Free slide

It's fun to experiment with different things for slides!

My first slide I cut from a old chromed faucet pipe.....it worked great! :D

A friend has an awesome slide that was the chromed knob on the end of the handle on an ancient refrigerator.

I've spent a little time browsing guitar forums relating to slide guitar, reading a variety of threads pertaining to making and buying slides, and thought it time to throw in my two cents. I play slide on both my 12-string seagull and my 6-string electric. When I first decided to learn some slide I set about looking for something to use as a slide. I looked in the local music store, and at the time they only had one ceramic slide (its a small store). Whats more it was priced at about $20! I thought I might make myself a slide out of a bottle, but had trouble locating a bottle with a straight and consistently round neck. So, I walked down to the local hardware store and had an employee their cut me a 2 1/2 inch long piece of 3/4" (inside diameter) copper pipe. After de-burring the lips, I threw it on my pinky finger and started sliding away. It works fantastic, sounds great, and best of all the man at the hardware store didn't even bother charging me for it.

So, if you are a cheapskate like me, and want a great (and easy to find) slide, I recommend taking a trip to your local hardware store.
When I started playing blues guitar, I had just watched the movie Crossroads, with Ralph Maccio, my father worked at an exhibit builder place. And my first slide was like that, a piece of copper pipe that is. I later traded it in for a red wine bottleneck, because my hands sweat a lot. And every time I finished playing slide, my pinky was green.

I've played a lot with a Dunlop #224 brass slide, and regard a green finger as a happy sign of a good time playing!

Thats a good way to look at it. :D