Going to try sliide guitar whats best tuning?

[Snappy Hat]

Seems there are a few ways, whats the easiest to play blues lead with?

would it be GADDAD?

[Jkater]

DGDGBD

[BeanoBoy]

i use open E and open G .

[scuzzo]

the easiest one is drop D..

but the one that is most fun to play mho is open E and A.. dont like G.. too much slack with out a cappo.

[vintage clubber]

I use standard tuning....

[tlbonehead]

open G is the one I use most often for slide-only playing. But I play mostly in standard since most of the time I am going back/forth between slide and fretting with each song when playing live.

[Convert]

I use standard tuning....

 

That's not a bad idea. Unless your really good, a little slide goes along way. In standard tuning, strings 2, 3, and 4 work fine for a few basic slide riffs.

[Doctor49]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

and there is the advantage of less tuning hassles.

Its worth learning this way.

[hecticone]

What guitar are you planning on using? You can rip some guitars apart using open tunings that tune up. I use open g myself.

[LuckyBlackCat]

If I were you, I'd start with standard tuning. It's hard enough to learn how to control the slide, not to mention learning that and a new tuning at the same time. Learn to play with control in standard and then move on to others if you decide you want to. I personally love playing slide in standard tuning.

 

Warren Haynes, one of the best, uses mostly standard tuning with slide.

[Wyatt]

I used to play in open D or G, these days I play in standard tuning, as noted above...in standard tuning, you can play all the Open G riffs on the BGD strings.

[Snowcow]

I use standard tuning, with the slide on my middle finger.

 

I also angle the slide for different chord shapes.

 

I picked up that technique from Brett Garsed.

 

 

 

 

(sometimes I'll use DADF#AD)

[humbuckerstrat]

Standard here, too, and i use a Husky V-Slide (from V-Picks.com). It feels as good as their picks.

[Minnie The Moocher]

I often use a mix tuning, something between the standart tuning and the open-G: E-A-D-G-B-D . Very usefull if you like to alternate standart playing in the bass and slide leads.