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SWAMP WITCH GUITARS REVEALS THIS SECRET TIP TO END SLIDE RATTLE FOR GOOD!!

One of the biggest problems for a new slide player to overcome is “slide rattle” and clang ,when the slide catches the wrong string in the wrong way and the string rattles against it . it can make your tune sound like 2 skeletons humping on a tin roof using a tin can as a condom . ;-)

So, I pondered for a while on what would help new slide players avoid this discouraging hurtle.

I came up with an idea.. and thought , “that might work” , but I never really got around to trying it out . till last night . And guess what? It not only works,… but works damn well!

I figured guitar mutes have a felt or furry surface , but I would need something that the string could cut through or find its way through to get to the hard surface of a slide, yet dampen it on the way in, and out ,and to a lighter accidental touch .

The solution ?....wrap the slide in yarn . in a spiral fashion , no glue , no cross-knit , just wrap it like a string on a tuner . the string gets through the “fur” and hits the metal , but is buffered on the way in and out . and any accidental contact with other strings is hushed , as is open ringing . Giving you a warm , clear, un-klangy sound . it’s actually hard to make it rattle deliberately it works so well.

I could not believe this worked so well and after a google search is seems nobody else has tried it .

I could sell these like hotcakes , but the concept is so simple to diy. . so , I am sharing it with you . anywho , this is how I made mine .

Use “SWIRL” type yarn. (normal yarn may work but, this is what I used . )

Pull out a long piece of yarn about the length of your arm x3 and cut it .. run a piece along one side of the slide , hold the top , take the other end of yarn and start wrapping around the slide (leave the short piece running along the slide and cover it as you wrap it .

Full wrap then cut and tie the ends in a double knot .

Tada ! try the witch wrap . you will be glad you did , and your rattle is gone / cured ! but you can still play slide as usual . (maybe pushing a bit harder or you may loose some sustain , but you'll get it, , and eventually it will train you to not need it by adding natural confidence )

Yer welcome ;-)

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Comment by the anonymous pick on January 1, 2016 at 5:42pm: indeed bamboo and wood has less clang than glass or metal .

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on January 1, 2016 at 1:00pm: Try a wood slide

Comment by the anonymous pick on January 1, 2016 at 9:37am: yup

Comment by Rooster on January 1, 2016 at 4:48am: Cool tip................thanks for sharing ;-)

Comment by the anonymous pick on January 1, 2016 at 3:17am: i was gonna go with finger puppet " poppet " or witchfinger , but . .. better in context this way " witch wrap it ! " ;-)

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on December 31, 2015 at 10:25pm: Slidewitch.

Or maybe, a Swamp Sock.

Slide Condom?

Fingerthing?

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on December 31, 2015 at 10:24pm: That! Why, that's a Sldewitch Jumper.

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 31, 2015 at 10:58am: yup , it's true jim , works a like a charm .

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 31, 2015 at 10:57am: lol bad finger ;-)

Comment by Jim Morris on December 31, 2015 at 8:36am: So crazy it just might work! Or are you telling us a yarn? I'm a sloppy slider so I may have a go at it.