Slide Guitar Lesson 1 - Choosing your Slide! by Dan Green

[decastroeu]

Hi There. You haven't told anything about the how the guitar should be tuned. Regular or open chord. Alex from Brazil.

[Swiftwinter]

@decastroeu Have a look at Lesson 2 :)

[lorehal]

your Australian accent was the last thing i ever suspected!

[Swiftwinter]

@lorehal That's because I'm a Kiwi, not from Australia :) lol..

[boomer1981abc]

@Swiftwinter

Yeah, Australians are like "where's the car?", and New Zealanders are like "where's the car?" lol

[indystarwarsfan585]

could you post a video on how to play the slide guitar on the song "Happy" by the Rolling Stones? Thanks.

[Swiftwinter]

@indystarwarsfan585 Hey there, unfortunately I don't have a video camera anymore, but try doing a google search or Youtube search for Happy tutorials? good luck!

[Sjjags]

I really like your shirt

[Swiftwinter]

@Sjjags Thanks, but unfortunately it doesn't help the playing much..

Dan

[writeDVD]

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.

[Swiftwinter]

Hey thanks for the kind words, and happy that I could be of some inspiration.

Go forth and play! :)

Cheers

Dan

[Swiftwinter]

Hey thanks for the kind words, and glad I've helped with some inspiration! Let me know how you get on.

Ry Cooder is a legend, definitely one of the greats in my humble opinion.

Cheers,

Dan

[Dratini999]

That is very useful ^^ thanjks

Btw what guitar do you use? because I'm a beginner and need a new one.

[Swiftwinter]

I'm glad I could help :). Are you a beginner learning slide guitar? Or guitar in general?

Thanks, Dan

[Dratini999]

I'm playing the "normal" guitar for about 2years now. but I'm totally new to slide guitar playing...I don't even got a guitar.

[JimmyBshaw]

i just went up to my nearest guitar center and bought a glass slide. so my question to you is do you think that the glass slides are useful?

[Swiftwinter]

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

[JimmyBshaw]

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.

:)

[rocktoonist4567]

@JimmyBshaw

my family owns a winery so we have plenty of bottlenecks so do you think it would be easily makable

[Swiftwinter]

Sounds nice, man. Keep it up! Post us up some of your work when your ready :)

Cheers, Dan.

[JimmyBshaw]

i actually do have some work up at the moment. nothing with a slide. but i have some mediocre music up. nothing special nothing great. mabye you could check it out

[Swiftwinter]

Nice work, Jimmy. Keep up the song writing :) Cheers, Dan.

[JimmyBshaw]

Then you sir, means alot to hear that

[jugglerjoe]

What's the difference between the brass body resonators and the wood body kind?

Also, what would a brass nut do to the sound of a resonator?

[Swiftwinter]

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 .

[accionmigrania]

thank you so much! i learn a lot with you!

[Swiftwinter]

Appreciate it :) thanks.

[TheAlmightySchwartz]

That sounds great! your slide guitar is beautiful

[Swiftwinter]

Thanks very much :)

[wimpy77]

i have joe perry's boneyard slide. i dont know how makes it but its a nice porcelain slide

[Swiftwinter]

I'm pretty sure the Joe Perry are hand made like the Jim Dunlop Mudlsides.. nothing quite like the smooth tone of porcelain.

[konacowboy]

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!

[Swiftwinter]

Magic! Let me know how it goes, Bigheart make primo slides :)  Give me a mini-review of the slide when ya get it.

[bluespower]

nice lesson mate!!

how about the big heart robert johnson bronze slide or the the good ol' snapon long reach socket(3/8 drive)or my personal fav a blue matuse bottle neck(hard to get)

regards from sunny london

BP

[Swiftwinter]

Heya BP, thanks for that.. Means a lot coming from a respected player like yourself.

The Blue Matuse bottleneck, one of Bob Brozman's fav's I've heard... And yeh the Big Heart is one BIG mutha of a slide, I'd love to get my hands on something like that, nothing like a heavy brass slide. As for the snapon LOL I'll trust you on that one :)

Respect.

Dan

[withtongueAK]

very nice

[Swiftwinter]

Thanks a lot. Next lesson is going up tonight and rest of the series next week!

[GivenChinmaya]

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