sliders! show us your slides :)

[J-Doug]

Hi there sliders,

Show us a pic of your slides!



L-R:
Dunlop 222 brass slide - never use it
Double cut real bottleneck - origin unknown
Diamond Bottlenecks Original - longer version
DB Mike Dowling Signature
DB Original - shorter version
DB Ultimate in Ruby Prism

What are yours?

[joe paul]

Seven from Diamond Bottlenecks - two Blue Diamond, one Redhouse and four Evolution I think. A Daddy Slide Phosphor Bronze in front and a Wolfram behind on the left, don't remember which, but not the one that costs a fortune. Plus coffee and a capo. Some days my favourite is the Daddy Slide, some days, today for example, it's the darker DB on the right.

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by joe paul

Seven from Diamond Bottlenecks - two Blue Diamond, one Redhouse and four Evolution I think. A Daddy Slide Phosphor Bronze in front and a Wolfram behind on the left, don't remember which, but not the one that costs a fortune. Plus coffee and a capo. Some days my favourite is the Daddy Slide, some days, today for example, it's the darker DB on the right.

Very cool!

[Howard Emerson]

I cut this one from a magnum champagne bottle with a wet saw

It's about 5/16" thick in some spots. It's got the perfect bottle glass texture with tons of mass to control the fundamental tones from the heavy string sets I use on my electrics and acoustics.

Plus, it is concave, so I can catch all six strings with no added pressure on the center strings. I put a small piece of felt inside for grip.



Regards,
Howard Emerson

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by Howard Emerson

I cut this one from a magnum champagne bottle with a wet saw

It's about 5/16" thick in some spots. It's got the perfect bottle glass texture with tons of mass to control the fundamental tones from the heavy string sets I use on my electrics and acoustics.

Plus, it is concave, so I can catch all six strings with no added pressure on the center strings. I put a small piece of felt inside for grip.



Regards,
Howard Emerson

Also very cool!

[joe paul]

My mistake, I got mine wrong.
Diamond 'evolution' slides are one side glass, one side steel, and mine are definitely not, they are the lead crystal glass 'ultimate' type.
Hey, at least I worked out how to post a photo!

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by joe paul

My mistake, I got mine wrong.
Diamond 'evolution' slides are one side glass, one side steel, and mine are definitely not, they are the lead crystal glass 'ultimate' type.
Hey, at least I worked out how to post a photo!

Still cool Joe! My Ultimate seems to the winner for me right now. I prefer the double cuts and the Ultimate is a little heavier than the others.

[Bob Womack]

Okay, I'll play. Here's what I could find around home. My stuff is spread between home and the studio.

In the circle, left to right:
a brass pipe cut and smoothed for me by my son
a steel/chrome thin wall slide
a Mighty Mite thick wall brass
a small Corricidin bottle
a large Corricidin bottle
Dunlop thick wall pyrex

Down front:
Shubb-Pearce SP3 Sally Van Meter ergo bar

The four in the middle of the circle are from the 1970s. I came by the Corricidin bottles honestly during a sinus infection while at college. They've done more live gigs than I can count and don't seem to want to break. My current favorite bottleneck is the Dunlop thick wall pyrex. Sausage fingers.

Bob

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Okay, I'll play. Here's what I could find around home. My stuff is spread between home and the studio.

In the circle, left to right:
a brass pipe cut and smoothed for me by my son
a steel/chrome thin wall slide
a Mighty Mite thick wall brass
a small Corricidin bottle
a large Corricidin bottle
Dunlop thick wall pyrex

Down front:
Shubb-Pearce SP3 Sally Van Meter ergo bar

The four in the middle of the circle are from the 1970s. I came by the Corricidin bottles honestly during a sinus infection while at college. They've done more live gigs than I can count and don't seem to want to break. My current favorite bottleneck is the Dunlop thick wall pyrex. Sausage fingers.

Bob

Awesome Bob!

[Silly Moustache]

Here's my offering.

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Here's my offering.

Great stuff Andy!

[Rudy4]

When I used to build custom laps I had these available from my website. 1" solid pyrex with ebony handle, standard Dunlop slide with wood handle added, and 1" diameter solid stainless steel with ebony handle.

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by Rudy4

When I used to build custom laps I had these available from my website. 1" solid pyrex with ebony handle, standard Dunlop slide with wood handle added, and 1" diameter solid stainless steel with ebony handle.

Wow nice!!!

[blue]

For glass I have a nice Diamond Bottlenecks blue bottleneck. I also have weird one made out of Fiber-Optic glass, which kind of looks like a blue Cat's eye gem. Pretty, but a little loose, and a little light.



For Metal I use a Latch Lake Acoustaglide. For Lap playing I use a bullet style as I play primarily Hawaiian and Blues, and use an old Broz-o-phonic. Those may be discontinued, because... You know... Closest thing I could find new was the "Latch Lake Bar"

[J-Doug]

Originally Posted by blue

For glass I have a nice Diamond Bottlenecks blue bottleneck. I also have weird one made out of Fiber-Optic glass, which kind of looks like a blue Cat's eye gem. Pretty, but a little loose, and a little light.



For Metal I use a Latch Lake Acoustaglide. For Lap playing I use a bullet style as I play primarily Hawaiian and Blues, and use an old Broz-o-phonic. Those may be discontinued, because... You know... Closest thing I could find new was the "Latch Lake Bar"

Awesome blue!