Slides

zepp76

edenfield99 said:

+1 for diamond bottlenecks, top slides. 

You will buy loads though like @zepp76 says, although he only has 7 so he's not really started yet  

@edenfield99  Give me time old bean, give me time! 

Col_Decker

I've had loads but my fav was one I made from some 22mm copper water pipe. The cooper was quite 'grabby' on the strings which made for a really dirty sound without a lot of sustain, which was great with a big scoop of gain. But it was rubbish on an acoustic for the same reasons  

Sassafras

It's quite fun making your own slides too. I've made them out of all kinds of bottles. My favourite is probably the one I made from a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and Lea & Perrins sauce bottles make decent slides that fit my little finger perfectly. Just be careful, glass can be a bastard if you're reckless with it.

ewal

Fez said:

By ambient drones do you mean like the Glissando technique developed by Daevid Allen (Gong, Soft Machine, University of Errors) also used by Steve Hillage and Steffe Sharpstrings (Here & Now Band. Planet Gong band). This is achieved with a long slim stainless steel implement. Legend has it that Daevid originally used a gynalogical implement that he acquired in a French flea market. I find the Kahler tremelo arms work really well. Back on topic if you want to use a normal tubular slide I would go for brass, even the polished ones soon rough up in use.

Yes, Just found this clip which illustrates what I'm talking about nicely.

ToneControl

ceramic ones have a different tone too

I prefer playing  lap-style with big heavy metal slides though

Voxman

As I recall, I did this one with a chromed steel slide:

Fez

If Glissando is what you are after then a long slim stainless steel item is what you want then you have the option of a long bowing action or shorter. There are some other elements to Glissando a delay pedal is pretty much essential Phase and flange are also good with slow sweeps, wah wah can be good. Daevid  Allen also had other wimsical names for it like "Aluminium croon guitar" Although the founder members of Gong  Daevid Allen & Gilli Smythe are sadly gone from this plane of existence the band continues and have just released "Rejoice I'm Dead" so the gliss continues. Also if you are not familiar with Gong check out "Camembert Electrique" & "2032".

normula1

I really like these. http://www.starsingerslides.com/shop/buy/ceramic

ewal

Yeah. Think I'm going to try one of the star singer ones.

Sassafras

ewal said:

Fez said:

By ambient drones do you mean like the Glissando technique developed by Daevid Allen (Gong, Soft Machine, University of Errors) also used by Steve Hillage and Steffe Sharpstrings (Here & Now Band. Planet Gong band). This is achieved with a long slim stainless steel implement. Legend has it that Daevid originally used a gynalogical implement that he acquired in a French flea market. I find the Kahler tremelo arms work really well. Back on topic if you want to use a normal tubular slide I would go for brass, even the polished ones soon rough up in use.

Yes, Just found this clip which illustrates what I'm talking about nicely.

Couldn't for the life of me understand what the woman in the chair was for.

ewal

And thanks for the glissando heads up @Fez . I will try other things but i like a slide for some effects. In the old days I used to use the back of a vinyl record cleaner! Very effective but covered the strings in plastic... I do droney stuff with a couple of delays and a DittoX2 looper. Another band from more recent times who use glissando techniques effectively are Godspeed You Black Emperor.

merlin

I have a Joe Perry Ceramic slide and a Bonerz real bone slide made from a piece of bone recycled from a dead cow thigh, apparently. Both great but I prefer the dead cow thing tonally. 

Fez

I will have to check out Godspeed You Black Emperor.

richardhomer

merlin said:

I have a Joe Perry Ceramic slide and a Bonerz real bone slide made from a piece of bone recycled from a dead cow thigh, apparently. Both great but I prefer the dead cow thing tonally. 

Have you tried the Joe Bonamassa Signature Ivory model?

That's in another league, tonally....

ewal

Fez said:

I will have to check out Godspeed You Black Emperor.

About 9 mins into this - a excellent example: