bottle neck slide

[darksun]

i'v been using one for the past few days just getting used to the feel of it, now it's time to knuckle down and start learning, do'es anyone know of any web sites with lessons or tabs? iv seen some tab sites where the guy says "eric plays this in open D but iv tabbed it in standard" im looking for tabs tuned to the recording so i can play along with the cd, thanks:thu:

[Dave W.]

When I finally get serious about learning some slide, first thing I am going to get is Kelly Joe Phelps dvd. I know it's lap slide, but he gets some amazing music out of it.

[slideaway]

lots of free and excellent lessons on youtube - do a search 'slide guitar lessons' or just 'slide guitar'

just discovered the harmonica lessons on there recently, blew me away!

[Bernie P.]

Lots of great stuff here-

http://www.homespuntapes.com/catagory/default.asp?catID=42&ctype=s

They have short clips so you can preview most if not all and get an idea which might be more to your liking.

[Freeman Keller]

While there are lots of good online sources for slide tab (the backdoor to OLGA is still open), I think it is even harder to learn from just tablature than plain old fingerpicking. So much of the sound of slide is, well, the sound. How to you teach vibrato or sweeping up into a note or sliding out of it with tab? How do you show the slide echoing a voice of something like "Come on in My Kitchen" on paper? Or the opening licks of "If I Had Posssession..."? Or "Death Letter" without seeing House with his old Style O?

 

I think to learn slide you have to listen and watch someone do it. Watch how Rory wails away with her Craftsman socket or how Scott Ainslie works those blue notes with his brass slide. And remember that KJP not only plays lap style (whole different technique), he also capos his open D tuning way up the neck for many songs. Slide playing isn't just about the note - it is the whole art of controlling that broken wine bottle thats sitting on your pinky.

 

So once again, I am a great believer in some sort of video or dvd lesson by any of the good instructors - Grossman is as good as it gets for the basics, then you can get a series by Bob Brozman or Keb Mo or Catfish Keith or Rory or Scott to learn their own style and songs. Both Phelps and Fahey play lap style but I've had some sucess doing their music with my bottleneck. And then there is Leo....

 

Slide on in.......

[slideaway]

I certainly recommend the bob brozman too - fantastic teacher - i agree with Freeman totally

also I am a big fan of Warren Haynes dvd for standard tuning,

- make sure you start off with the necessary action and string gauge for it, otherwise youll get put off, you didnt say what you were playing on?

[FingerBone Bill]

 

When I finally get serious about learning some slide, first thing I am going to get is Kelly Joe Phelps dvd. I know it's lap slide, but he gets some amazing music out of it.

 

 

Be warned Dave - I've got this DVD. While I really like the music KJP plays on this disc, listening him mumble his way through the explanations is really excruciating (I've had teeth extractions that were less painful) - I'm a patient man but I often find myself screaming at the TV "FOR GOD'S SAKE GET ON WITH IT!!!!"

 

The other pain in the ass with this dvd is that Phelps uses a conventional dread with some weird home made capo contraption. If you want to play along with the dvd you either have to make yourself one of these things (don't think you can buy them), OR tune up to open E with a nut raiser (good luck, might want to change your string gauges first), OR buy a lap slide AND a Beard Capo.