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Originally Posted by gregory70
Do you use any compression when you play? I've heard that helps a bit.
As nice as slide sounds on my regular guitars, I think it'll sound better on a dedicated slide guitar. My regular guitars are strung fairly high with 11's, but I think I'll have better luck if I get a an Esquire/Tele type guitar strung with 13's (this will match my acoustics).
Anywho, I have a gig in a couple weeks and I might try to introduce slide on ONE song. We play Leopardskin Pillbox Hat - a sloppy, bluesy Dylan tune. Since my slide playing is fairly sloppy at this time, this will be a great chance to give it a go. Will let you know how it turns out! |
I used to use compression, but one day years ago my pedal board was stolen from my parked car and I never bought another one. I found that heavy strings were enough to keep a nice sustain and I never really did like that compressed sound anyway.
As for string gauges, 11s are still very light for slide. 13's would be much better. I have 16s as E strings, which are really B strings ... I get a BIG note out of them as not only are they thick but they're very taut as you can imagine. They have their drawbacks, of course, like being unbendable and quite painful after a while, but I live with it just for that fullness on the top end. I got sick of sounding like a mosquito up there.
Have a good gig ... I love that tune!