Slide Guitar Lesson 4 - Your first blues tune! by Dan Green

[lambervr]

Dan, you're a great teacher with lots of patience to share your knowledge with the rest of us interested in the blues. Thank you for such a helpful video. I'm currently pickin' a cheap standard guitar, but want to purchase a mid range resonator. What kind are you playing? It sounds great.

[Swiftwinter]

@lambervr Hey there, thanks for kind words.. I'm just glad I can share, and pass on what was passed on to me.

I'm lucky enough to be playing a National Delphi for these tutorials. :)

Good luck, enjoy what your doing!

Cheers

Dan

NZ

[leesbo55]

Ive been practicing this and have it down pretty well. Yours is the first lesson that has me actually playing slide. I love it !

[Swiftwinter]

@leesbo55 Hey thanks, it's nice to inspire people to play. Great to hear. Post us a video of your progress :)

Cheers

Dan

[Swiftwinter]

Anytime, glad I could help :)

Dan

[swain5072]

do these techniques apply to acoustic guitar slide too?

[Swiftwinter]

@swain5072

Yes absolutely.  Of course depending on how the guitar is setup, you may need to work harder to get a nice clear tone.

Cheers

Dan

[theoldefrog]

Thanks Dan, these are great lessons. Really clear and a good progression

[nooslider]

Dan this is great stuff. Being new to guitar and wanting to learn slide, your lessons and comments are very helpful.  Please keep up the lessons. Thanks for your help!

[Swiftwinter]

Hey noonslider, thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the lesson and that you found it helpful.

Stay tuned for more lessons.

Cheers

Dan.

[yellokatt]

Good stuff. Just gonna start to learn. If I tune in open e, what guage strings should I use. Accoustic. Thanks.

[Swiftwinter]

Hi again. It depends on your guitar and neck and the setup of your guitar. Generally when playing slide and using open tunings, I tend towards higher gauge strings - 13's or 14's.. But the neck of your guitar has to be able to take it, or may need to be adjusted accordingly. Best to check with your local guitar shop. Cheers, Dan.

[OLDROCKER123]

Thanks for that Dan and all you time to reply, very helpful. Regards Tony.. UK.

[Swiftwinter]

OLDROCKER123 - I've had to break my answer up as they only allow 500 char count replies.. so..My main working acoustic guitar the top 3 strings (E B G) are around 1.8 to 2mm from 12th fret -

so not to high but not to low, it means the intonation can still be set pretty accurately up the neck, but playing slide on it is slightly harder. Hope this helps! Go with what feels right. Any more questions, just ask!

Thanks

Dan

[Swiftwinter]

OLDROCKER123 - I've had to break my answer up as they only allow 500 char count replies.. so..

This means you have to be way more careful with your slide as the strings are generally closer to the frets than a guitar setup just for slide, and the guitar will be less forgiving when using it for slide.

So if you learning, I would try and find an old guitar you don't mind setting up with high string action to make it easier to start with?

[OLDROCKER123]

Hey Dan, thanks great, always fancied slide, nice easy lesson. At the 12th fret what do you reckon the string height should be roughly. Thanks  Tony..

[Swiftwinter]

Hey Tony, thanks for the good feedback. As for the string height, it really comes down to personal preference and whether or not you still want to be able to fret/chord the guitar or use it purely for slide! Personally I setup my guitars so I can slide on them and still use them for chords/fretting work as well.

[konacowboy]

Alright! Dan's back in the saddle!

[Swiftwinter]

Enjoy :)