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| Author: | jim walters [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | electric slide |
Well I'm finished with my electric and quite happy as to the results, but I do have a question. I am just beginning to teach myself serious slide . . . blues, jazzy stuff etc. . . .(and I have a far way to go) I want to get off on a good footing. The distance between under the string and over the first fret is 1/16 and at the twelve fret is 1/8 . . . now this is a wee bit to high, but what do you guys who slide a lot think? There won't be much real metal fireworking on this guitar so . . . |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: electric slide |
Hi Jim. Welcome to the wonderful world of slide. I don't play bottlenack, but lap. The best you can do is shim up your nut until you have it right, then measure the heighth and make a new one. It depends on how much fretting you'll be doing. Lots of slide, little freting, higher. Lots of fretting, little slide, lower. Open E, or open D are good tunings for me. Standard tuning works as well. |
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| Author: | Mike Baker [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: electric slide |
If you were playing steel guitar or dobro, then a high nut would be fine. But for slide guitar(bottleneck), I'd set the nut up similar to a standard set up on guitar and just raise the action at the 12th. This will allow you both options, chording and slide. There's really no need for a high nut to play bottleneck slide. A slightly higher action at the 12th is, however, helpful. |
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