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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jan 2, 2018 9:43:55 GMT
Happy New Year! Have any of you got / tried one of the above Martin Simpson endorsed Wolfram slides? I've got some Christmas thr'pney bits burning a hole in my pocket. I wonder if anyone here has any experience of them and can tell me what they are like, etc. etc. (the slides, that is). Ithangyoo!  |
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Post by bonzo on Jan 2, 2018 10:58:51 GMT
Hi PD, I've got one and I'm happy with it. We're not talking about the 100's of pounds one here are we? I think I got mine for around £40. I still like the Robert Johnson one I got from you a while back, the Wolfram slide is obviously different, but in a good way. I guess that's why we have a selection of them, they sound different on different guitars and even different days! And of course most of them are shiny!
Nothing I've said above detracts from the pleasures of my diamond bottlenecks I have to say! Lol. Best wishes for the New Year, John
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Post by Bob Stockton on Jan 2, 2018 14:14:01 GMT
I've got one of these - I've few metal slides ( ok more than a few ) , but this is the goto one for me , for you however , there's only one way to find out.
'No Help' Bob
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Post by Stevie on Jan 2, 2018 18:08:42 GMT
You need to be able to justify the cost. Speaking personally with a minimal library of hackneyed low G tuning licks, it's not justified. For those more eloquent players, I would say it's worth considering an outlay of north of £200 for a slidey-tube.
Until then, Ian's creations have to remain the cherry on the trifle for me.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jan 2, 2018 18:19:54 GMT
I was looking at the cheaper coated version but I will admit that Ian's creation and my home made bronze slide are the ones, out of the loads of odds and sods that I've collected, I keep using.
Just fancying something different - maybe one of they Daddy Slides?
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Post by Stevie on Jan 2, 2018 18:23:47 GMT
I think it's time I stumped-up for one of Jan's slides, but it will be based directly on a much loved blue Murano slide that Ian not only sold to me, but anticipated exactly what I needed size and profile-wise. For me, Ian at Diamond Bottlenecks is a magician.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 20:01:01 GMT
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Post by lexluthier on Jan 2, 2018 21:24:12 GMT
Hi! I coughed up my £250 2 years ago now, never had one single moment of doubt or regret, never picked up another slide since.
I haven't handled any of their other models but I'll say as an engineer, anyone capable of making such fantastically perfect and beautiful object out of such a difficult material to work with, will make a superlative slide out of any suitable material.
I think the only question to ask yourself when thinking of purchasing a Martin Simpson signature slide is will those dimensions work for you, especially with the inner taper which is not for everyone.
Chris
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Post by Stevie on Jan 2, 2018 21:59:15 GMT
Chris is it scintered tungsten or has it been manufactured from tungsten rod /bar?
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Post by slide496 on Jan 2, 2018 22:14:37 GMT
Hi PD, I've got one and I'm happy with it. We're not talking about the 100's of pounds one here are we? I think I got mine for around £40. I still like the Robert Johnson one I got from you a while back, the Wolfram slide is obviously different, but in a good way. I guess that's why we have a selection of them, they sound different on different guitars and even different days! And of course most of them are shiny! Nothing I've said above detracts from the pleasures of my diamond bottlenecks I have to say! Lol. Best wishes for the New Year, John Well that's my opinion as well - different on different guitars, different days, for the kind of music I am studying on my ladder braced parlors it's been Ian's glass but Jan made me one like the RJ which put the RJ in the closet. If I were to revisit the res or test out x braced I think I would test the Wolfram. The longer I play the more I sound like myself on any guitar no matter what slide I use on any given day. Best to all, H |
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Post by lexluthier on Jan 2, 2018 22:19:33 GMT
Hi Stevie! It's made from sintered nickel-tungsten carbide. Tungsten is heavy but not hard enough on its own and the nickel is added to the tungsten-carbide because that stuff is too brittle!
It's worth while visiting the Wolfram website to check all this stuff out and come to an appreciation of what these folks are achieving.
Chris
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Post by snakehips on Jan 3, 2018 6:53:56 GMT
Hi there !
They all sound far too heavy for me, to be agile enough around the fretboard, and to get a nice vibrato easily.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 8:34:38 GMT
I'd like to see some scientific proof of heavier slides giving significantly more sustain.
I have a very light diamond bottleneck, and a very heavy one. To my ears, there's very little (if any) difference in sustain - certainly nothing that a punter would pick up on. The biggest difference by far is the tone from different materials rather than the weight - in my opinion (YMMV a lot...).
TT
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jan 3, 2018 9:23:44 GMT
You've all made very valid points and given me loads of food for thought.
Thank you!
Weight is a serious consideration which I discovered when making my bronze slide - my little finger can't take it, Mr. Mainwaring.
German silver is another option.......... (and not so many thr'pny bits either).
Hmmm!
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Post by blinddrunk on Jan 3, 2018 12:36:52 GMT
I've got the Wolfram stainless steel one (about £40). The weight was an issue at first but, a year on, I hardly notice it. I'm not an experienced enough player to comment on its merits compared with other materials or makes, but I can say that there was an immediate and very noticeable improvement in my tone when I started using it.
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