Tips for slide playing

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:22 pm

Im interested in learning how to solo in the slide style. Ive been inspired by people like john butler and robert rANdolph. I use a medecine bottle slide and a wee bit of distortion. Any tips? especially on doing it without tuning to open?
thanks in advance

Kahn · Unread post by **Kahn** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:24 pm

praisedave wrote:Im interested in learning how to solo in the slide style. Ive been inspired by people like john butler and robert rudolph. I use a medecine bottle slide and a wee bit of distortion. Any tips? especially on doing it without tuning to open?
thanks in advance

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiii hope that was a type-o

ummmmm, delay and high reverb and echo effects all sound good with slide, they definatley help fill up the empty space. see L@LC ants slide solo.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:28 pm

KahnTheRevelator wrote:
praisedave wrote:Im interested in learning how to solo in the slide style. Ive been inspired by people like john butler and robert rudolph. I use a medecine bottle slide and a wee bit of distortion. Any tips? especially on doing it without tuning to open?
thanks in advance
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiii hope that was a type-o

ummmmm, delay and high reverb and echo effects all sound good with slide, they definatley help fill up the empty space. see L@LC ants slide solo.

it was, and a quite funny one at that.
i was lookin more for tips on like what scales to use and string combos that will sound good (obviously e and E, but other than that...)

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:34 pm

A slide works good with natural minor and major progressions, such as the dueling bajo thingie timmy does on ants and the funky stuff he does on WWYS.

Kahn · Unread post by **Kahn** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:35 pm

also, open tunings work well with slides.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:37 pm

KahnTheRevelator wrote:also, open tunings work well with slides.

a yoke i hope

Kahn · Unread post by **Kahn** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:03 pm

praisedave wrote:
KahnTheRevelator wrote:also, open tunings work well with slides.
a yoke i hope

no. i love open D sliding.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:15 pm

KahnTheRevelator wrote:
praisedave wrote:
KahnTheRevelator wrote:also, open tunings work well with slides.
a yoke i hope
no. i love open D sliding.

i can play decent in open tunings, but in my first post you'll notice i asked for non open tuning tips cuz i wanna use it for soloing

(i luv open d too!)

Rweden36 · Unread post by **Rweden36** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:48 pm

Personally I use the women tone when I play slide on electric, i think it sound pretty good, but I can't help you with technique, I play slide stuff over 12 bar blues, so that's fairly simple, just know your scales, and vibrato on the right note

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:11 pm

does anybody know any simpler slide songs i can work with? (in standard tuning)

Halcyon · Unread post by **Halcyon** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:35 pm

If you like Eric Clapton and have his Unplugged album check out http://12bar.de/unplugged.htm. It has the songs he played slide on configured for standard tuning.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:40 pm

thanks man

Dancing Ants · Unread post by **Dancing Ants** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:53 pm

there's always Freebird....and the end of Layla...

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