I'm just getting into playing slide.Right now I have a Dunlop plexi glass slide.I always tune to Open G ,because I can't get the knack of sliding in standard tuning yet. I'm planning on getting a resonator soon,and would like to try different types of slides like brass,chrome and ceramic.What kind and make do you all use?
I've got a pretty good collection of nearly every sort. My favorites are a Craftsman (Sears) deep socket (mine's 11/16", but they have sizes to fit every finger), a Bigheart Bronze Bomber from Bigheart Slides, a Jim Dunlop #224 brass slide, and my prize slide that I got for Christmas, a custom red leaded crystal Diamond Ultimate from Diamond Bottlenecks. http://diamondbottlenecks.com/
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Got a shipment of slides from Diamond Bottlenecks a little while ago (one "Ultimate", one "50/50", and two "Whirly" tone bars in different sizes) - can't really say I feel a need to try anything else after that, they're perfect for me. :)
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I've got a pretty good collection of nearly every sort. My favorites are a Craftsman (Sears) deep socket (mine's 11/16", but they have sizes to fit every finger)
That's so funny...I tried out my deep 17mm socket the other day on the Hohner, and it sounded pretty good! My pinky got all greasy, though :wink: My son uses the 1/4-inch drive sockets the same way.
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I use a chrome Dunlop bullet bar. 8 ounces and 7/8" I believe.
I use a heavy pyrex Dunlop about 2" long, about 13/16" diameter, for electric.......the same dimensions & manufacturer only in chrome for acoustic. I never saw the chrome one 'til this year. I had to have it.
Both are played on the pinky.
Those Diamond ones are ridiculously expensive.
Thanks for the linkie.
When you're making a living producing small numbers of specialty items for a niche market, with several employees to pay, it costs. (And for us Americans, there's shipment across the pond.) There are many less expensive alternatives, but Diamond's slides are what I think of as "the Rolls Royce of glass slides." A perfectly sized and shaped piece of crystal is a wonderful thing to play with. Makes me sound like, or think I sound like, a better slider than I really am. Pyrex tubes and bottle necks aren't quite the same.
Ian (owner of Diamond) himself has a Craftsman socket he likes to play with sometimes. It's great for that good old loud banging nasty blues! :D
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