Which Slide Sounds the Best?

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6 ай бұрын

#Shorts So many different slides to choose from! Listen to these samples from a Glass, Steel, Ceramic and Brass. Can you hear a difference? Comment with which one you like best!
#slideguitar #bluesguitar

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@SavvyWalrusPirate 6 ай бұрын

Glass sounds the best to my ears!

@_SevenHills 6 ай бұрын

You'd better come on in my kitchen... cause it's gonna be raining outdoors

@lucborot2219 5 ай бұрын

I'm only a beginner at slide, but already trying out different materials. I'm a thick-glass man so far, but you and Justin Johnson are convincing me to try out ceramic. Thanks for the comparison. But it's all very subjective when you're just listening, and that's why I agree that there's a case for all of those you try out on this vid, and if we all have our collections of slides, it's because there's nothing like practising with each style of slide what best fits each player.

@DavidCarreteroMusic 6 ай бұрын

Glass

@mairenared Ай бұрын

Like you I have a large collection of slides but prefer metal to glass or ceramic for acoustic slide. The brass slide has a slightly warmer sound and that would be my favourite, but none of them sound bad. It's all about personal choice.

@joshleclair234 6 ай бұрын

I like glass and ceramic

@PedroRodriguez-bw6fb 6 ай бұрын

Glass and ceramic

@larryn2682 4 ай бұрын

Brass for anything acoustic. Ceramic or glass for electric.

@inkisidor1649 2 ай бұрын

glass

@PaulSmith-ru6ne 6 ай бұрын

Dang! I’m no slide player or expert, but just from the sound of it, I’d say ceramic followed by glass. Love your videos!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@JP-mz8jd 6 ай бұрын

I have always played glass but, I favor the stainless steel and the brass.

@user-bn8si8zm6r 6 ай бұрын

Glass sounds a bit richer to me.

@davidgunter4308 6 ай бұрын

Wow-talk about subjectivity! Great video, man. I honestly find strong arguments for every one of the slides you used. I’m a ceramic man for onstage work, but find myself leaning to glass for the Ryland stuff, stainless steel for Lowell, etc. I guess that’s why us sliders end up with a collection of them, right? 😉

@BluesGuitarInstitute 6 ай бұрын

My collection is still growing ha!

@leon7e 6 ай бұрын

Well they ALL sound good. But I like the brass slide best. Thank you

@drewdietz2115 6 ай бұрын

All of them!! Nice job.😊

@johngbradt 6 ай бұрын

I liked the Steel, then Ceramic, then the Glass, then Brass! 😎🎸🎶 ☮️

@andrewbabooshkin3557 6 ай бұрын

Brass and ceramic for dobro and heavy strings. Very bluesy. Imho Glass for light strings, heavy steel bar or bullet for lap steel guitar.

@Dan0948 6 ай бұрын

I've been playing slide guitar for over 30 years. And ceramic is my go-to slide, because of the physical density, and enameled glass exterior, and the ceramic interior that tends to absorb my the sweat from my sweaty fingers, and seems a little easier to keep in position on my finger, because of the friction of the ceramic, to hold it on my finger. And I love the Keb Mo slide, because it's the same color as my 1931 National Duolian painted neck

@BluesGuitarInstitute 6 ай бұрын

oooh nice guitar! I never thought about the ceramic absorbing sweat, but it does do that doesn't it?

@Dan0948 6 ай бұрын

@@BluesGuitarInstitute the physical density of the ceramic also stops string buzz faster than any other slide I played

@bobbygrey5859 6 ай бұрын

I'd lean towards the brass first then the ceramic due to the suttle change and last I actually found myself liking the stainless.

@vicmorrison8128 6 ай бұрын

Brass, then glass, steel, ceramic.

@pavlovsdog5020 6 ай бұрын

My main one is made from German silver and back up is stainless I like the ceramic it's sweet

@wanehamer 6 ай бұрын

Ceramic…. Sounds grittier

@glenpierce777 6 ай бұрын

I like all of the sounds but I think what pips it to the post for me are the glass and brass.

@goodtimefolkrock 6 ай бұрын

Glass......like Skydog

@robertbrusellenglishguitarist 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thank you for posting. The "best" slide? From the ones that you played, the brass one. Where was the bone slide though?

@BluesGuitarInstitute 6 ай бұрын

Maybe need a round two on this!

@vincent1951fly 6 ай бұрын

+++++ the second one

@annemariekaczorowski1863 6 ай бұрын

Personally I like the glass and stainless steel

@oldmanHill 6 ай бұрын

SS then brass

@gregguerra8509 6 ай бұрын

Ceramic for me…

@chacolan50 6 ай бұрын

Toss up between ceramic and brass i think . Cant decide between the two lol

@eclecticexplorer7828 6 ай бұрын

The correct answer is: OK, there is no correct answer to which is the best. It is subjective, and looking over the responses shows that. For me, I liked the glass the least, but it was the favorite of others. When I started thinking about playing slide, I bought a set that included the four materials shown here. From favorite to least, my choices were brass, steel, ceramic, and glass, but I will say that I have no problem with others having other judgments.

@meots 6 ай бұрын

I kind of like the ceramic or brass but they all sounded good. The glass was the weakest imo. But I do prefer glass for electric guitar. I’ve heard Dwayne Allman used a Craftsman spark plug socket for acoustic slide. And of course he used a corisidin bottle for electric.

@mairenared Ай бұрын

Lowell George used a Craftsman socket. Duane Allman used a Coricidin glass bottle.

@meots Ай бұрын

@@mairenared I knew Lowell used a socket but I vaguely remember reading in an old Guitar Player magazine from the mid 70’s that Duane used a Craftsman socket when playing his National Steel. If you do a Google search term of “Duane Allman playing National Steel” you’ll see multiple photos of him playing an acoustic and his National Steel using a socket. And of course he used a Corisidan bottle for electric.

@mairenared Ай бұрын

@@meots You're right. I assumed he used the Coricidin bottle for all his slide work but it looks like a metal slide on the old photos of him playing a resonator. Difficult to tell whether it was a socket or just a metal tube.