https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:55:04 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178763 Thu, 25 May 2006 00:24:51 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178763 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178748 Wed, 24 May 2006 23:02:54 +0000
My style? That's funny; don't quite know yet, but I always DO get an itch when I see one of those old 'comb' type bars in eBay. Something like:




For right now though, I think I'm sticking with 2 3/4" x 3/4" bullets.

Or maybe a 7/8"]]> Slide and Alternate tunings DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178748 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178665 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:14:24 +0000 just a change of the word makes a difference.

I like the sound of a metal slide rubbing against the windings on my heavy strings.
of course it isnt out of poor technique and settling for I get.
it's a developed appreciation of the possiblities of the instrument.

I do one thing where I purposely place the tip ofd the slide BETWEEN two strings.
it emits a vintage sounding Delta Blues kind of sound; something one would hear on an old records of a real bluesman playing really well on a cheap guitar.

so besides checking out slides and finding your own technique excepting and pushing what the instrument can do is importent.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178665 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178582 Wed, 24 May 2006 04:20:41 +0000
I use a Dunlop Lap Dawg at present. Maybe a Shubb Peace SP2 steel would be a better ?

Cheers

Ozzie]]> Slide and Alternate tunings ozziebluesman https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-178582 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-177019 Mon, 15 May 2006 08:05:31 +0000
My two cents: maybe a heavier or thicker steel would help, or maybe a longer (wider) one? And as far as the feel of playing with fingerpicks - I know what you mean! It's so weird - I've played with fingerpicks before, and I've played with slides before, but when you're playing with both at the same time, I notice, it's like *nothing* on either hand is actually in direct contact with the strings. Maybe that's the hardest thing to get used to.

Same with the 'false' harmonics, for me, at least. I could get used to fretting a note on a regular guitar and then looking up the neck for the harmonic and hitting it. I don't have to worry about where the fretting fingers are and can concentrate on the harmonic. With the lap steel, there's no physical feel as to when I'm on a note or not so I have to look at the where the steel is, make sure my hand doesn't drift, then look up and find the harmonic and then hit it. My steel hand always drifts *up* because, I guess, I'm thinking 'higher' when I'm going for the harmonic, and my hand 'goes higher.' I'm most interested in the older Hawaiian style of steel playing, so there's *supposed* to be a lot of harmonics (or bell, or chime tones) in the playing.

I just have to keep practicing it :)]]> Slide and Alternate tunings DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-177019 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176942 Sun, 14 May 2006 22:31:11 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176942 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176941 Sun, 14 May 2006 22:28:55 +0000
Steinar]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Steinar Gregertsen https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176941 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176939 Sun, 14 May 2006 22:19:25 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176939 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176937 Sun, 14 May 2006 22:05:10 +0000 I have trouble sometimes getting a nice clean bass note. If I slide the bar a little toward the bass string the sound and sustain of the note improves heaps. Sometimes if I angle the bar and put a little more preasure on the bar the note sounds better. It must be me as I have a new hand made weiss, a Regal dobro and an old Oahu lap slide acoustic. (what a great old guitar) and I seem to have trouble with all three guitars.
Hi Alan,-

you could always try to experiment with different bars, but that's a hobby that can be quite expensive..
It's mostly a matter of technique, and a problem most has had to overcome. I still find it hard sometimes to switch fast from playing single notes on the top strings, with the bar tilted, to covering all strings and get a clear tone from the bass strings. If you listen closely to "Northern Lights" on my CD you'll hear a couple of rather unpleasent "quacks" because of that, but I decided to keep the take anyway.... :wink:

Steinar]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Steinar Gregertsen https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176937 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176927 Sun, 14 May 2006 20:59:09 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Elecktrablue https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/new-member-downunder/#post-176927