Don’t Make These 5 Slide Guitar Mistakes
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- The Rock Slide: therockslide.com/
PRS NF53 guitar: prsguitars.com/electrics/mode...
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Using the Wrong Size Slide
03:04 - Incorrect Action
06:08 - “Is My Guitar Good for Slide?”
07:48 - Too Much Gain
10:16 - Beating Yourself Up
13:11 - Bonus Mistake
14:23 - Outro 
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Great stuff Dylan! Just one question, when you talk about string action are you measuring it from the 12th fret? with no capo on the first fret (I assume)?
Yes, pinning this because I meant to mention it in the video: I’m measuring from the top of the 12th fret to the bottom of the string, no capo or anything
I would love a video of you discussing right hand technique! It seems really complex.
I definitely plan on it!
Yes, this would be super helpful!
just get used to resting 5 digits on the 6 strings (rejig it to catch the other string when needed) they kill and mute the strings as well as picking em, it's challenging at first, particularly useful if you are playing in standard, i use it as a lap guitar technique too now. picking the g and e only, for example, is hard because the b has to be dampened and the other strings too.. you will get it mate.
Jut started learning slide after nearly 30 years of playing guitar. Your videos have been a godsend! Thank you 🙏🏻
Same!!!!
@@scottlowsongs i did this too, ages ago now, it will feel as natural either way soon..
Me,too over five decades of experience playing guitars’ I’ve always wanted to get proficient playing slide guitar too . Dylan is EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE. EXCELLENT CONTENT 😊🎸
Love your videos man, keep them coming
Awesome video man! Love your content! Those last 2 topics were great!
Great video. So helpful. Thank you.
Thanks for taking to time to share your knowledge - amazing. Cheers
Solid helpful advice! Thanks
Really enjoy your videos, super helpful!
Thanks for the encouragement!!!❤
Good stuff. Tks as always !
Great info!! Thanks!
Loved this video, lots of really good advice!
Wonderful tips, thank you 🙏🏽
Another great video. Thank you!
Thanks for the info Dylan.🎼👍🎸
Great lesson and thanks Dylan excellent advice
Great video - tips are spot on!
A lot of good information here. Thank you for putting it out there.
Great video, especially appreciate tip 5. Thanks!
Well, this was a nice channel to stumble across, I've been looking at those Rock Slides for a minute now. I've always loved the sounds a guitar can make with a slide, very close as to the human voice.
Great presentation, Dylan!
Video quality keeps going up! Keep it up my man
Thanks Dylan! Your videos inspired me to try slide.
Thank you Dylan! As an old guy... with your help I'm determined to learn slide come hell or high water 😂
Ditto!
age is just a number, although, yes, mine is a rather large one too :D
Great advice on tone and gain. At first it seemed I needed a lot of gain but realized it was kind of a crutch for bad technique. Now I practice with little or no gain and it requires me to have a better touch for consistent pressure, note attack and volume. Then I add gain as needed. Keep the videos coming Dylan they are the best!
another great video, thanks
Great lesson!
Thank you Dylan, good advise.
Thanks cobber . Good stuff!
Always amazing advice, Dylan. You’re giving me hope with each and every video that I can learn this technique. Part of it is having a good teacher, and part is getting good advice about gear, setup, etc.
Do you ever play slide on acoustic guitars of any kind? I’d love for you to talk about that sometime - there’s plenty to explore because acoustic guitars are like a whole other instrument than an electric guitar. The Acoustic Life RUclips channel with Tony Polecastro show recently did several episodes on slide and a variety of topics on the subject for people who might be interested in dabbling or are ready to jump on in. For instance, he was showing people how to convert a round neck to a square neck with an inexpensive doohickey that raises the action for playing like a lap steel. He also was showing resonators vs. standard wood guitars for the purpose of playing slide.
That made me realize that you can talking about playing slide in the popular playing position vs. playing flat àla pedal steel type or square necks. Maybe you can talk about your preferred method in relation to the other, and how to get started doing it flat.
His content made me wonder if you can show us how to make slide sound great on an acoustic guitar, perhaps using some of the gear and ideas suggested by Tony. He’s really nice, and I bet he’d let you use some clips. Anyway, I always wonder if one must be plugged in to make the slide sound best on an acoustic of any kind or whether it’s possible to achieve with a room mic (or while unplugged at home for all the minimalists and apartment dwellers out there, lol), I always wonder if the slide playing is technically different in the traditional position as compared to an electric guitar, how the setup might differ, how to start playing horizontally if one wishes to go that route (just seems so unnatural) and why one might want to chose that method, etc.
I know you mostly play electric guitar from what it seems, but it would be a great avenue to explore for current acoustic players, people who might be interested in picking up acoustic guitar, and even for yourself personally - especially if you’ve never really done anything more than dabbling with slide on acoustic. Could be fun to watch the process of you figuring stuff out. 😉😂
Thanks so much, my friend! Always a great content to be had here!
Such quality content! Your videos are just keep getting better. I really want to be able to play slide guitar like you one day, and it still feels so unrealistic at this point. Please keep making contents and I promise I'll always be waiting for more! Thank you.
Thanks so much man, I’m trying to up the content/production quality with each video. And just keep chipping away at learning slide! It can be daunting, but every great player started from nothing, just gotta put in the work. And I’ll be here to help, I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon with the videos! Best of luck man 🤙🏻
Nice video Dylan. I work on slide a lot in standard tuning after watching your earlier videos. It’s a lot of fun and a challenge!
Dylan, you just flat rock. You have become my primary slide inspiration, because I needed someone to learn from who plays slide in standard tuning, and there are so damned few who do. If you don't become one of the legends of slide guitar, there is no justice in the cosmos.
Nice playing bud! :)
I love the way you explained the real truth on slide learning. Most of all I love your style ( musical) . Thank you for sharing.
Loving these videos man. I’ve got my rock slide coming in the mail from sweetwater. I’ve been using a Dunlop 212 for a few years (on my ring finger) and I’ve gotten decent at slide in open and standard tuning, but you’ve really encouraged me to push towards learning to play behind the slide and just really trying to dive in and woodshed my slide playing!
i bend behind the bar but i have to learn to play behind it too now! heard about this and will check this guys videos on it, cheers!
Love your spirit!
This perfect advice. I have been playing standard for years, but I always had problems playing in minor keys, I kept going to the major scale. Sometimes it worked sometimes it didnt . Anyone that make slide sound like an open tuned guitar has my attention immediately. I think you are the only one the internet that actually studied and knows what and where to play in standard.
Great tips. I’m just barely learning to play slide so this should help a bunch!
Love your playing fella
Thanks Dylan ! Cheers from France !
Sounds sweet Dylan. Liked, subscribed and shared l .. Saving for a future guitar lesson with you.
Great video and advice. It confirms most of what I already knew and believed. I agree about the Rockslides. They’re amazing. Been using them exclusively for several years now. Keep up the great work. Your playing is fantastic.
My guitar teacber had me tune to open G tuning to start learning slide. I found that extremely helpful.
Thank you!
Great advice… love your blues playing bro… going to get my first brass slide this week…
i’ve been playing slide for a few years (though most time has gone towards learning bluegrass banjo!) and this is one of the most straightforward and helpful videos so far
#5 and #6 are essential! Great tips Dylan.
I started learning slide about 3 weeks ago and because of your videos I’ve improved a lot. Thanks my friend hope all is well 🎉
Saw a discussion by Ry Cooder, years ago. He heightened his strings so that the slide was level across all the strings. Tried it and it works well
#5 is invaluable. Best advice 👍👍
Nice lesson Dylan.
Practicing the Freebird slide lick over and over until it was fluid and perfectly in tune helped me a lot with my slide playing (especially in standard tuning)
it's a brilliant part, i used to play something fretted, then with a slide, the same way i got good at bending, hard when you first encounter this stuff, you have to become like a violinist or singer basically.
So cool man your right on the realities, of coarse not many of us will achieve much but for sure what you say is 100% and the best advice thank you
You do a great job of making me feel like I can do this!
Your #5 and #6 mistakes resonated …
I learned slide from listening to Ry Cooder and Leo Kottke in the mid 1970’s.. that was my foundation.
Your mention of Lowell George and compression was enlightening.. I had for 4 decades wondered how he got that sound on the Feats Don’t Fail Me Now album
Ry’s Paradise and Lunch is an easily accessible master class in open tuning slide
Dylan. Your amazing. Love your playing and down to earth personality. Could you possibly do so short videos with a few licks. Not the basic Duane and Derek style playing but more of your staples. You have such a unique feel and phrasing. Keep up the great work.
Thank you brother.🤗
I know what you mean with regards to learning.
Like working in an office, or any job;
if it's done just as a means-to-an-end, the quality of work suffers greatly, because half the minds attention is in the future and not fully in the Now.
And then stress (or road rage if you are driving and gone quite insane) can easily creep in.
And if you are not enjoying something you are not empowered by life because there is a hidden "No" so to speak contaminating the learning/playing process. The guitarist Guthrie Govan had a video where he was pointing out you should enjoy or learn to enjoy playing one note.
Eckhart Tolle said in one of his books:
"Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into the world from deep within you. The misperception that Joy comes from what you do is normal, and it is also dangerous, because it creates the belief that joy is something that can be derived from something else, such as an activity or thing. You then look to the world to bring you joy, happiness . But it cannot do that. This is why many people live in constant frustration. The world is not giving them what they think they need."
I've learnt "Shed loads" from your videos thanks.
David. Peace.🙏
Love the approach you talked about.
Just taking on something and saying "I'm going to learn this. I'm going to play that."
Every large leap I have taken over my 22 years of playing has been in moments when I thought that exact same way and just got after it.
I think mindset is the most important thing in learning anything.
I remember when I was in high-school and wanted to learn Over The Hills and Far Away so bad, but it was quite a bit above my level at that point. Especially on an acoustic. But I just went after it and spent countless hours every day on it. Within a few weeks I had it down and remember sitting there thinking "Wow...2 weeks ago this felt like a huge mountain to climb."
did that with a marty friedman solo when i decided to get more serious, you are right, i have same attitude now and it jumps you forward, a lot!
"No shortcuts" and being persistent are 2 great tips. I think a 3rd tip is having a consistent plan that you follow to gain the appropriate skills. You are what you practice and that starts with learning fundamentals. Following random youtube videos won't build a practice routine, though you can extract helpful tips to augment an existing plan.
i like keeping it quite random but i make sure all aspects are being covered and get stuff down, been playing ages now though.. they are good tips though, yes.
another is 'even learn stuff you don't like' either you will come out liking it or have a clearer idea of what you do like, it's win win..
Great advice and great playing!! For 'diy' type players like me, may I suggest cutting some bottle necks for slides and looking for bottles that have a curved section that will match the radius on your guitar. Since I live in wine country I know it's possible. I use a metal cutting disc for the cuts and a belt sander to spooth out the sharp ends. "Sanded" glass slides, with a matt finish, also have advantages on acoustic guitar stings at times. A radiused glass slide on an open tuned neck can be helpful in contacting multiple strings equally.
Great video with a lot of good common sense advice👍
Im a beginner on guitar slides what a great tips and it helps a lot, thanks bro you are awesome i sub..👍
Good tips...I remember hearing Brian Jones on "No Expectations " when a i was 18 and it was really hard ot learn even if it was a simple song. I did have the same demons on my head saying " i can´t play this". But after a while i did, took me whole year of not doing it right, but i just keep thinking "I just got to be in tune" and it work. i am glad i did not stumble on a Duane Allman slide playing cause i that age I would have been scared .
Love the shirt!
Incredible
Great video! I find playing slide on a 7.25" radius trickier, though I am sure there are people out there who do it really well. The 12" radius is comfortable. I don't really have experience with 9.5" and wonder how that would feel. Your point about gain is really important for almost any kind of guitar playing, though I think with slide the temptation to up the gain to get lots of sustain is strong. One thing is while Duane or Derek or many others did not use a lot of gain, they do get to play really loud. That makes a difference. High headroom tube amps that stay clean sounding still give you a lot of sustain when they are up high enough. Most of us don't get to play that loud anymore, whether at home or even at a gig. So we have to find our own way to the right tone.
You can take a piece of copper tubing' pack it full of sand and bend it to match the 7:25" radius.
nice advice, thanks, s
Great video man! Something that happens to me it's that de volume is way low when I use slide on the electric guitar. So when I alternate between slide and fingers doesn't work. I never see any video talking about that so it seem that it's something that happens only to me which makes it really weird. I play with a pick but the fingers doesn't solve it neither. And I try differents guitars and amps and had the same result.
Dylan, holy smokes. I FEEL those examples - tone and touch for days.
#5 and #6 are outstanding points. I hate you for this reminder!! 😊. Great video. Really good job....back to practicing now.
Thanks for helping us get up and going with all the basic stuff. Without that, getting nowhere...
cool video, do you have any videos showing the positions and tunings as well as technique like dampening and what not, your a good player.
Yes, i understand!
I've NEVER felt like "burning my guitar," or " throwing it out," or "giving up."
I just work a little harder to sound the way i want to sound!
I've always felt that way about practice, and i don't know (wouldn't want to know) any other way.
Saw your video on Rhett’s new live channel, and wow. You really make that thing sing. I’ve decided to take up slide now. This video is an amazingly great start! Look forward to this journey
Awesome, thanks so much man! I’d also recommend checking out my video “Slide Guitar 101: Basics and Where to Start,” best of luck to you!
@@dylanadamsguitar perfect! Just what I was going to look for next!!
Dylan I’ve been playing slide for 30 years. You’re definitely waaayyy more progressed than I. But you’ve lit a fire in me again and have me trying to break out of the box I slide around in. Just an old dog trying not to get hurt learning new tricks…..thanks for the info you’re passing along
Cool video. I would like to point out that Derek Trucks uses a large slide... so much so that his ring finger is bent - kind of pressing against the slide to hold it in place.
So good thank you. My slide is too big and I need to stop worrying about strings not high enough.
Hey Dylan. Awesome video. Great information but your chops, oh man. Killer stuff. And incredible tone too. You mention blues driver into a UA. Are you using the UA reverb? Speakers? One last question. Derek Trucks- the best slide player ever? Thanks so much. -Mark
thanks Dylan, great advice! im on the road for work a lot and i bought a shitty burner guitar to practice in hotel rooms with headphones, just 30 minutes every work day has helped so much with the muscle memory. Im only 3 weeks in.
Hey Dylan, I've just discovered your channel a few days ago and found myself sinking in all your videos. Gorgeous stuff, concise explanations, great playing anyway! Thank you - and keep going, I'll consume everything. Oh, and do you do online lessons via Zoom or Skype?
Great. I got the Ernie Ball comfort slide after seeing you use it on a song.
Look at you with that fancy tele. It sounds so good. I've heard nothing but good things about the PRS Telecaster.
Great video👍 hearing the Fillmore album for the first time did it for me too. Also , I have the same carved wood skateboarder guy on your speaker lol
Elmore James, Duane Allman and Johnny Winter were my first heroes on slide. Sonny Landreth opened me up to playing 'behind the slide'.
I just wanted to say thank you. I’m 60 and have been playing guitar since I was 12, and only recently decided that I wanted to really become proficient on slide. I attempted it several times in the past, but it was always short lived. I became discouraged.
Liked, Subscribed, bell clicked and here’s a comment. Thanks for sharing your chops. 🤙🤙
Hell yeah! Thanks so much for watching/liking/commenting/subscribing/bell-clicking 🤘🏻
Really do love that guitar. That's my style, although dots are good enough for a simple man like me. Side dots alone is even mo' betta. I guess PRS wants everyone to know who made it immediately! Not many teachers explain how to set up the guitar AND how to dial in the tone! Nice job Dylan.
It’s great man, I think once more people play one/see one in person they’ll say “ohhh I get it.” It just looks, feels and sounds excellent. Thanks so much for watching!
I’ve been playing for about 15 years and got my first slide probably 10 years ago. Never really learned anything with it until maybe 2 years ago. And it’s still an everyday grind to get better but there really is no secret. Even forcing myself to get out of my comfort zone and play with a slide on stage has taken me further than practicing in my room.
I’m a guy who does have separate guitars for standard and open G & D . I use sets of 11s on all my electric guitars. But I do put a .13 on the highest string to add a bit more tension on the open tunings . And if I can, I will put a heavier string on the low string to add a bit more tension. This just helps to keep you from fretting out. I also raise the saddle on the highest string that I put the .13 String on to add a little bit more height for use of Slide
I found a small comfort slide I use on my pinky. It's perfect as I cant still do boxed pentatonics and hit chord shapes.
The plain brass slides I've tried have been too soft and they are easily nicked and grooved by the strings, which are harder than the brass (perhaps the brass slides shown here are made of a special alloy?). I prefer a slide that's chrome plated steel or chromed brass, because the chrome is tougher than plain brass, or (my preferance) a glass slide. Also, having a little bit of thickness to the wall of the slide is important for sustain and being able to drive the string, especially if you're using a glass slide. If the glass slide is thin, almost like a test tube, you probably won't get a good sound out of it. I haven't tried a bone or ceramic slide, nor an expensive titanium one! Bone will eventually wear; a ceramic slide might not.... You definitely will not like the sound of grooves and notches in your slide, and it's even more of a problem if you're playing lapsteel style with a Stevens or Shubb-Pearce bar.
i like chrome too, you made me interested in thick glass now though, also, yes, i have chipped a tone bar for my lap guitar once, it sounded bad! had to replace it right away lol.
i just looked it up and didn't realise it was called a shub-pearce, yes that is the type i damaged too.
Regarding "beating yourself up". I think it is important to learn how to enjoy the journey. Have an end goal to focus on but enjoy where you are now. "The worst day playing guitar beats the best day at a crummy job.... " Great content, Dylan!
Your playing is excellent. Your vids are like in-depth lessons from the Allman Bros players, throughout the ages. Fab!!! I have a Google folder, called Slide Learning, where I bookmark the best slide videos...yours are the only ones in there.
Nice video! I need to order a rock slide and be done with it.. .and unless I'm remembering your location wrong, hopefully you're riding out Idalia decently! (Already checked on some of my Jacksonville peeps - sounds like Trop-storm-ish level stuff so far on the east side.)
Thanks man, and you won’t regret getting a rock slide! Yup Idalia is mild here so far, I’ve seen worse thunderstorms 🤙🏻
I play lead guitar for my worship team and always considered incorporating slide, but was always hesitant as it seemed like a beast to tame. Your content and instructions have given me the confidence to make that leap and get out of my comfort zone. I now look forward to receiving the set list to see if, and how, the slide can be incorporated. God bless, bro, keep making content✌🏼
I play for my church too and yeah, it's a scary proposition because mistakes could really be noticed. Check out Worship Guitar Tutorials channel and watch Bradford's "in ear mix" where he is recorded playing a service. He does a great job with slide.
@@danielmiller2886 very noticeable.. Delay can be ruthless if the wrong note is hit lol.
Very familiar with Bradford and WT, but not with the in-ear mix video. I’ll have to look into that one. Thanks for looking out, brother!
Peace and blessings✌🏼
@@APKyle found it. Very first song: ruclips.net/video/W0zYMV8EOKc/видео.htmlsi=oiRGAdJIbvTuZk6o
I use a socket spanner. I've tried loads but that is my favourite. It's heavy!
Mass Street Music. In my old home town ! Just down the street from Americana Music Academy, my old school.
Really love your playing on Blue Sky with the band
Thanks so much! 🙏🏻
Great stuff! Comments on attitude and persistence are so important. Should have been the first one 😂