A Beginners Guide To Slide Guitar

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Playing slide guitar is something that many guitar players find challenging to learn, and for good reason...Its completely different that any other style of guitar playing. In this video Im going to teach you how to start playing slide guitar in 5 easy steps.
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@RhettShull 4 года назад

My first video course, The Tone Course, is available now. Check it out below! rhettshullguitarcourses.com/

@aidanmccoy5034 4 года назад

Can you used slides on a normal acoustic instead of a resonator?

@jennifer6833 3 года назад

Aidan McCoy yes! You are not required to do it on a resonator. You can do it on: acoustic guitars, electric guitars, dobro/resonators, banjo and mandolin.

@aidanmccoy5034 3 года назад

Jennifer Johns awesome! Thanks for the help!

@Pdbottleneck 3 года назад

Hey Rhett I’ve been playing exclusively in open E for over ten years now, ever since I first heard Derek Trucks. I’m not as obsessed with Trucks as I was back then but I never gave up the tuning and stuck with it ever since. If you ever want to do a more in depth video or a lesson about chords in open E I think I could be a great resource. I love the way this tuning opens up the board for chords. It’s much more intuitive than standard tuning in my opinion.

@jamesthe-doctor8981 3 года назад

@@aidanmccoy5034 not only can you play slide on any stringed instrument (I saw one guy use a slide on his piano’s strings!) you don’t really even have to use any of the brass, glass, or ceramic tubes that are specifically sold as “slides,” either. Some Rock Guitar gods have been grabbing their microphone stands and sliding it up and down the string(s) not to mention leaving the stand where it is and sliding the guitar, itself, back and forth. Admittedly, they tend to press the stand hard enough to where the strings get pushed down onto the frets, but that just makes a different sound to actual slide playing AND fretting your strings. I’ve grabbed beer bottles and cocktail glasses from the table in front of a nice-looking young lady and used those. If you ever try the latter, make sure you buy her a fresh drink. 😂

@PineyWoodsPrepper 4 года назад

I suffered a stroke awhile back and my left handed being partially paralyzed, I figured my guitar playing days were over. Then I saw a guy playing slide guitar and I thought, “I can do that”. I watched your video tonight and about to get a slide and get started playing again. I’m a happy camper. Thanks for giving an old guitar picker a new lease on life.

@saiyam84 4 года назад

All the very best Sir

@gildaEsfirrah 4 года назад

Good luck on finding your new path with music man! With art, there always is a way =)

@jadecleveland865 4 года назад

Good luck man! Slide guitar is really fun once you get a hang of it.

@noicegraffti2888 4 года назад

Don Galaway I’m glad your back to playing!!!

@johnashmore3560 4 года назад

Don, sorry to hear about your stroke and good work thinking of how to improvise your new reality. Hats off to you for that. You may also want to look into the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doige on how some stroke patients are able to recover their lost neuro-connections. Good luck brother.

@fring3 3 года назад

1:31 PICK A SLIDE 5:17 PICK A TUNING 8:32 LEARN SOME CHORDS 12:34 PLAY SINGLE NOTES 15:37 BASIC BLUES SHUFFLE

@chrisshiroi 3 года назад

MVP

@pawelm.456 2 года назад

tx mate

@hammerheadduck 2 года назад

THANKS

@ryanllewellyn3472 2 года назад

🙏🏼

@OakAthainNerin Год назад

Nice! Doing the lords work over here!! Still helping folks a year on!

@chrisjaybecker 3 года назад

Here's a great tip for mastering intonation... play slide in the dark, or at least with your eyes closed, and let your ears hear it when you hit pitch. Trust me.

@notfound379 3 года назад

Yeah and play buzzed. I got a sweet little 3 string cigar box (gdg) and she likes her bourbon nearby

@secondvisions9759 3 года назад

Perfect I stand if front of my mirror and not to look at my hand on the fretboard

@trackerbuckmann1627 3 года назад

It can be done with low action. Derick trucks plays that way.

@trackerbuckmann1627 3 года назад

Paul gilbert, too

@michaeldrevyankosr6180 3 года назад

That’s how i practice playing chords , in the dark with no pedals and clean amp , if you make a mistake , it is very apparent 👍🎸

@Texasbluesalley 4 года назад

That opening gave me chills brother. ❤️

@BobsBand 4 года назад

Me too - his intro lick and the other examples he played just sound lovely!

@The_table_242 3 года назад

Two of my fav guitar guys!! You two should do a collab

@DirtyHarry-kw3qv 3 года назад

It's by muddy waters I feel like going home

@TimbeMovies 3 года назад

That is the real shit. Listen to some Robert Johnson and you will give some good chills

@lizardking2716 3 года назад

@@DirtyHarry-kw3qv its also Walkin Blues Eric Clapton version. or Country Blues by Jeffery Wright( who played as Muddy Waters in Cadillac Records)

@TheMarvelsniper1 4 года назад

I was literally just thinking I should learn slide and then I refreshed my RU-vid page and here this video was. Thanks Rhett

@RadRumblings 4 года назад

Same - Was practicing yesterday for the first time and was like "wish there was a good video for this"... Rhett always delivers!

@stephenpaquet 4 года назад

Ryland Schamel Exactly the same scenario with me I was just working on Just Got Paid I was thinking Man I could use some help with the slide. Rhett is literally the man on the spot boy am I glad I signed up to this channel.

@MuscleEire 4 года назад

This is the video I've promised myself I'd search for 😂

@Bladerunner4924764 4 года назад

Y'all must've mentioned it to a friend or relative with your phone in your pocket... RU-vid tends to listen in.

@kaitlyntrottier1376 4 года назад

same man

@rogermorris737 3 года назад

I'm a drummer was thinking about learning guitar. It was a little difficult for me, I'm a 71 years old blues lover. Then I came across your vid, this made me rethink. Bought my first glass slide, I already think I'm gonna be the next Derek Trucks

@stephenpayton3953 2 года назад

How’s it coming along?

@johntrojan9653 2 года назад

. . . Or Joanna Conner (✔️)

@bobbyfinn5406 2 года назад

LOL I am a 61 year old guitar player just learning the drums!! AND...apparently, STILL learning guitar!!

@Clean97gti 2 года назад

I'm a bass player and as a fellow member of the rhythm section, slide guitar came much easier to me. Our ability to keep time in our heads by feeling it comes in so handy.

@mackundza Год назад

ehehhehehehehh. Nice, nice, old boy.

@yobaby14 4 года назад

That's it. I need to pick up a resonator guitar and a slide, and settle down next to a creek or pond with a mason jar of moonshine. :D

@ChrisHayworth100 3 года назад

You won't regret it, hey the moonshine might be good as well.

@alex0589 3 года назад

A dog and a pickup truck

@leolizard3152 3 года назад

@@alex0589 with a tractor with a girlfriend who only wears blue jeans for some reason

@mikeopdenaker5573 4 года назад

I am an official old dude,59...been playing since 1977....NOBODY has ever made slide playing seem more possible to me than you in this video....THANKS A MILLION!

@harrysachs2274 3 года назад

My little brother was a piano player, I played guitar, my other little bro played drums. We would all pick up bass. When we I got a little older I became a bassist my piano playing brother picked up the guitar. In one month he was better than I ever was my eight years of playing. The next month he was ripping Duane Allman riffs with a slide in standard. Needless to say, my son is now taking piano lessons at age 6.

@ArkansasRiverBoy 4 года назад

This is just what my quarantine practice needed.

@MuscleEire 4 года назад

And mine! Gonna try implement it into my next recording!

@VaffReverie Год назад

1:31 Bocchi "i will pick that oni slayer sake cup left on my stage as a slide"

@Cade_Media 4 года назад

this made me start learning slide, so good!

@larrytrejo1882 3 года назад

I started to try to play slid but it seemed too hard and to understand but this video helps alot so I'm gonna give it another try I think I'll do a lot better. Thanks do much

@Keeby. Год назад

"pick a slide" brother i got my deodorant bottle dont worry

@Michael-bl4no 2 года назад

For those looking for a great slide, I recommend the Rich Robinson brass slide. First slide I ever used that really sits on your finger well due to the tapered shape inside it. You can put your hand pointing towards the floor and it wont slip off! Because it sits so well, I feel it offers a sense of accuracy other slides never could for me. Highly recommended!

@kennymoore5586 Год назад

First guitar,1964, after learning classical piano. Beatles changed my musical destiny > 'She Loves You,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah' 😳. Then I heard Duane Allman and bought a slide in 1974. Learned on a Ernie Ball 1.5" metal slide. It cost me $1.00 in 74'. I played it (48 Years Old) today after breaking my Jim Dunlop 202 this morning. I also have a brass slide that I keep on my bike (Versys 650) in case of a music emergency! 😅 Buying another 202 tomorrow because the lighter weight makes a quicker turnaround than any stainless or brass slide. Always on my left pinkie finger. 67 years old now,but I still play > "Eat A 🍑 Peach" Thanks to Duane Allman for the inspiration and beautiful slide tracks! (Bass Fishing, Motorcycles,and Slide Guitar) > great hobbies from the Slide Master! 👀🎸😳🍑😁🏍️

@alexspringer7666 2 года назад

Rain Song (DGCGCD) tuning is a really great way to begin playing slide. The repeated triad makes it pretty forgiving and can give a little confidence to someone new to what is probably the most intimidating and specialized style of guitar playing.

@jamesgoodwin7875 9 месяцев назад

Best song ever written

@taifromyea 3 года назад

I’ve watched a few videos on playing slide and this is hands down the clearest explanation I’ve seen, along with the most inspiring playing. I recently discovered your channel and I think your videos are brilliant!

@musicamex 4 года назад

You are a very clear and concise teacher. I’ve played slide for 45 yrs and there isn’t much Id add or leave out of your beginners tips. Excellent!

@nasiranwar9776 4 года назад

Awesome introduction to slide guitar playing. This is the clearest and most concise tutorial I've seen on the subject. Thanks for posting.

@MatthewScottmusic 4 года назад

Diggin' the tones 👍🏻

@Heliwr1 4 года назад

Nice to see you here man

@SoftServedGaming 3 года назад

Is that your firebird in the back? I can count on one hand the number of pink firebirds I've seen

@jonathanmackie4884 4 года назад

Absolutely brilliant video! There is snow ball's chance in hell I could learn to play slide with my pathetic skills and advanced age... but for 15 minutes it really felt like I might! Thanks for the gift of hope and some fabulous playing Mr. Shull.

@Beachbumartist 3 года назад

Man that was a dam awesome great beginner slide lesson, one of the best i ever watched. Never realized E tuning was easy to play like that...Thanks so much

@Le_Mer 4 года назад

This is exactly what I needed. I thought it'd be a great time to learn slide guitar, so your timing was perfect . Thank you, Rhett!

@trevenrussell2826 3 года назад

Where my cornbread

@mitchpowell1323 4 года назад

Another phenomenal video! Thanks a lot for your hard work Rhett, you’re a huge inspiration to everyone around.

@fly1327 4 года назад

Simply the most straightforward intro to playing slide I think I've seen. Players will be helped by this. Thanks!

@robsangg 4 года назад

Rhett, thank you so much, I’ve struggled with this for years and this was the easiest explanation of how to get where I wanted to go I’ve seen. Love your content man. Keep doing what you’re doing. Thanks again.

@jamesbarros950 4 года назад

The Mississippi Delta Was shining like a national guitar. Looks good. Sounds good. Thanks for sharing, Getting me back into slide =)

@jakehendriksen2841 4 года назад

I always have to "like" your videos even before you begin talking. I love hearing your playing! (Oh, and then your info is always helpful and interesting, too)

@MrTerrymul 3 года назад

That lesson has given me a better understanding of slide technique and application than any other i have watched. Wonderful.

@CydeFX 4 года назад

The. Best. Guitar. Lesson. I've. Ever. Had. As a singer who rarely plays guitar (but loves it), I really needed this. Thank you so much!

@aerohunter7 4 года назад

Very nice! Slide is ONE of the things that has scared me ever since I was in HighSchool attempting the slide intro to ”Freebird” and what was coming out the amp sounded more like a grand piano falling down a flight of stairs than anything else. Now I’m old and thankfully there’s RU-vid to “pull my head out” and we’ll take another crack at the slide! Lol. Thanks. Very informative !

@danielcruz1087 4 года назад

I’ve been watching this for a couple of times and today my first slide just came!!!

@unclemaple 2 года назад

Awesome teaching. I just started playing with a slide. I've played for 40 years and this is a brand new challenge. Your video is so helpful. I got a long way to go but with some direction now. Thank you brother. Keep on strumming

@harryeg77 4 года назад

This is so far the best lesson for slide playing that I have watched in my whole life! Thank you very much!

@epipick 3 года назад

I love playing slide. For me, George Harrison was one of the best slide players, such sensitivity.

@Simon34562 4 года назад

Dude just got my slide 1 hour ago - perfect timing!

@Po1itica11yNcorrect 3 года назад

Those RU-vid algorithms are impressively creepy when they know what we buy and when we buy them.

@DB-eh5bs 3 года назад

@@Po1itica11yNcorrect and what we want

@poorbrokeguitarist Год назад

Been playing guitar for 30+ years and just bought my first slide. After watching your videos and hearing your tone and the THIS is how you dobro video I had to do it. It is awesome.

@steveymoon 4 года назад

This video is exactly what I needed - thank you. I've picked up my slide about a hundred times and then put it down again about 15 minutes later. This has given me what I need to give it a proper go.

@ifer1280 4 года назад

I hadn't touched my slide for years. I just played a bit, and I realised it is simply too big for my sliding finger. I'll pick up a new one and explore this some more!

@garyjackson5249 3 года назад

Thank you so very much. I am an experienced guitarist playing for over 50 years. Played music in bands all over the midwest. No one has ever shown me this before in a way I could understand. I cant begin to thank you enough.

@dogsneck23 3 года назад

Best slide lesson I've seen yet and I've looked at a lot! The two string exercise is what I need: something to practice. Thank you!

@lukasnow6829 4 года назад

George Harrison slide is so underrated

@evyalley 3 года назад

Omg I was just thinking that! His slide in the later Beatles years and his solo career is magnificent! It’s what inspired me to pick up a slide. Crackerbox Palace is a great example.

@hewhoyeet4953 2 года назад

This boy

@mplant1999 2 года назад

@@evyalley He didn't play slide with the Beatles. Picked it up in December 1969 while touring with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (and Eric Clapton)

@JohnnyGuitar 4 года назад

Man... every day I wake up and say: “Today, I’ll start playing slide”... and then, another month went by 😂😂😂 maybe after watching your video, I’ll made up my mind!

@saiyam84 4 года назад

That was great Rhutt, I have slide bought few years ago, never learned it, now I did what you told tuned my guitar and played that thing at 16:00 and I end up playing -In my time of dying intro..wow I never thought it was that simple...thanks a ton man.

@71volare 4 года назад

This is incredible. Best 18 minutes I've spent in a long time.

@charlesbolin7249 3 года назад

Nice job Rhett, how nice? Joe Walsh is on some RU-vid videos that are fairly old also suggesting the open E tuning for slide. I'm an old guy, not so "up" on who's who in music since maybe '92. Stumbled upon you here and said to myself, "This Rhett Shull guy seems to be one heck of an accomplished musician, I like his style and positive attitude, fun an interesting music." Now giving Joe Walsh advise, no question in my mind you are one of those special people who have a lot to give! Great job, new band sounds really cool. I hope you put out a really diverse catalog, I haven't really heard any cool new music in some time and I'd really like to feel that excitement like I did hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time when I raided my father's record collection out of boredom and curiosity almost 40 years ago and hearing crazy different stuff on the same LP like Immigrant Song, Since I've Been Loving You, and Tangerine. I often joke that my favorite country band is Zeppelin because of Tangerine and being an 80's child I listened to Waylon Jennings Good Ol Boys every Friday night on CBS at pm. Thank's for being so refreshing!

@jaydenwhitlen1489 4 года назад

I'm surprised you didn't mention George Harrison. His slide playing was very prominent throughout his solo career.

@evyalley 3 года назад

FACTS! Listen to Crackerbox Palace man

@jubba4623 2 года назад

this video seems to be more about just “blues” slide, Harrison’s slide playing was more melodic i suppose

@jaydenwhitlen1489 2 года назад

@@jubba4623 True I understand that his audience is mostly blues and rock based but there are so many possibilities with slide playing he could've given a partial mention too. Just a nitpick though.

@DH-og5yr 2 года назад

Every video has a comment like this. Stfu.

@cadeterocks7974 4 года назад

This is one of my most favourite videos of yours. For those of us who want to get into slide playing this is really helpful stuff. Thanks and keep up the good work!

@calebsmith4516 3 года назад

I saw this a little while ago and researched qhat slide I would like the most, and I bought my first one today. Watching this video has sparked a blues man in me that I didn't know I even had. Thank you for that🤙

@markmattheviewable 4 года назад

As I ran the neck of my beer bottle along the strings last night being a dumbass while playing, I realized I needed to explore slide guitar when not drinking. Thank you for this vid. Amazing as always.

@elainericketts8820 4 года назад

the MIC STAND works too.........

@mal2ksc 4 года назад

The jar martini olives come in work a lot better, they're usually shaped like oversized slides (cylinders with a wide mouth).

@markhinde710 4 года назад

Cheers

@steelman774 4 года назад

Elaine Ricketts... Yes! The mic stand makes a neat stage trick and people go nuts for it, but I find I have lots of problem moving the guitar instead of the “slide” but MAN it looks cool! The little bit of slide I do is better with the bottle for me. Better control but if I pull out my actual guitar slide, people expect me to be good. I need more Rhett Lessons before I try to fool the masses. 🤣

@ChrisHayworth100 3 года назад

Hey you can do both, beer cans are to wide though haha.

@berniekitts1786 3 года назад

That looks like a Mule resonator. It has so much sustain. I want one now.

@frankmiller5508 3 года назад

Always wanted to play slide and this took all the mystery out of tuning and learning how to play. Loved this video.

@seanburns2669 3 года назад

I'm a 61 y.o. bass player who has always wanted to play guitar, and your videos are like finding gold! I will absolutely be checking out your courses. Many Gracias!

@bobbyDD 4 года назад

you forgot to mention my personal favorite slide guitarist, David Gilmour! The slide part in One of these days is insane and so powerful.

@sparkeyjames 4 года назад

David owns a Fender double neck and two Jedson (red and blonde/white) purpose built slide guitars that sit on legs parallel to the floor. Probably more but those are just the ones I know about. The Jedsons are the ones you see him play on stage from the late 70's onward. See the Pulse video that is a modified Jedson. The guitar he used to record One of these Days was the double neck Fender. The Fender double neck is fairly rare the Jedson's are more common. Neither use frets as a guitar player knows them but position markers that at first glance look like frets but are not. Playing one of those is a whole different world.

@palereaper 3 года назад

Derek Trucks is better

@bobbyDD 3 года назад

@@palereaper 100%, thats why i said hes my personal favorite.

@palereaper 3 года назад

@@bobbyDD I gotchu

@marteequillen4284 3 года назад

Check out Sammy Hagar's ' Standing At The Same Old Crossroads' Sammy tears it up on slide guitar in that song.

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

A great way to refreshen my slide skills! Haven't used the slider for a good few months now. Cheers and thank you for this lesson!

@roarkhaver3515 3 года назад

Wow! Thank you for breaking this down in such an easy to follow manner. At age 62 I am a complete beginner and I absolutely love slide guitar.

@1terribates 2 года назад

I just got a Gretsch resonator, because I just love that slidey blues sound. Lots of good tips here! Thank you.

@mal2ksc 4 года назад

I recorded a song in an open D tuning with slide, and didn't realize until a couple hours later (when mixing) that I really needed a quick guitar solo to break things up. I'd already tuned back to Standard by then, and ended up doing the solo in Standard. The result was that I ended up using a lot of Gypsy-jazz 6th chords that would have been extremely inconvenient in Open Anything, and I was easily able to do slides into minor chords on the first three strings. It sounded not only like two entirely different guitars, but two entirely different performers. You know what would be a neat gizmo? Something like a B bender, but it could raise THREE strings with a single motion rather than just one. Then you could switch between standard and open E (or Drop D and Open D) with the flick of a lever. I'm thinking of something like a Bigsby, only more focused on stability rather than fluidity, and allowing each string affected to be hand-tweaked.

@raweymoore 4 года назад

Duesenberg actually make a bridge for this, called the multibender. It uses levers to bend individual strings, a bit like a pedal steel. It comes with two levers, but you can buy more levers and fit one for each string.

@anuvette 4 года назад

Can we hear the song pls

@fuckenps3 3 года назад

@@raweymoore Wow, the multibender is mind-blowing!

@reubenbriggs2398 4 года назад

Hi Rhett, would love to see a video detailing your mixing process and how you eq/tweak your recordings with plugins/outboard gear. Love the videos, thanks.

@szmash 4 года назад

This video is gold. And so beautifully made. Quality stuff. Thanks, Rhett.

@BrianVallotton 4 года назад

Thanks so much Rhett! I have my guitar tuned to open D, but I am going to go back to open E and do as you have shown here. God bless you and all you love.

@cybrunel1016 4 года назад

This is a great primer.I'll just add my two cents for those afraid of breaking strings while tuning up. I just tune down a whole step to D standard, then tune up to D major. Peace.

@mal2ksc 4 года назад

Also you aren't going to break strings tuning them up two semitones. If you did they'd be snapping every time you try to bend. You might not want to tune them high _and_ bend them at the same time, though, unless it's a plain (not wound) 3rd string which has the least tension of all the strings to start with and can easily handle a bit more.

@wonderwomanguy 4 года назад

When listing memorable slide players, why does everyone seem to forget Bonnie Raitt???

@kaindog100 4 года назад

Favourite of mine

@stevelundgren2938 4 года назад

And her "flippin' finger" placement of the slide. My personal preference, the middle finger. It aligns with the center of the wrist, giving the best leverage for vibrato. IMHO

@gregbryla357 4 года назад

Ben Harper!

@gregbryla357 4 года назад

Although Ry Cooder got me hooked. Check out "Feelin' Bad Blues"

@mxh5647 3 года назад

Johnny Winter was no slouch either but hey you can't list em all.

@davehallock3656 4 года назад

Rhett thank you. Clear and ultra informative. Learned more watching this then every other slide video I have watched combined. It just made sense for the first time.

@rickydaniel1573 4 года назад

I've only been playing for 4 months, but I'm going to be following your channel and eventually learning slide. Please please post more beginner slide videos. Absolutely brilliant.

@Wheelmass 4 года назад

This is the best slide tutorial I’ve seen since I saw a video of Ryan Bingham using a damn Bic lighter as a slide.

@loganpe427 4 года назад

😂😂😂 over the years when I'd get a wild hair I'd just grab the Bic! Never learned to play slide, just goofing around, not now though, time to get serious! 👍

@rb032682 4 года назад

@Clyde - LOL! That's what I used whenever someone asked me to play slide. Playing bad slide with a Bic was a quick and easy way to discourage anyone from asking me to play slide in the future.

@jamesonnewhouse1298 4 года назад

Rhett and everyone else, u guys need to check out jet slides or just watch rival sons guitarist scott Holliday

@MichaelColeman Год назад

FINALLY an explanation of slide guitar that I can understand completely. I’m definitely going to try this out. Thank you so much!

@JaiceyLynnWins 3 года назад

You are truly preserving the art form with great authenticity. I’ve been playing for years but, oftentimes, I forgo some important techniques that would elevate what I’m trying to convey. There’s so much delicate nuance in all of this that gets lost in the shuffle... even in the blues shuffle. ;)

@lorenzoalexiu2421 4 года назад

Rory Gallagher was incredible with slide guitar too

@YourLocalFreak666 4 года назад

1:01 ad Justin Johnson to this list... he is the best slide guitar player ever!!!😜🎸

@Po1itica11yNcorrect 3 года назад

He's impressive, no doubt. Not sure I'd put him ahead of Derek Trucks but he's certainly his equal.

@Amin1710 3 года назад

You got all wrong guys, the true master is definitely Elmore James

@Blaydrnnnr Год назад

Great vid.. I was always bewildered by Billy Gibbon's slide work, as well as Joe Walsh, they play the slide on the middle finger. Thats how I learned. On my middle finger. Just felt better for me....Watching Billy for years playing "Just Got Paid" is a thing of beauty...

@timlangley4471 4 года назад

Having seen and enjoyed a number of video's that you have done, I was delighted to see this lesson on slide guitar. I really enjoyed this lesson Rhett, I've struggled to get my head around the slide guitar techniques, like you rightly pointed out I became disillusioned with it. You have identified many of the issues that I had encountered, even the sizing of the slide. This lesson has given me renewed hope that I can improve and put things in layman's terms. Many thanks

@ipuya 4 года назад

Amazing sound! I’m a complete beginner. 51 yrs old. Picked up the guitar when Covid 19 hit. Sorry if I ask any dumb questions but am I understanding this correctly that when playing slide guitar, other than the finger with the slide on and the other finger behind it muting the strings like a bar, the left hand isn’t ever gonna fret a note? And are ALL the chords created using the slide and not using any other finger of the left hand? (That would be awesome news cause it makes it easier for a beginner cause I don’t know that many chords yet).

@darthjarjarbinks8953 4 года назад

Well, slide is usually (not always) played in open tunings, which allow you to play with one finger, meaning you never need to fret the guitar to play a chord. The same goes for any single notes. Many people will fret guitars and then use the slide to accent their playing. It just depends on what you want to do. Check out Justin Johnson. Great slide player. Don’t expect to get to his level overnight, but you can get a good idea of how he uses it. Other thing I would suggest is checking out is many blues players from the past, like Robert Johnson (the two aren’t related btw).

@angusseletto1511 3 года назад

I pula,you will progress faster playing slide then just playing in the normal fashion,well I did ....then when you do play in the conventional manner you have the advantage of getting an (ear) for chords and notes.Try slide for a while and see how fast you get better because it's so enjoyable and rewarding and you can belt out tunes and riffs in no time,good luck

@Big_Bag_of_Pus 3 года назад

Tuning to open-E on an acoustic/resonator scares me. I'd rather tune down to open-D than up to open-E. If I really want E, I can capo 2.

@anotherthursday4419 3 года назад

Wait why does it scare you?

@Big_Bag_of_Pus 3 года назад

@@anotherthursday4419 String tension. On acoustic, I play a lot of vintage guitars and don't wanna stress the bridge. I've had a bridge break on a pre-war acoustic once when I was just tuning up to standard; I wouldn't wanna try open-E. On a resonator, some have been prone to cone collapse when the string tension is above standard.

@anotherthursday4419 3 года назад

@@Big_Bag_of_Pus ahhh right, is this something I should be worried about lmao cause not exactly intending on breaking my guitar

@musicin2flavors Год назад

Loved this course. I always wanted to play slide on my resonator and you break the do’s and dont’s perfectly. Thank you

@michaeld.mahoney9106 3 года назад

Really good beginners slide lesson. I especially liked the right hand technique and muting emphasis to control precise tone. Thanks so much.

@BigBoysStudios 4 года назад

Tuning! Do NOT just wind up the A D and G strings as instructed. ALSO, go back & check all the strings, because chances are, when you wound up those 3 strings, the other 3 you didn't touch just went flat without you noticing. It's just basic physics and unavailable on most guitars.

@danielvelkovski3156 4 года назад

Steve White get a stabilizer and that won’t happen

@mal2ksc 4 года назад

@@danielvelkovski3156 You'll still have a bit more pull on the neck, which means the other three strings are all going to go a little bit flat. Of course if you own a guitar with a floating bridge, you're probably in the habit of checking all the strings any time you alter one by any significant amount.

@maripido 4 года назад

Rhett - is that a Submariner you're wearing?

@pedro_hmg 4 года назад

He’s now officially rich

@RhettShull 4 года назад

It’s not, it’s a Shinola Monster. Can’t afford a Sub!

@maripido 4 года назад

@@RhettShull looks like a vintage diver. Nice!

@fachu2 3 года назад

Thanks Rhett, I got a few slides a bout 3 months back gave it ago once and realised I had no clue what to do with them. This has given me a great insight in how to get something going. Cheers!

@teehip 3 года назад

I was just talking to a friend about how I love the slide but really didn’t know how to start. I’m hoping you have more lessons. Awesome.

@richadikshit420 4 года назад

When I play with slide even tho my guitar is in perfect tuning it fricking sounds out of tune tips plsz👇

@ericscaillet2232 4 года назад

If slide is positioned correctly, it is your guitar intonation that is bad ie: it might be in tune but loose tune the higher up the neck you go.

@arcanagardens7977 3 года назад

its like post malones more talnted brother.

@Wizardstix23 3 года назад

Thanks brother. Just started playing slide and I played drums for 26 years. This video made my guitar transition much easier along with knowledge of music I guess.

@mattiemcgowan8401 2 года назад

I bought some slides earlier this week. I got some usable tones out of them going up and down the neck slowly. Today the blue porcelain Moonshine slide 243 came and I found this video. Now I have a new practice regimen to work on. Thank you 😎

@moon69shot 2 года назад

Great video. Just bought my first slide and am ready to go. This video will definitely help me on the way.

@stephendionne5690 2 года назад

Really stoked to hear you say ‘ no need for a specially set up guitar’ I love the it’s a bit harder so practice more ethos.. has boosted my confidence to crack on with it!!

@sunclimber7428 4 года назад

I’ve watched countless videos on slide basics this is truly the first that has been useful. I’m Gunna pick up my slide again

@lisahart1725 Год назад

Thank you Rhett! I just bought a resonator and with your video, made me a pro instantly! You covered everything I needed in one video!! WHO HOO!!

@chrisriffs 2 года назад

Unreal video, exactly what I needed to progress my slide playing 👌

@calebfetter2892 4 года назад

7:52-8:32 = goosebumps. Beautiful playing, and a great video! Thank you!

@rshock 3 года назад

After playing for decades I decided to learn to play slide. Love it!! This was very helpful, thx!

@supernerd1730 2 года назад

Stellar video Rhett!! I just bought a resonator and started exploring slide. The way you explain it makes it so easy to understand. Can’t wait to dive in!

@ZitherBeast 3 года назад

Very cool Rhett. I truly love listening and watching Derek Trucks playing slide, it's truly magic.

@rb343 7 месяцев назад

Rhett, thanks so much for your slide contributions. You were really my 1st exposure to slide instruction. I have a great guitar teacher that picked up the ball and ran with it. I did a lot of hopping around at first with gear. I'm playing mostly in open E with a glass rockslide on a strat, tele, and a PRS Custom 24. I know there's a lot of greats, but not to take up too much time, I was blown away with the works of Freddie King & Duane Allman thanks to my teacher. Appreciate your devotion to the blues!

@brentkermusic 4 года назад

Thanks Rhett! I've been struggling with slide for a long time, never found a good lesson! This popped up on my 'timeline' and I knew you were going to explain it properly! Thank a lot!!

@chazmology 3 года назад

59 years playing and your the best at explaining technique...just made an old Kay into electric slide...real dirty for the early 20th century sound...thanks