Slide Guitar Lesson 1 - Choosing your Slide! by Dan Green
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Published 2009-04-14
Please bare in mind these opinions are my own.
Thanks for everyone's patience waiting for these lessons. This is just the first of many lessons, the others are being edited and will be uploaded in the next few weeks.
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I really do hope these lessons are helpful and spark some inspiration.
These lessons are just the bare bones basics of slide, and designed to help you get started. I'll be offering more advanced lessons later.
Enjoy.
Please feel free to ask questions. I'm happy to help.
Also, on an unrelated note - Feel free to checkout my Original Acoustic style singer/songwriter tunes at www.myspace.com/dangreennz
The recordings aren't the best, but it gives you an idea of what other styles of music I've been experimenting with. Thanks for your interest!
Regards
Dan
All Comments (21)
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I just ordered my first slide! I ordered a porcelain 'BigHeart Resonator'. I can't wait for it to show up so I can try it out.! Cheers mate from Texas!
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Thanks a lot. Next lesson is going up tonight and rest of the series next week!
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Thank you Dan. This is a very clear and informative lesson. I bought a slide and now I'm (fool of expectations) going to see your lesson No 2. Really like to learn the slide.
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Hi there, thanks for the great message. I really wanted to set out the basics of slide guitar so that people who are interested can start from the bottom and not think they have to play like Lowell George or Ry Cooder straight away! Cheers! Dan NZ
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thanks for posting this; it was very helpful.
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Thanks! Very helpful indeed.
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thank you so much! i learn a lot with you!
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Very cool, thanks for demo-ing the different tones between materials.
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Then you sir, means alot to hear that
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Hey thanks for the kind words, and happy that I could be of some inspiration. Go forth and play! :) Cheers Dan
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That was a very good intro on slides , thanks once again
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Thank you for your opinion about it. ive been playing it for the past few days, and im really liking it. its got a nice thickness to it, but its not very sound. i have a nice pedal for my guitar that adds a few nice sounds to go along with the nice sound of the slide. so i got a good thing going on now. :)
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Hey - My answer to you is Yes. I prefer old traditional glass bottleneck slides. I like the tone. Again, as I mentioned in the first video, it can depend on the Glass thickness as to what tone your gonna get... but hell ya, they are useful.. go forth and play. Cheers, Dan
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Thanks for an interesting lesson. I'm going to look for a slide. One of my favourite tunes is Powis Square by Ry Cooder. Your samples remind me of that great tune. Looking forward to learning from you. Thanks.
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Appreciate it :) thanks.
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Hi - It's all about the tone. I have found wood bodied resonator guitars to have a quieter, softer tone. The metal bodied, bell brass, chrome coated etc resonators seem to me to have more punch and projection. It's all personal preference .
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Nice work, Jimmy. Keep up the song writing :) Cheers, Dan.
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Great lesson - makes me want to give it a go. Must go out and buy a thngy. The mud slide sounds yummy. Slide guitar is very sexy. Thanks for sharing you knowledge. Looking forward to the next lesson. sandra
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My pleasure, thanks for the nice comment. Good luck :) Dan NZ
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Sounds nice, man. Keep it up! Post us up some of your work when your ready :) Cheers, Dan.
