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> Make your own brass slide

How to Play Slide Guitar in Standard/Dropped-D DVD by Kirk Lorange

If you really want to spice up your playing, slip a slide over your pinkie and add it to your musical vocabulary. There's no need to re-tune your guitar to an open tuning, just stay in standard or lower that bass string down to D. Kirk shows you how in this 70 minute DVD, talking and playing you through the basics, vibrato, muting, playing single note lines, finding all the chord flavors (they're all there!) and mixing it all into one very neat hybrid style of playing guitar. To order or to find out more, click here.

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February 16th, 2005

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Make your own brass slide

I have made my own brass slides.
The plumbing supply stores have solid brass pipe in various internal diameters and wall thicknesses.
I went in and stuck my finger into several varieties until I found one that was comfortable.
You will get some funny looks.
More funny looks when you ask what is the smallest length you can buy (ususally one foot) It costs very little.
Buy a hacksaw blade for brass and metal and some sandpaaper sheets coarse and fine.
Measure your length, cut and sand.
If you have access to a dremel tool you can grind a crescent cut for your palm joint.
Tip: Buy some Brasso and keep it highly polished - its smoother and doesn't drag on the strings. Tarnish slows them down and deadens the sound. Dremels also are great for polish and buffing.
barry