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Post by Michael Messer on May 27, 2023 7:36:09 GMT
Paul, it really is the only way. You just have to try all the variants and see what is best for you.
It was tough when I was a lad. Back in the olden days before there were companies like Diamond and Daddyslislides sending bespoke slides out in velvet purses, I used to spend my time hunting down bits of tubing made from different materials - gas pipe manufacturers for brass, antique shops for glass candlesticks and old bullet shells, hardware stores for chrome tubing, car parts places for the right size socket, of course getting people to cut bottles up for me, and so onโฆ
โฆ..and I am not joking, I really did go to all those places hunting for the right stuff.
Shine On Michael
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Post by bonzo on May 27, 2023 7:40:34 GMT
Was that back in the days of yore Michael? ๐๐๐ธ๐ถ
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Post by Michael Messer on May 27, 2023 7:55:53 GMT
Was that back in the days of yore Michael? ๐๐๐ธ๐ถ It certainly was, John. Back then, Nationals were Nationals and Dobros were Dobros, and nobody, I mean NOBODY questioned such things! Shine On Michael
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Post by pete1951 on May 27, 2023 9:39:16 GMT
Paul, it really is the only way. You just have to try all the variants and see what is best for you. It was tough when I was a lad. Back in the olden days before there were companies like Diamond and Daddyslislides sending bespoke slides out in velvet purses, I used to spend my time hunting down bits of tubing made from different materials - gas pipe manufacturers for brass, antique shops for glass candlesticks and old bullet shells, hardware stores for chrome tubing, car parts places for the right size socket, of course getting people to cut bottles up for me, and so onโฆ โฆ..and I am not joking, I really did go to all those places hunting for the right stuff. Shine On Michael My first slide was an old brass objective case( I think that was what it was called) from an old school microscope. When I lost that I found a few feet of brass curtain rail. I used bits of this for the next 20 years. I felt it was a little light, so I pushed an old shilling in the end, I still have 6โ of it left. Various others came my way, glass ,steel ,copper, but brass suits me so that what I usually use . Pete There are no rules to slide guitar, but some things work better than others.
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Post by paulsblues12 on Jun 1, 2023 19:32:32 GMT
hi all, Some good news that I have been waiting to share with you. The first of my 3 new slides arrived this morning A German/Swiss glass bullet shaped and it fits like a glove and sounds really good on the blues 28 will give it a go on the fiddle edge tomorrow
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Post by brucer on Jul 4, 2023 14:57:24 GMT
I think you will probably accumulate a number of slides along the way - I have. I am also pleased to mention that today I discovered two more Diamond glass slides courtesy of Michael.
When I got my Fiddle Edge last January I was so excited that I barely looked at the accompanying letter Michael enclosed. However, I am getting a tad blaise because when I recently took delivery of a Lightning I managed to control myself long enough to read what was in the envelope that came with it, and not speed skimming like last time I noticed that Michael mentioned that he had put a slide in the case.
So two things to note here, the unbelievably good service that MM provides when you purchase a guitar from him, equal to the superb quality of the product and the amazing aftercare. I am not a young chap and have been buying guitars for 50-odd years, nothing compares to what you get from the MM guitars. The other is sometimes you don't think about what you are using, I never really think about what slide I use, getting a diamond glass slide gave me a new insight into a quality object are out there.
I will no doubt stick to the ones I am used to but it has been fun to have a new bit of tack to try out.
Which slides do I prefer: well I use fairly heavy strings and prefer a higher action 3 - 3.5 so this influences which slide I use, it needs a bit of heft. I mainly use a Jim Dunlop 228; which is chrome-plated brass and fairly heavy at 228gms and just 51 mm long. I started using one of these 30-odd years ago and have collected a few of these, lost some and found some and recently managed to buy the same one again albeit with a chamfered, rather than a straight, edge. It is heavy and short enough to leave the 5th and 6th strings available to the thumb a bass line. Then I have a DโADDARIO Rich Robinson Brass Slide which weighs 103 gms and is quite long for me at 57mm. I like the sound and use it anytime where I want to slide across whole the 6 strings. I have a fairly light and small chrome steel slide, not sure who made it, probably a Dunlop, 45mm long and weighs 36 gms, that I use on my archtops or lightly strung guitars, for me this is a fast slide for fast playing on fast guitars. All of these are a size that is just a bit too big for my little finger but as I then line them, to about half their length, with leather, this works for me. It keeps the slide in place gives a nice feel, stops the slide from shooting off if you wave at someone and makes me feel in total control of it (an illusion no doubt!).
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Post by brucer on Jul 4, 2023 17:29:49 GMT
By way of a postscript the Diamond Bottleneck that Michael gave me inspired me enough to buy one from their ultimate selection. I like the fact you can specify the length and diameter and it still comes under the cost of a mass-produced item.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 5, 2023 11:52:51 GMT
By way of a postscript the Diamond Bottleneck that Michael gave me inspired me enough to buy one from their ultimate selection. I like the fact you can specify the length and diameter and it still comes under the cost of a mass-produced item. Ian and his Diamond Bottlenecks are the best! Shine On Michael
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