Guitar for slide?

[JSDenvir]

I'm looking for a cheap acoustic that I could set up for slide playing. I may well be wrong, but it seems a waste to do it to a good guitar.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance

[Northstar]

My girlfriend bought me a cheap Stella which I am planning on setting up for slide. I recently bought an Airline archtop acoustic. The action is sky high so it doesn't even need a setup. I practice slide on that...

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Check this out.

 

 

 

This will give you something to think about. I can't be of any help on your search, but I wish you great luck in finding the right instrument

 

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[Oldskool Texas]

Johnson or Regal resonator.

[Freeman Keller]

I'm looking for a cheap acoustic that I could set up for slide playing. I may well be wrong, but it seems a waste to do it to a good guitar. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

 

I play Spanish style slide on every thing I've got with no special setup, but modern delicate guitars like my Taylor just don't seem to make good slide gits. If I was going to go out and buy something I would look for an older cheaply made guitar with a moderately high action (not too high since I still do a lot of fretted play) - an old Harmony or possibly a small Yamaha or something simliar. My old FG-150 stays in open C and sees some slide and some fretted play, and my 000-28 is played a lot in open G and D.

 

I also play a lot of slide on my two twelve strings (my best Leo Kottke imitation) and I'm fortunate to own two resonators - one which right now is setup for lap slide, the other is a bottle necker.

 

If you are thinking of a lap slider then the action can be completely wonky since you will be adding a nut extender and not doing any fretted play. Again, almost anything would work here for tuning to D or G, but if you are thinking of so called "dobro G" (also known as high bass G) you might want to be careful - the phat strings and tuned up 5th and 6th might damage a cheap old git.

 

My recommendation would be a $10 yard sale special with a neck angle that makes it unplayable normally, but still structurally sound - basically a git that no one else wants. Slide on in........