Derek Trucks glass slide

[Gypsyblue]

Got one.

It's big! Bigger inside than a Coricidan bottle and longer and heavier too.

Weighted at the end/bottom with thicker glass.

Nice looking but to big for my little finger.

I like the sound but the fit is to loose.

Better for players who put the slide on a ring or middle finger or those with big hands.

Doesn't work well for me yet. Gotta get used to it.

[Bikewer]

I had one actual Coricidin bottle that I just happened to find one day.... Didn't care for it.

Much prefer the standard "bottleneck" cut long enough to cover all the strings. Fit is important... If you're making your own from wine bottles it pays to check the fit before you cut!

[Bob Womack]

Few things in the world are as personal as slide choice.

Bob

[blue]

Originally Posted by Bikewer

I had one actual Coricidin bottle that I just happened to find one day.... Didn't care for it.

Same here. Found one cheap in a "curio" store pre-internet. Who knew pinkies could sweat so much! Not a fan in any way of sealed end slides.

[Gypsyblue]

I have a Coricidin bottle too.

I use it sometimes.

It's lighter and shorter than the Derek Trucks slide but it fits me better.

But it's not my main slide.

I switch around a lot.

Have some glass Dunlaps and brass Dunlaps.

Some flared ones like a bottle neck.

Some old some new...

A bunch!

[Gypsyblue]

I like these a lot: http://lostcountrymusic.com/Guitar_Slides.html

And these: http://www.silicasound.com/

[blue]

Originally Posted by Gypsyblue

I like these a lot: http://lostcountrymusic.com/Guitar_Slides.html

And these: http://www.silicasound.com/

My "home" shop gave me a silica. I like the heavy tip, but overall, I find it way too light for serious acoustic work. Beautiful, and as I said the heavy tip is nice. If it was heavier throughout, and then doubled up in the tip, I'd use them a lot!

[tdq]

I had one of those silica ones - I'd forgotten about it, I guess I lost it somewhere along the line. I quite liked it and would get another if they had them around these parts. I'm now preferring a mudslide but keep dropping them so currently am using a cut off wine bottle neck while a new one ships over.

[choucas09]

I discovered ceramic slides around twenty years ago and have pretty much stuck with them ever since. I currently use a Joe Perry (the shorty) and it's perfect for me.

[Gypsyblue]

Originally Posted by choucas09

I discovered ceramic slides around twenty years ago and have pretty much stuck with them ever since. I currently use a Joe Perry (the shorty) and it's perfect for me.

I like a slide long enough to cover all six strings since I'm usually in open tunings. Open G or A and open D or E.

Spent more time with the Derek Trucks slide last night while watching the Broncos beat the Bengals, and I'm liking it more.

Liking the Broncos more too. Like 'em when they win.

[blue]

Originally Posted by choucas09

I discovered ceramic slides around twenty years ago and have pretty much stuck with them ever since. I currently use a Joe Perry (the shorty) and it's perfect for me.

Do you mostly play electric? Or do you play strictly single note like an electric guy? I'm regularly barring across at least 5 strings, thumbing the root and finger picking on the 1st through 3rd string on the 4 and 5 chord in open G or D. I couldn't ever live with a shorty.

[choucas09]

Originally Posted by blue

Do you mostly play electric? Or do you play strictly single note like an electric guy? I'm regularly barring across at least 5 strings, thumbing the root and finger picking on the 1st through 3rd string on the 4 and 5 chord in open G or D. I couldn't ever live with a shorty.

Yes I do play largely electric and at most pluck (i play fingerstyle on elecs and acos) four strings at a time.

[blue]

Originally Posted by choucas09

Yes I do play largely electric and at most pluck (i play fingerstyle on elecs and acos) four strings at a time.

I have a super short brass slide that weighs about 4 pounds for that kind of playing I've had the thing since about 1981. Never seen another like it.

[Mtn Man]

I have a custom slide made by Diamond Bottlenecks that I got years ago. I love it. It's made for my ring finger, and it's sort of a clear burgundy color. You can specify length, diameter, wall thickness, shape, color, etc.

The coolest thing is, I was talking about my son (only two or three years old at the time) on a forum that the owner frequented, and how he seemed interested in playing slide guitar after seeing me using my Diamond slide. The owner (I think it was Ian McWee) saw the thread and said he wanted to give my son a slide. A few weeks later, I go out to the mailbox and find a little miniature Coracidin bottle that was the perfect size for my son. Mailed from the UK, mind you. That really impressed me.

Here's the picture I posted that "Mr. Diamond" saw. Maybe he felt sorry for him, poor kid's parents can't even dress him properly:



Here are a couple of him with his new slide:



And here's a more recent photo of him singing with his band.



Diamond Bottlenecks makes a great product, and it's run by great people. Nick is thinking of making music a career, and there's no way to know how much that little slide had to do with getting him so turned on to music.

[aknow]

I got my 1st Diamond Slide from Ian a few months ago. It's the best slide I've ever used, and I've been playing them for 50 years.
Cute kid!!!!