A Pathway to Understanding Open D Tuning Ep. 2: Slide!

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I really think everybody should spend at least one week of their guitar life playing around with slide. It reminds us to focus on tone, control, melody, and listening. Slide ain't like shredding scales - you gotta really know what you mean to do and how you're going to do it.
You gotta MEAN the notes that you play. Such a great thing to remember!
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@JimLarranaga5k 3 года назад

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@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

I hate ads! Sometimes RU-vid forces them on my vids, if I'm teaching a famous song, but that money goes to the publisher - it's not my choice!

@davelanciani-dimaensionx 2 года назад

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@luckyfamilyman Год назад

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@anonymousforensic 3 года назад

I played exclusively in Open D over the past year of lockdown. It was a great deep dive! I’m shocked at how much it has changed my understanding and awareness of what’s available to me in standard tuning.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yeah! Alternate tunings open doors!

@HighSobrietyMusic 3 года назад

Dude the whole concept of playing the licks behind the chord is so simple yet no one has ever told me that. It makes so much sense and makes life much easier. Great lesson

@Yoga_SBM Год назад

3,5,6,7,10,12 fret! Open D. Thank you!!!

@Stlie1 Год назад

Thanks a lot, really helpful! Good vibes from Norway

@blues61 3 года назад

Nice work, sensei! Two more slide tips. Besides blocking, learn to momentarily leave the index finger that's behind the slide on the string(s) if you lift the slide off the string. Avoids an intermittent note from an open string from ruining your nice solo and is another means to achieve tasteful control of note duration. Lastly, keep in mind that the string(s) will get louder as you slide up. No biggie if you're only moving a couple of frets. But move five or more frets and the increase in volume may be an affront to your audience. Solutions include a deft movement of your volume pot, a volume pedal or you can include a compressor in your signal chain (ala Little Feat).

@lowellcalavera6045 3 года назад

Post your link

@fotoajojo 2 года назад

I think you should drag your left hand index to mute strings behind slide. Not just when you lift off. Unmuted, sympathetic vibration of other strings behind the slide, especially with any gain, can ruin a take with excess noise.

@blues61 2 года назад

@@fotoajojo True, I do that as well. Good advice.

@mt-nv4jd Год назад

New sub. Old man tryin to remain an active player and just recently became interested in slide after the sad news about DL. I have an old Tele around here somewhere...

@ProfessorHumblesDelusions 2 года назад

I love that you gave a shout out to my fellow Canadians Ariel Posen and Joey Landreth as great slide players. Slide ‘till I die! 🤘

@timeconsumer325 3 года назад

Dude.... your point about playing stuff BEHIND the chord just blew my mind. I honestly think that has been something i've never really internalized in my many (failed) attempts to pick up slide.

@tonkageorge 2 года назад

“Listen. Listen to the middle aged hipster Oracle.” You’re now my favorite guitar teacher.

@OM10PYE 2 года назад

Best teacher man. Watched this and your Travelling Riverside Blues arrangement. I'm getting there. Cheers Eric dawg. EDIT: Oi Eric g, I throw my fingers at the scales... Pretty tastefully too I might add. It's a lot of fun for me, like I'm dancing. Also has got my ear thoroughly trained.

@EricHaugenGuitar 2 года назад

That'll work bruh! If you 've got a good ear you can totally throw your fingers at scales - your natural intuition will take care of what works and what doesn't :-)

@alanbarwick6203 2 года назад

Cool body man. That set up sounds groovy for slide 👌🏼

@georgefromgreece4119 3 года назад

Got to mention a lot of people use those beautiful Danos for slide for two reasons: the flat fretboard/ huge radius, and the appropriate tone.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Those lipstick pickups have such a unique sound!

@georgefromgreece4119 3 года назад

@@EricHaugenGuitar absolutely! It's also the diagonal orientation... Excellently designed guitars!!!!

@vittorioquattroporte 6 месяцев назад

Just nailed my slide part down on a Song. Thank you very much! I write a lot but can't play anything but open chords. Modes and scales just isnt for me. You have a very different style to your videos than other Guitarists on here, love it.

@azoiks 2 года назад

You gotta MEAN the notes you are playing!! That comment on your pdf page just made me think that is something Santana would say...that's Great, Thanks+

@hawaiirealmedia5610 2 года назад

Nice lesson. Tough subject.

@bamafanJE76 3 года назад

Awesome lesson. Still can't understand how this channel doesn't have a million subs?!?!? I'm spreading the word!

@russstanziale3375 3 года назад

You are an amazing teacher...and a great player

@joecarl5473 3 года назад

Thank you Eric! For demystifying slide guitar! Can't wait to practice this!!!

@DustyCowdog 3 года назад

I wrote my first comment just before I watched the video, because I know it's going to be the best out there. Now that I am watching, It's the best slide instruction I've seen. I just wish I could grow a fingernail more than a micro-inch. Awesome. Just purchased this from his site. It will keep me busy for a while and let's be honest, $3.00 for this is an absolute bargain.

@taloujazz9504 3 года назад

Excellent !! clear and useful thanks Eric

@PhilipBody 2 года назад

Love it Keep 'em coming Don't sell out please! Start a co-op or something dude I started playing hard in lock down.. I've had my axe since 98.. ok an acoustic axe, but it's an original Godin Seagull S6 in cedar... I love it. I just got myself a Les Paul copy. Literally arrived yesterday. Fender traveler, totally different beast. These videos are super inspiring, I can't wait to go electric after all these years. Who knows? If I come up with something half decent I'll post it, and tag it. Peace

@espedale 3 года назад

Well, that was fun. It felt like hanging out with my MUCH more talented virtual pal. Always appreciate your sage advice, lessons, and detours!

@Bob-Whiting 3 года назад

@ Eric Haugen Guitar Thanks so much and thanks for mentioning those of us crippled by Carpal Tunnel and Arthritis. We love guitar too! Thank you for this.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

The bane of the musician's life! Slide is the cure!

@alvinleedham2873 2 года назад

Great lesson tonight on the slide.i didn't realize the slide for seniors. Citizens, that is. I'm sure I have medicatio bottle this empty that I could cut open at both ends t make a dandy slide. Thank you for that piece of advice. Alvin.

@ewym5408 3 года назад

You are SO GOOD. This is not an overreaction, you are so good at what you do. You are so good at guitar, you are so good at communicating on what you're doing, and what I need to do. Just the best channel, cannot recommend enough. Just wish I had enough discipline to sit down and get my fingers to do what you say.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks so much! I really try to keep it real, and informative!

@bwa_8 2 года назад

This channel is soooo good 👌

@capbubba 3 года назад

With the usual hand injuries guitar players face love the fact you can play slide till the day you die👍👍👍 another great lesson 👍👍👍

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

yes! Aspirational Geriatric slide is where it's at!

@michaelruocco6690 3 года назад

I was just looking for some open d lessons when the notification for this went up. Please keep them coming!

@michaelmerrullo2043 3 года назад

I love this! I’ve been interested in playing slide but have had a few frustrating tries in the past. Keep ‘em coming.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

It is sneaky! It doesn't LOOK complicated, but the fine motor movements take some work to get right

@geoffb9999 3 года назад

Loved this one Eric, you never fail to deliver. Have just followed you on Spotify

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks Geoff! My artist ego appreciates it!

@ScootersBasement Год назад

Really appreciate and enjoy your content, well done. New Sub Here from Montana 💯

@iuchilton 3 года назад

The whole "playing behind the chord" tip you gave in this video was the tip that finally got me over a huge hump in my slide journey so thank you! I really struggled because I was trying to play slide like I would normally play blue scales. It was very frustrating and I would just put the slide down and not go back to it because of it

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yes! It's kinda counter-intuitive but once you get it WHOOO BOY!

@iuchilton 3 года назад

@@EricHaugenGuitar I guess my next question would be if tuned to open G or even standard tuning, would the same rule apply?

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yo! Open G and D are THE SAME! Just move all the shapes DOWN one set of strings when you go to Open G.

@torontolarrivee7965 3 года назад

Jesus that’s some killer playing and tone Eric..cheers

@TomO.3678 3 года назад

Yeah! Well done, Eric! 👏🏻 Breaking out the ☘Danelectro for some slide!! Has a nice gritty sound! Best slide guys I saw live were John Hammond and Johnny Winter. 😎😀👍🏻🎸🎶🎶

@danielfisher999 3 года назад

Thank you so much! What a GREAT birthday present! I will send you some $Love$ tomorrow! Partying right now!!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Happy Afterbirth day!

@andrewcooper6343 3 года назад

that was awesome Eric love your presentations so informative thanks mate

@word67 7 месяцев назад

I'm 75 and usually play at lot including professionally. But I've recenty had hand probems so I tuned a tele to open D just to fool around. (after many years playing slide in ipen G) AND THEN you addressed hands and old age. I've been lucky, my hands have held up well -- but it's scary and frankly depressing to even think that it's "over." So If all I can do while my hand is on the mend is learning to block -- so be it. Thanks man.

@navaho5430 2 года назад

Hey I saw George Thorogood in Canberra with 500 people, should have been 5000, 40 years ago, cheers from OZ you nailed it.

@jrpipik 3 года назад

Playing slide WELL is a long journey, as doing almost anything well is. But the first time I played slide I was surprised how many familiar riffs just fell right out of the guitar as I went along. Not to say it's easy or that I'm good at it, but it's fun to play something that sounds so good so fast.

@thenewmedic 2 года назад

Eric, your videos are informative, helpful, and a joy to watch. Keep up the good work! Love your playing

@EricHaugenGuitar 2 года назад

Thanks man!

@TheNottheface 3 года назад

well it's a privilege to be one of your first youtube subscribers and one of your first spotify followers. love the ep- getting all your influences and also some 'wolf people' vibes - great stuff! i also saw the crowes late 90s in scotland - awesome

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks ol' buddy! The new record is coming along - I can confidently say that the writing and production is 4 times better :-) Less riffs, more layering, synths, harmonicas, hammond, piano, LUSHNESS!

@Nicolas-wp4yg 3 года назад

I too saw the Black Crowes in the late 90s. In Cologne, Germany. Small venue, too. Erics right, they where awesome!

@bobpike8050 3 года назад

And live Zepplin shows from the 70's aren't all that hot. Just sayin', no disrespect.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

I still remember they took the stage to with Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" playing, and then launched into "Remedy!"

@CaseyJamesMusicOfficial 3 года назад

Man I love these lessons, I honestly wouldn’t mind the ads due to the quality of the lesson

@hardyshmardy 3 года назад

That was… enlightening! Can‘t think of a better word. I‘m starting down the slide road. Even got an old guitar set up for lap steel playing. You gave me cool stuff to practice with this video. Thank you!

@rogertheaker4907 Год назад

I just started your TrueFire caged coarse. You are an amazing teacher

@EricHaugenGuitar Год назад

Thanks Roger! I try to keep it really simple and achievable!

@matthiasscherzer4231 3 года назад

What an excellent lesson! Thank you so much, Eric!

@christopher-miles 3 года назад

0:38-0:41 you gotta make some merch with this on it. like a mug. or a bigger mug.

@matthewclaxton3107 3 года назад

Hey Eric thanks for another quality lesson. I've been listening to your tunes on Spotify all week after watching this video. It's good! Really like it mate. Great guitar all over the tunes and cool vocal harmonies. Keep up the great work.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks Matthew! The new record is coming along too - I can confidently say that the writing and production is 4 times better :-) Less riffs, more layering, synths, harmonicas, hammond, piano, LUSHNESS!

@JolyonPatten 3 года назад

Eric, this is an all-time great video. I've played Open D slide since 1975. Badly enough. I never figured out blocking; I just sort of palm muted with left hand, and used fingers behind the slide on right hand as well. So, thanks for that. Also, the idea of licks BEHIND the slide/chord position had never occurred to me! I'm a slow learner. I only found this out recently but while I knew the famous story about Lowell George injuring his finger on a model aeroplane so that Ry Cooder had to do the slide part on Willin', I didn't know that Lowell had permanently injured his hand and was only able to play slide after that, as his fingers couldn't do normal chord positioning. To me, he was the king of slide tone, along with Ryland and Duane.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Lowell George!!! Yesssssssssss

@matthiasscherzer4231 3 года назад

Thanks a lot, Eric! Playing slide is hard to do. As I usually do fingerstyle picking, it's difficult to let the thumb rest.. 😊But I keep on trying.. I've seen the Black Crowes, too, at a small venue in Nuremberg. One of the best rock shows ever.. 😎 Especially I want to thank you for these Gillian Welch/David Rawlings lessons! They are phantastic.. I'll keep following you.. Take care, Matthias

@MikeWh 3 года назад

Symbiosis. Just put a new acoustic parlour guitar into open D two days ago…. And thank you very much for this.

@studmuffin1212 3 года назад

Dude, you are the baddest badass that ever badassed. Or something like that. I look forward to your videos every Friday more than a grown man should. ;-)

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

The nerdiest gluten-free low-carb hipster badass that ever did influence

@LukeZalvino 3 года назад

Here's to you getting more exposure and followers my friend. Cheers from Philly

@petergoddard1960 3 года назад

Worth the price of admission (err...nothing, at which very early point my synopsis loses all it's weight), for the instruction on blocking alone! I've never seen it so clearly explained. Only a week to get this down before we spin off into another wonderful Haugentangent (its a word? - well now it is). Once again 20 minutes disappears in smoke, just like the Psychedelic Warlords (Hawkwind - 1974). Exit stage left, informed and wonderfully entertained.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

HAWKWIND! YES!

@rcdowdy 2 года назад

Eric - This is one of the best lessons on slide I have ever seen. Great job! It would be nice to know about your preferred guitar setup, strings, etc.

@EricHaugenGuitar 2 года назад

Thanks Richard! I have 11s on here, and the action is a tiny bit higher than regular - but not crazy high at all!

@robertevans2143 3 года назад

Just discovered your channel, and so glad I did!!! Subscribed!

@CC-qb9sm 3 года назад

Wow! What a freakin’ awesome lesson! Thank you!

@dcal0216 2 года назад

Hi Eric, Thanks a mil for all the content you put out! The slide vids are gr8. And yes slide is the bomb, and I will play slide til the day I die! I may never go back to regular tuning.

@coastercook 3 года назад

Thanks, Eric. Great lesson.

@Dutcharmytent 5 месяцев назад

Just love these lessons and humour.

@DustyCowdog 3 года назад

Oh yeah! I was listening to some Nick Cave... with a little tequila and boy ... that song -- "Into my arms" video. It was too much for me. I don't want to tear-up on Independence Day. So, I am here to listen to Eric and his amazing playing that doesn't make me super depressed. Nick is good but man, I gotta' be in the mood for the sad stuff. A big scoop of Eric and DanElectro will sit just fine in my world tonight! Cheers!

@richardlynch5632 3 года назад

Acquired a rosewood slide to add to the collection...cool for the craftsmanship. Yes, there are some cool tones that can be had from a wooden slide. Hint; Amplification helps🤣😎👍 Another reason to get a Supro 😎👍 Great video 😎👍 😎👍❤🖖 Love brother

@DylanDunbar1944 3 года назад

Wonderful lesson man.. coming from a guy that never leaves open G.. I find this informational and will be revisiting this later ..

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yeah! Open G is second fave for sure!

@matthogan-jones117 3 года назад

Eric does open D slide through a Supro. What a time to be alive ❤️ I learned slide after watching "Paris, Texas" - that's what cheap steel string acoustics were made for 😂 although I usually end up in open G for some reason.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yeah! Open D and Open G are cousins - I'm sure you've noticed that the shapes just move up one set of strings between the two :-)

@matthogan-jones117 3 года назад

@@EricHaugenGuitar do you have your guitar set up for slide? E.g. heavier strings, higher action, that sort of thing? I find it hard to play slide on a low action as I get very enthusiastic and clatter on the frets! 😆

@truckerkevthepaidtourist 3 года назад

@@matthogan-jones117 no you got to have a guitar set up for that especially higher action don't have to have the heavier strings but you must have higher action or else you will get fret click

@johnmitchelljr 2 года назад

Great channel and lesson, thanks for the Cooder and Beefheart lessons. Have a good New Year.

@EricHaugenGuitar 2 года назад

Thanks John! You too!

@DavidBrookes 3 года назад

Thanks Eric....this is great....timely, as I'm just swooping into more slide practice

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yeah! It's a whole newwwww worrrrrld!

@kevininman2013 3 года назад

Thanks Eric just purchased your slide PDF. Awesome stuff!!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks for your support Kevin!

@andybalcon3880 3 года назад

Kudos Eric - Thanks for sharing your knowledge

@andybalcon3880 3 года назад

LMAO - this hand doesn't have to do S***

@pbomike 3 года назад

Oooh, you read my mind. Perfect timing for this one. Great tips. You've played yourself into a tab hole. 😂

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Effing 8 pages, dude. Each page takes an hour!

@silverslivver 2 года назад

awesome!

@mojomusica.0169 2 года назад

Not sure anyone answered you.... "If You Don't Know Me By Now" was the band Simply Red.

@mattgilbert7347 3 года назад

Hoo boy now that's a tone.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Just wait till you hear today’s vid drop SONIC BOOM

@912risky 3 года назад

I have a old Gretsch resonator guitar I keep in open G tuning. After watching this awesome lesson I think I’ll put her in open D. I was kinda hearing Blaze of glory by Jon Bon Jovi. I’m not the biggest Bon Jovi fan but I love the slide in that song. Great lesson

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

100% agree - that song is classic!

@somuchmusic5628 3 года назад

Thanks Eric! Always informative and Entertaining! Long time subscriber. Always check you out on a Friday; love your Genuine Expression in your YT videos. And had a good laugh about you gagging at the thought of - learning a scale and throwing your fingers at it - Guilty Here! Thanks again for making guitar and music and life fun!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

I guess it's middle age, but I find myself much less tolerant of things I think are stupid.

@Dwight_K_Schrute 3 года назад

Mose and I love slide. We slide down the hay slide at “Hay Place: A Place For Hay”, all the time.

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Country roaaaaaaaaaaaaad Take me Hooooooooooooome To the plaaaaaaaaaaaace.......

@Dwight_K_Schrute 3 года назад

@@EricHaugenGuitar I belooooooong…. West Virginiaaa…. Mountain mommaaaaaaa….

@gnawbabygnaw 3 года назад

Thanks Eric!

@Fuzztronaut 2 года назад

I love your videos, thanks my friend!

@paulcowart3174 3 года назад

Great slide tuning Good stuff..heyo I picked up a 61 Princeton Tremolo I'm a big pinky mute guy for slide and everything instead of palm mute Good for single string mute too

@danbgt 3 года назад

Setting on a Roc-N-Soc drum throne. 👍 I love your channel!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yeah! I use that throne for shooting, but also it's my computer-desk chair too! I've had no back/neck/wrist problems ever since I switched to it years ago!

@danbgt 3 года назад

@@EricHaugenGuitar I’m an old drummer. Started playing in 1962! I picked up a Roc-N-Soc several years ago. I started playing guitar when I retired as a “keep your hands and mind active” thing. I have since gotten rid of my last kit but retained my seat. I recently put a backrest on it. Best task chair ever. I enjoy your channel. I’ll never live long enough to get any good at guitar but it is a valuable activity for me.

@JasonClute 3 года назад

I was thinking I was following you on Spotify but nope. I rectified that situation 🤘🏽

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks Jason!

@Yoga_SBM Год назад

Thanks!

@EricHaugenGuitar Год назад

Thanks so much man! Stay tuned - I have another vid in this series coming out tomorrow! "A Pathway to Understanding Open D Tuning: Minor Chords"

@chrisg5271 2 года назад

Eric yip wish I had you on board 😍

@chitlun 3 года назад

I’ve tried with slide but I just can’t get along with it so I got into using Open D for more modal, folky style picking, which I love jamming around with. This, however, has given me the impetus to give it another bash coz you’ve nailed it on the technique involved… Top video as always sir, peace ✌️ p.s. I love the fact that you don’t run ads and pander to the bullshit! Bravo sir, bravo…

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks bruh! You know I keep it real here!

@MrCarlos1335 2 года назад

THANKS,,,,WHATS NEXT? READY BRING IT!

@thegolfnut812 2 года назад

More slide lessons please.

@EricHaugenGuitar 2 года назад

Oh yeah always! I've got this playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLnWUjmH5ZikEuZpzJz_8DdH7N3Ft3xSwd

@thegolfnut812 2 года назад

@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks! Just checked it out, lots of nice videos. Happy New Year to you and your family.

@lowellcalavera6045 3 года назад

Sweet

@andrewbergman9315 2 года назад

This is a fantastic lesson. I don't normally play slide apart from when I learned how to play Steve Vai's Bad Horsie which is hardly typical slide style. I found this video after discovering your Crow song which I can't stop listening to. I love the style and would love to learn it - whats the possibility you could release the tab or a video lesson on playing the (entire) song?

@EricHaugenGuitar 2 года назад

Thanks so much Andrew! I've actually got a follow up LP about to drop soon! aaaaaand the main riff of "Crow" is tabbed out in the accompanying pdf for this vid :-)

@christianboddum8783 3 года назад

Cool!

@gregoryfoster2547 2 года назад

yo Eric you're great but i like the distortion i get from holding my slide at an angle.

@vltjd 3 года назад

"There's the flat 5, one of the coolest notes..." The devil you say. "Why am I doing this to myself?" A question to ask every day. Thanks; no need to call me out, but, you explained blocking better than anyone.

@oliferous 3 года назад

There ya go brother, I found you unfollowed you on Spotify👍 it’s the least I could do for someone who has put Marc Ribot music lessons out there!🤘 Thanks for the video, keep up the good work man!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Thanks man!

@larry573 3 года назад

kick ass.....

@saddestchord7622 3 года назад

I am the world's worst slide player. Every time I've messed around with I sound like a two year old. Gonna work on it, though. Haven't followed you on Spotify but I did buy your EP when you released it. It's pretty good. People should check it out.

@saddestchord7622 3 года назад

Okay I've been working on this for a while and have actually made some progress. The advice that has helped me most was to use my other fingers to brace behind the slide. I think I was trying to do that before, but since I didn't realize how important it was I'd get sloppy and my hands would spread out. It really helps keep the slide parallel to the frets. Still fretting out a lot, though. Just need to practice. Also I might sound better if I were in an open tuning. I'm not at home and the only two guitars here have floating trems, and tuning those to open is a pain in the ass (I'm really lazy, I guess).

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Also - notice that the slide can't really cover all 6 strings at once. The radius of the fretboard makes it so you can only cover 2-3 strings at a time and get good contact. Sometimes that's the problem!

@Womble1252 3 года назад

Great vid😁. If you like the Crowes have you heard 'Izzy Stradlin and the JuJu Hounds' re Izzy's first solo album? Rumour has it Marc Ford is uncredited on the opening track. That album and Crowes 'Southern Harmony..' are two of my faves 👍

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yes! I remember covering "Shuffle it All" in my band when I was 15! Marc Ford = one of the all time greats! AAAAAA plus Izzy Stradlin is eternally fascinating to me - one of the most reclusive rock heroes ever!

@1111MJR 3 года назад

01:23 Guilty!! Although I would argue that it sorta works in SOME situations.

@mattfabry 3 года назад

What about muting strings behind slide with left hand? I didn’t see you do that but have heard it’s important to keep strings from buzzing, or are you accomplishing same thing with right hand blocking?

@metalfuryskulls 3 года назад

Great question, wondering the same!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

Yeah! The slide mittens! Your fingers are supporting the slide and resting on the strings

@DustyCowdog 3 года назад

What cracks me up, is that when you used the pick instead of blocking with fingers, it still sounded bad-ass because you can't play crappy! Hahahaha... Yeah, this is me on a bit of tequila. Don't feel bad about the Spotify thing... I have no social media or anything else. Dude, you are the Bomb...

@metalfuryskulls 3 года назад

Did you ever have the Bop-It toy in the 00s? That's all I can hear when you say "block it" 🤣. Love this lesson, gonna give it a go today!

@EricHaugenGuitar 3 года назад

hahahahaha BOP IT

@metalfuryskulls 3 года назад

And you said "but better"! We've been saying "do it again, but better" for years in our house, but had completely forgotten where it had come from until recently when we found Bop-It in the loft. 🤣