Slide Rules

Slide Rules: None, really. People will tell you what sounds warm, what sounds bright, etc. They will tell you glass, metal, copper, etc. is the way to go. Short? Long? Stubby? We’ve all got our opinions and a lot of us end up with quite a collection.The thing is, we just have to experiment. Left to Right, these are:1. a gift from Maddog. Wine bottle. Fits my ring finger very well. I like it.2. A gift from Toby in K. C. a polished steel pipe made by a relative of Toby’s. Heavy. Works fine.3. A store bought by Dunlop. Heavy brass. This one gives seems to be most forgiving of my poor technique.4. A 15 mm deep socket. I went to a hock shop that had a bucket of loose sockets and cheap. Tight fit on my ring finger. Heavy. Works well on the pinky.5. A ceramic one bought on evil-bay with Velcro inside for a nice fit on my pinky. This was my fave for a while. Still like it.6. cut off socket. (these things do not cut easy) I personally do better with a bit more length.7. beer bottle slide I made – too big for my fingers –8. beer bottle slide I made – too big for my fingers9. a steel coupling joint from the hard ware store. Works pretty well.I am missing a few including a copper coupling joint and bottle slide from Willy. For me, the copper made scratchy sounds.

You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!

Join Cigar Box Nation

Comments

Uncle John November 3, 2012 at 10:52pm

Thanks Brandon - I made the right most pair. Randy, those are bew tee full.
Randy S. Bretz November 3, 2012 at 10:00pm

Mojobone Works custom " 1/2 n 1/2 " slides
Brendan deVallance November 3, 2012 at 11:54am

nice set of slides . . . . how do you make them?
Uncle John November 2, 2012 at 11:37am

Thanks Joel. I should mention that it was you that started me appreciating the brass slides. There is something about the slight concave shape of this one that seems to play easier for me.
Sharecropper November 2, 2012 at 11:31am

Nice descriptions of your slides . I like my brass slide , it's a great fit and heavy . I would love to get hold of some brass pipe to make slides for CBGs for sale . Finding a good slide for the few I sell is always a problem . Plus.... If I lose my favorite slide I won't be able to play !
Uncle John November 2, 2012 at 7:31am

Thanks guys.
Thomas "Duck" Petry November 2, 2012 at 1:08am

Nice collection. I'm currently using a couple of cut down 5/8" deep sockets, a short one and a longer one. They are a bit of a pain to cut, but I like the weight and they fit my finger nicely. Also tried a copper tube, but didn't care for the Scratchy sounds that you mentioned.
Maddog November 1, 2012 at 11:15pm

Good lookin' lineup. Hey, that first one looks vaguely familiar ;-)
Clock The Wolf November 1, 2012 at 9:47pm

Dats nice ¬_¬

This reply was deleted.