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Hi everybody,

Made it over to Aztec Studios last night for some sessions, and squeezed in a couple of short clips demo'ing behind the slide technique.

Everything's done with standard tuning.
The first 2 clips feature the slide.
Song details are found in the quot;Lyrics/Storyquot; part of the clip.

from : localhost/a listen!

Thanks,

Randy

EDIT: THE LINK'S BEEN FIXED.... THEY BOTH WORK. RHM

Sounds great. I can’t figure out the slide to save my life. Do you have any tips to pass on?

Brian

Yeah, I could share a few.

The right hand muting part of it is as important as what you do with the left hand slide technique. Get used to muting the strings you aren't using.

Open tunings are pretty easy to get started with. Open E, D, G and A are the most common. Standard tuning of course makes it so you don't have to go get another guitar during the show. Also, for me, open tuning is like having to re-boot my brain to think in a different language. I know the fretboard in std. tuning. You could spend more time and figure it out with open tunings. That's what Derek Trucks did. Everything's in open E all the time. So, he can do slide, single note leads, chords and everything else in that format.

Learn some of the simple, cliche type licks. Practice those, and then sort of daisy chain them together to expand your vacabulary.

Most people will tell you to keep the slide parallel to the frets at all times. That's good technique, and should be observed early on. However, my basic approach is to first learn all the conventions, then break all the rules. Tilting the slide is cool for certain things, but that comes later.

For the most part, keep the slide directly over the fret for proper intonation. Again, I bend the rules, and like the microtone quot;out-ishquot; feel for certain things, like a flat 5th.

Listen to the guys that do it. There's a pretty long list but I'd include Muddy Waters Elmore James Duane Allman Bonnie Raitt Warren Haynes Derek Trucks Sonny Landreth (I've read that he uses BTS technique, mostly with chords) Lowell George George Harrison

Take your time. Don't rush the notes. Bonnie Raitt is good at simple lines that just sing and evoke a special charm.

Here's a good website or two:

from : localhost/these demo's, I demonstrate quot;behind the slidequot; technique. That means I keep the slide flat across the strings, and sound notes with my first 2 fingers behind the slide to create some phrases that would otherwise be unavailable before. I can also use my pinky to hit notes ahead of the slide as well (I wear the slide on my ring finger).

Thanks man. I tried some of your info and it helped. I will keep at it and maybe someday I will get the slide figured out.

Cool slide.

Love slide.

Thanks, RID!

BTW, how's the music scene in Denmark? The engineer at Aztec gave me a cd from a band over there..... sounded really interesting.

email response:

The SLO-100 has the Warren Haynes quot;fat switch,quot; and is running KT66 power tubes. Also, it uses a GT 12ax7M in V1. That helps give it a more focused attack. The Sovteks are a little brighter, and more quot;explosivequot; on the attack. Nice amp. I've had it since 1991, and no breakdowns of any sort. Very reliable.

For Leigh sounds fantastic, killer sound.

Hey, Wattage! Thanks for the word. The Eternity does pretty well with slide stuff, and if we weren't in such a hurry, I think I'd want to add a bit more 'verb and delay to wet it down a bit, just to give it some dimension. I think I'm going to test drive a few more tones just to see what works well and what the possibilities are. I was thinking I could play the same phrase with 3 or 4 other overdrive and fuzz units, and post it as a poll, not telling which is which, just to see what people like the most, then come back in a day or so and tell which was which. Something just for fun....

Randy