boy.
I am an official old dude,59...been playing since 1977....NOBODY has ever made slide playing seem more possible to me than you in this video....THANKS A MILLION!
My little brother was a piano player, I played guitar, my other little bro played drums. We would all pick up bass. When we I got a little older I became a bassist my piano playing brother picked up the guitar. In one month he was better than I ever was my eight years of playing. The next month he was ripping Duane Allman riffs with a slide in standard. Needless to say, my son is now taking piano lessons at age 6.
I was literally just thinking I should learn slide and then I refreshed my RUclips page and here this video was. Thanks Rhett
Same - Was practicing yesterday for the first time and was like "wish there was a good video for this"... Rhett always delivers!
Ryland Schamel Exactly the same scenario with me I was just working on Just Got Paid I was thinking Man I could use some help with the slide. Rhett is literally the man on the spot boy am I glad I signed up to this channel.
This is the video I've promised myself I'd search for 😂
Y'all must've mentioned it to a friend or relative with your phone in your pocket... RUclips tends to listen in.
same man
1:31 PICK A SLIDE
5:17 PICK A TUNING
8:32 LEARN SOME CHORDS
12:34 PLAY SINGLE NOTES
15:37 BASIC BLUES SHUFFLE
MVP
tx mate
THANKS
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Nice! Doing the lords work over here!! Still helping folks a year on!
This is just what my quarantine practice needed.
And mine! Gonna try implement it into my next recording!
Still playing slide?
Here's a great tip for mastering intonation... play slide in the dark, or at least with your eyes closed, and let your ears hear it when you hit pitch. Trust me.
Yeah and play buzzed. I got a sweet little 3 string cigar box (gdg) and she likes her bourbon nearby
Perfect
I stand if front of my mirror and not to look at my hand on the fretboard
It can be done with low action. Derick trucks plays that way.
Paul gilbert, too
That’s how i practice playing chords , in the dark with no pedals and clean amp , if you make a mistake , it is very apparent 👍🎸
Hello Rhett, This video was nice. My first slide lesson was from Duane Allman himself July 4th weekend in Atlantic City NJ 1971 & yes I am that OLD. I was 17 yrs old. It was on the Steel Pier and they (the Allman Bros. were playing 2nd fidel to THE COWSILLS a family group who's song "Hair" was a number one hit. I was walking down the boardwalk and hear the Allmans warming up in the ballroom, The slide guitars of Duanne and Dickie Betts called to me like a magnet. I paid the $3.00 entry fee and went onto the Pier and went into the side door of the ballroom. There was maybe 30 people there. WOW .. I was dumbstruck ! to say the least. I was already playing my guitar to lessons and playing rock and roll anyway I could, but their music just smacked me. My guita plating was changed forever. After they came off the stage into the ballroom I asked Duanne hiw he got that sound. He was sooo kewl, he said cmon and took me on stage and sat down and grabbed his 52 LP Goldtop and gave me a lesson similar to yours. Wish I had a movie camera or cell then . He truly sat there for 20 minutes teaching me. What a nice guy .. So shy and personable. Gregg was also. He shared his story of Georgia and sitting aroung just playing ALL the time. I HAD his phone number but my MOM washed it in the wash. GRRR. They invited me and my friend who was a drummer to hang out with them and we walked the boards, smoked cigs etc and I bought everything they ever recorded. I watched 3 shows that day for $3.00 Saw them very Christmas at the Spectrum in Phila,PA for years. I love the slide and enjoyed your lesson/video .. Thought I would share ,,
Thx Joe
This is my 2nd life in slide. Tried a few decades ago, but hit my Peter Principle. Thought I sucked. I learned pieces, a few songs. But not sure anyone had walked me through the process so thoroughly, so logically, so patiently. I feel that playing slide just quite be possible. THANK YOU RHETT!
Been playing guitar for 30+ years and just bought my first slide. After watching your videos and hearing your tone and the THIS is how you dobro video I had to do it. It is awesome.
For those looking for a great slide, I recommend the Rich Robinson brass slide. First slide I ever used that really sits on your finger well due to the tapered shape inside it. You can put your hand pointing towards the floor and it wont slip off! Because it sits so well, I feel it offers a sense of accuracy other slides never could for me. Highly recommended!
First guitar,1964, after learning classical piano. Beatles changed my musical destiny > 'She Loves You,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah' 😳. Then I heard Duane Allman and bought a slide in 1974. Learned on a Ernie Ball 1.5" metal slide. It cost me $1.00 in 74'. I played it (48 Years Old) today after breaking my Jim Dunlop 202 this morning. I also have a brass slide that I keep on my bike (Versys 650) in case of a music emergency! 😅 Buying another 202 tomorrow because the lighter weight makes a quicker turnaround than any stainless or brass slide. Always on my left pinkie finger. 67 years old now,but I still play > "Eat A 🍑 Peach" Thanks to Duane Allman for the inspiration and beautiful slide tracks! (Bass Fishing, Motorcycles,and Slide Guitar) > great hobbies from the Slide Master! 👀🎸😳🍑😁🏍️
This is exactly what I needed. I thought it'd be a great time to learn slide guitar, so your timing was perfect . Thank you, Rhett!
Where my cornbread
That's it. I need to pick up a resonator guitar and a slide, and settle down next to a creek or pond with a mason jar of moonshine. :D
You won't regret it, hey the moonshine might be good as well.
A dog and a pickup truck
@@alex0589 with a tractor with a girlfriend who only wears blue jeans for some reason
Absolutely brilliant video! There is snow ball's chance in hell I could learn to play slide with my pathetic skills and advanced age... but for 15 minutes it really felt like I might! Thanks for the gift of hope and some fabulous playing Mr. Shull.
You are a very clear and concise teacher. I’ve played slide for 45 yrs and there isn’t much Id add or leave out of your beginners tips. Excellent!
Rain Song (DGCGCD) tuning is a really great way to begin playing slide. The repeated triad makes it pretty forgiving and can give a little confidence to someone new to what is probably the most intimidating and specialized style of guitar playing.
Best song ever written
Thank you so very much. I am an experienced guitarist playing for over 50 years. Played music in bands all over the midwest. No one has ever shown me this before in a way I could understand. I cant begin to thank you enough.
this made me start learning slide, so good!
I started to try to play slid but it seemed too hard and to understand but this video helps alot so I'm gonna give it another try I think I'll do a lot better. Thanks do much
I love playing slide. For me, George Harrison was one of the best slide players, such sensitivity.
Diggin' the tones 👍🏻
Nice to see you here man
Is that your firebird in the back? I can count on one hand the number of pink firebirds I've seen
There is an old saying “ those who can’t do teach” but you sir, have been blessed with both abilities!
Very nice! Slide is ONE of the things that has scared me ever since I was in HighSchool attempting the slide intro to ”Freebird” and what was coming out the amp sounded more like a grand piano falling down a flight of stairs than anything else. Now I’m old and thankfully there’s RUclips to “pull my head out” and we’ll take another crack at the slide! Lol. Thanks. Very informative !
I'm a 61 y.o. bass player who has always wanted to play guitar, and your videos are like finding gold! I will absolutely be checking out your courses. Many Gracias!
Awesome introduction to slide guitar playing. This is the clearest and most concise tutorial I've seen on the subject. Thanks for posting.
This video is exactly what I needed - thank you. I've picked up my slide about a hundred times and then put it down again about 15 minutes later. This has given me what I need to give it a proper go.
The Mississippi Delta
Was shining like a national guitar. Looks good. Sounds good.
Thanks for sharing, Getting me back into slide =)
59 years playing and your the best at explaining technique...just made an old Kay into electric slide...real dirty for the early 20th century sound...thanks
Dude just got my slide 1 hour ago - perfect timing!
Those RUclips algorithms are impressively creepy when they know what we buy and when we buy them.
@@Po1itica11yNcorrect and what we want
That lesson has given me a better understanding of slide technique and application than any other i have watched. Wonderful.
I’ve watched a few videos on playing slide and this is hands down the clearest explanation I’ve seen, along with the most inspiring playing.
I recently discovered your channel and I think your videos are brilliant!
My buddy stopped playing guitar from hand injuries. He started using a shot glass to try and play. I picked up a real glass slide in the store and he is playing like an actual legend again cause of it. Wonderful invention
1:31 Bocchi "i will pick that oni slayer sake cup left on my stage as a slide"
I think all the best blues players in addition to having the technical skill to do technical skill stuff, many of the best lived lives in poverty suffering under horrible police brutality and abuse,, many were outlaws at least at some point in their lives, many served time, hopped trains, slept rough, and had problems with drink and drugs, and I believe it was The wealth of experience gained from that that is the true source of the blues not cords or syncopation or any of those other things, they're just the means of expressing something deeper and more primal. I've been "lucky" enough to experience all those things in spades, so now I just need the technical ability, so I can give the scars a voice. Thanks for starting me on my way Rhett.
Man... every day I wake up and say: “Today, I’ll start playing slide”... and then, another month went by 😂😂😂 maybe after watching your video, I’ll made up my mind!
Thanks brother. Just started playing slide and I played drums for 26 years. This video made my guitar transition much easier along with knowledge of music I guess.
I hadn't touched my slide for years. I just played a bit, and I realised it is simply too big for my sliding finger. I'll pick up a new one and explore this some more!
Simply the most straightforward intro to playing slide I think I've seen. Players will be helped by this. Thanks!
"pick a slide" brother i got my deodorant bottle dont worry
Dang I'd use a pickle jar
Thanks so much, I've played metal and punk for 30 years but it was delta blues that inspired me to want to play when I was 12, I just didn't have anyone to teach me, and all my friends who could show me licks played metal, so that's where I went, now I'm back to square one wanting to learn slide and better my blues game...
Man that was a dam awesome great beginner slide lesson, one of the best i ever watched. Never realized E tuning was easy to play like that...Thanks so much
The. Best. Guitar. Lesson. I've. Ever. Had. As a singer who rarely plays guitar (but loves it), I really needed this. Thank you so much!
I always have to "like" your videos even before you begin talking. I love hearing your playing! (Oh, and then your info is always helpful and interesting, too)
Finally I figured out why I sucked at it so hard the whole time !!!! I shouldn't try to push the strings against the frets !!
I just figured it out by watching a Ben Harper slide guitar video where his guitar has a 1cm high nut !! He was never touching the frets and I could see it.
I think this info could be more explicit in this tutorial (= "Don't touch the frets !!"). I never guessed !! Now it's obvious when I rewatch.
It's awesome !!!!
Nice job Rhett, how nice? Joe Walsh is on some RUclips videos that are fairly old also suggesting the open E tuning for slide. I'm an old guy, not so "up" on who's who in music since maybe '92. Stumbled upon you here and said to myself, "This Rhett Shull guy seems to be one heck of an accomplished musician, I like his style and positive attitude, fun an interesting music." Now giving Joe Walsh advise, no question in my mind you are one of those special people who have a lot to give! Great job, new band sounds really cool. I hope you put out a really diverse catalog, I haven't really heard any cool new music in some time and I'd really like to feel that excitement like I did hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time when I raided my father's record collection out of boredom and curiosity almost 40 years ago and hearing crazy different stuff on the same LP like Immigrant Song, Since I've Been Loving You, and Tangerine. I often joke that my favorite country band is Zeppelin because of Tangerine and being an 80's child I listened to Waylon Jennings Good Ol Boys every Friday night on CBS at pm. Thank's for being so refreshing!
Great vid.. I was always bewildered by Billy Gibbon's slide work, as well as Joe Walsh, they play the slide on the middle finger. Thats how I learned. On my middle finger. Just felt better for me....Watching Billy for years playing "Just Got Paid" is a thing of beauty...
That song you played at around the 8:20 mark made me cry. Just.... beautiful......
George Harrison slide is so underrated
Omg I was just thinking that! His slide in the later Beatles years and his solo career is magnificent! It’s what inspired me to pick up a slide. Crackerbox Palace is a great example.
This boy
@@evyalley He didn't play slide with the Beatles. Picked it up in December 1969 while touring with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (and Eric Clapton)
As a teacher, myself, albeit of English Composition, I salute your acumen for pedagogy. Well done. Masterful.
I recorded a song in an open D tuning with slide, and didn't realize until a couple hours later (when mixing) that I really needed a quick guitar solo to break things up. I'd already tuned back to Standard by then, and ended up doing the solo in Standard. The result was that I ended up using a lot of Gypsy-jazz 6th chords that would have been extremely inconvenient in Open Anything, and I was easily able to do slides into minor chords on the first three strings. It sounded not only like two entirely different guitars, but two entirely different performers.
You know what would be a neat gizmo? Something like a B bender, but it could raise THREE strings with a single motion rather than just one. Then you could switch between standard and open E (or Drop D and Open D) with the flick of a lever. I'm thinking of something like a Bigsby, only more focused on stability rather than fluidity, and allowing each string affected to be hand-tweaked.
Duesenberg actually make a bridge for this, called the multibender. It uses levers to bend individual strings, a bit like a pedal steel. It comes with two levers, but you can buy more levers and fit one for each string.
Can we hear the song pls
@@raweymoore Wow, the multibender is mind-blowing!
FINALLY an explanation of slide guitar that I can understand completely. I’m definitely going to try this out. Thank you so much!
I’ve been watching this for a couple of times and today my first slide just came!!!
I heard a old dude that played with a glass slide he had made....he was literally the reason that I traded some things for my first guitar. He told me not to buy a slide but to make it. I think ima make one soon out of a bottle neck. I am originally from the south and I absoulutly love that slow blues with a slide thrown in something about it moved me enough to get a guitar and save up for an amp and so my journey has begun. Thanks for posting this it had good info
you forgot to mention my personal favorite slide guitarist, David Gilmour! The slide part in One of these days is insane and so powerful.
David owns a Fender double neck and two Jedson (red and blonde/white) purpose built slide guitars that sit on legs parallel to the floor. Probably more but those are just the ones I know about. The Jedsons are the ones you see him play on stage from the late 70's onward. See the Pulse video that is a modified Jedson. The guitar he used to record One of these Days was the double neck Fender. The Fender double neck is fairly rare the Jedson's are more common. Neither use frets as a guitar player knows them but position markers that at first glance look like frets but are not. Playing one of those is a whole different world.
Derek Trucks is better
@@palereaper 100%, thats why i said hes my personal favorite.
@@bobbyDD I gotchu
Check out Sammy Hagar's ' Standing At The Same Old Crossroads' Sammy tears it up on slide guitar in that song.
Wow! Thank you for breaking this down in such an easy to follow manner. At age 62 I am a complete beginner and I absolutely love slide guitar.
Another phenomenal video! Thanks a lot for your hard work Rhett, you’re a huge inspiration to everyone around.
I received a metal slide from my kids long ago, and its been sitting my my case this whole time. Thank-you for giving me the motivation to give it another shot.
I'm surprised you didn't mention George Harrison. His slide playing was very prominent throughout his solo career.
FACTS! Listen to Crackerbox Palace man
this video seems to be more about just “blues” slide, Harrison’s slide playing was more melodic i suppose
@@jubba4623 True I understand that his audience is mostly blues and rock based but there are so many possibilities with slide playing he could've given a partial mention too. Just a nitpick though.
Every video has a comment like this. Stfu.
A note on intonation, I was taught from the beginning that proper fretting is when you fret immediately behind the fret you want to ring out instead of in the middle. Made slide intonation a non-issue. Just wanted to share. Thanks for the awesome content!
As I ran the neck of my beer bottle along the strings last night being a dumbass while playing, I realized I needed to explore slide guitar when not drinking.
Thank you for this vid. Amazing as always.
the MIC STAND works too.........
The jar martini olives come in work a lot better, they're usually shaped like oversized slides (cylinders with a wide mouth).
Cheers
Elaine Ricketts... Yes! The mic stand makes a neat stage trick and people go nuts for it, but I find I have lots of problem moving the guitar instead of the “slide” but MAN it looks cool! The little bit of slide I do is better with the bottle for me. Better control but if I pull out my actual guitar slide, people expect me to be good. I need more Rhett Lessons before I try to fool the masses. 🤣
Hey you can do both, beer cans are to wide though haha.
Liking it. I have an older gal who has her heart set on playing Gospel licks on steel guitar, and I almost had her talked into playing dobro (bcuz her hands are less dexterous). But, she bought a steel guitar.. Now I just got into the open tunings to work with my own compositions. Good advice, thank you!
That looks like a Mule resonator. It has so much sustain. I want one now.
I wanna play slide guitar like George Harrison. This was a great introduction! Thank U! ❤️🎵🎸
This is the best slide tutorial I’ve seen since I saw a video of Ryan Bingham using a damn Bic lighter as a slide.
😂😂😂 over the years when I'd get a wild hair I'd just grab the Bic!
Never learned to play slide, just goofing around, not now though, time to get serious! 👍
@Clyde - LOL! That's what I used whenever someone asked me to play slide. Playing bad slide with a Bic was a quick and easy way to discourage anyone from asking me to play slide in the future.
That was great Rhutt, I have slide bought few years ago, never learned it, now I did what you told tuned my guitar and played that thing at 16:00 and I end up playing -In my time of dying intro..wow I never thought it was that simple...thanks a ton man.
Hi Rhett, would love to see a video detailing your mixing process and how you eq/tweak your recordings with plugins/outboard gear. Love the videos, thanks.
I was just talking to a friend about how I love the slide but really didn’t know how to start. I’m hoping you have more lessons. Awesome.
1:01 ad Justin Johnson to this list... he is the best slide guitar player ever!!!😜🎸
He's impressive, no doubt. Not sure I'd put him ahead of Derek Trucks but he's certainly his equal.
You got all wrong guys, the true master is definitely Elmore James
This is incredible. Best 18 minutes I've spent in a long time.
When listing memorable slide players, why does everyone seem to forget Bonnie Raitt???
Favourite of mine
And her "flippin' finger" placement of the slide. My personal preference, the middle finger. It aligns with the center of the wrist, giving the best leverage for vibrato. IMHO
Ben Harper!
Although Ry Cooder got me hooked. Check out "Feelin' Bad Blues"
Johnny Winter was no slouch either but hey you can't list em all.
Those open chords played around the 11 minute mark are thing of beauty
Rory Gallagher was incredible with slide guitar too
This is so far the best lesson for slide playing that I have watched in my whole life! Thank you very much!
0:01 the crew 2 title screen be like
Awesome teaching. I just started playing with a slide. I've played for 40 years and this is a brand new challenge. Your video is so helpful. I got a long way to go but with some direction now. Thank you brother. Keep on strumming
Amazing sound! I’m a complete beginner. 51 yrs old. Picked up the guitar when Covid 19 hit. Sorry if I ask any dumb questions but am I understanding this correctly that when playing slide guitar, other than the finger with the slide on and the other finger behind it muting the strings like a bar, the left hand isn’t ever gonna fret a note? And are ALL the chords created using the slide and not using any other finger of the left hand? (That would be awesome news cause it makes it easier for a beginner cause I don’t know that many chords yet).
Well, slide is usually (not always) played in open tunings, which allow you to play with one finger, meaning you never need to fret the guitar to play a chord. The same goes for any single notes. Many people will fret guitars and then use the slide to accent their playing. It just depends on what you want to do. Check out Justin Johnson. Great slide player. Don’t expect to get to his level overnight, but you can get a good idea of how he uses it. Other thing I would suggest is checking out is many blues players from the past, like Robert Johnson (the two aren’t related btw).
I pula,you will progress faster playing slide then just playing in the normal fashion,well I did ....then when you do play in the conventional manner you have the advantage of getting an (ear) for chords and notes.Try slide for a while and see how fast you get better because it's so enjoyable and rewarding and you can belt out tunes and riffs in no time,good luck
Always wanted to play slide and this took all the mystery out of tuning and learning how to play. Loved this video.
Rhett - is that a Submariner you're wearing?
He’s now officially rich
It’s not, it’s a Shinola Monster. Can’t afford a Sub!
@@RhettShull looks like a vintage diver. Nice!
Really stoked to hear you say ‘ no need for a specially set up guitar’ I love the it’s a bit harder so practice more ethos.. has boosted my confidence to crack on with it!!
When I play with slide even tho my guitar is in perfect tuning it fricking sounds out of tune tips plsz👇
If slide is positioned correctly, it is your guitar intonation that is bad ie: it might be in tune but loose tune the higher up the neck you go.
I bought some slides earlier this week. I got some usable tones out of them going up and down the neck slowly. Today the blue porcelain Moonshine slide 243 came and I found this video. Now I have a new practice regimen to work on. Thank you 😎
its like post malones more talnted brother.
As a trombone player who writes songs on guitar I can really appreciate this in two ways, first obviously the slide thing but then the running is almost the harmonic series which is where I know all my trombone fretting. Good lesson, thanks
I was around before the death of guitar shops, they always had big displays with all the slides in a glass box. man those days were awesome. they were called the 90's and 2000s. Much better times.
Been having trouble learning guitar (so much so I nearly gave it up). Have coordination problems and a weak/scarred third finger (just about lost the tip of it when I was a kid) got some new hope moving forward...
I just got a Gretsch resonator, because I just love that slidey blues sound. Lots of good tips here! Thank you.
I slid a lighter across my fretboard once, just being immature and it got me into slide guitar. The sound was amazing.
Thank you Rhett! I just bought a resonator and with your video, made me a pro instantly! You covered everything I needed in one video!! WHO HOO!!
Thanks so much Rhett! I have my guitar tuned to open D, but I am going to go back to open E and do as you have shown here. God bless you and all you love.
7:52-8:32 = goosebumps. Beautiful playing, and a great video! Thank you!
Very cool Rhett. I truly love listening and watching Derek Trucks playing slide, it's truly magic.
After 30 years playing I am now seriously starting to use a slide. Thank you Rhett !!
Thanks for the video and the great information. Played guitar for years but now dealing with arthritis in fingers of left hand Switching to slide to help out and allow me to keep playing
i just tried open tune for the first time am a 3 years guitar players back & fort & i just found point of relief this helped me tho open tune can help u learn playing with ur ears
I'M 68 Y.O. AND TRYING TO LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR. YOUR VIDEO WAS INSPRING.
Going to give this a try. MS and a bad back has made my attempts to learn playing electric guitar with standard tuning a painful endeavor. I've seen players doing slide with their guitar on their lap. If I can make it work, I'll finally have some satisfaction at learning to play. Thanks Rhett, for the information and the video.
Thank you very much Rhett, this video was very useful for taking the slide to another level. You're a good teacher.
So I got myself a resonator guitar because of this video! Thanks! Already have 2 more slides on order LOL.
I was wandering around RUclips, looking for some beginning slide guitar lessons, when I saw a familiar face...from your collaborations on Rick Beato's channel.
I immediately knew this was the video to pick! Now that I've watched it, I know I'll be watching it several more times. Thanks!