hey guys

[Baliset]

i demoed a slide guitar part last night and while i did it as good as i could. i still feel it sounds very amteurish. anybody know any good slide guitar books or online lessons or stuff like that?

 

[mindspell]

http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/bluesbottleneck.htm

http://www.wholenote.com/lessons/lsubdir.asp?vb=0&i=9&n=Slide

 

[avi]

a friend of mine told me the key to slide is to keep vibrating it, so you don't notice small pitch variances too much. he also said he listened to a lot of older Rolling Stones and country stuff to really pick apart what other guitarists were doing.

 

[Baliset]

thanks guys!

i think part of me wants to do this to challenge myself. i honestly think i have improved my slide technique drastically since i was a kid trying it out for the first time, but i want to be more decent with it.

also if i had the time, i would LOVE to learn pedal steel.

 

[avi]

pedal steel is crazy hard - work on lap steel for a couple years first

 

[minxnim]

greg if you feel like driving to great barrington my grandfather will teach you.

 

[Baliset]

avi: i figured as much but seeing as how i have no time or money to invest in such a venture it won't be anytime soon. but maybe someday.

minx: we'll see how desperate i get after attempting to pick this up.

 

[lizard]

listen to The Allman Brothers, Live at Fillmore East...Duane Allman was a slide MADMAN.