I spent yesterday getting used to the slide I bought from Shane Speal - The Edge.

My Sawzall Box Resonator Guitar tuned open G (GDgbd) and my custom relic finish The Edge John Pearse guitar slide. The slide is meant to replicate the 1920s sound of a pocketknife used to play notes. The rattle and grind is part of the desired sound.

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Comment by Jason Mills on April 5, 2015 at 5:04am

Awesome tunes and guitar Bad Finger!!! :>)

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 4, 2015 at 10:43am
Thanks Andries, Maddog, Matthew and Chris!

The phone mic is right close to the slide so the rattle is a little less prominent overall, but still more present than a cylinder slide.
Comment by Chris Carlson on April 4, 2015 at 10:38am
I like the sounds of that edge on that git Eric! I'm thinking that slide might be worth trying.
Comment by Matthew Borczon on April 4, 2015 at 7:52am

really effective and authentic sound coming out of that awesome guitar!! Really enjoyed it.

Comment by Maddog on April 4, 2015 at 6:00am

Sounds great Eric!

There's was an old player named Roscoe Holcomb (he's passed away now) that played with a knife slide. One of my favorite songs of his was......well of course "Knife Guitar" :-)

Comment by A.D.EKER on April 4, 2015 at 1:09am

Its the rattly sound you go for,oke 100% sucses there ,i notice that as long as you stay on the strings there is no ratle at all only in the liftup and the position change, a differend recording point sometimes gifs a different sound to! great picking ! i think that sawbox is growing on ye!! greeettsszzz A.D.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 3, 2015 at 1:32am
Thanks turtlehead! I have been practicing a lot lately.

The slide is a different animal. It took me a solid 12 hours to get used to it and the same again to feel comfortable with it.
Comment by turtlehead on April 2, 2015 at 2:19pm

1) Glad you're keeping that guitar for yourself.

2) Your finger picking is getting so good.

3) That slide looks like a pain in the ass. (Sounds great though)

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 2, 2015 at 2:12am

Thanks Uncle John.  I can't part with the guitar.  I think I'd rather let go of any of the others on my wall rather than this one.

Yes, this is the slide that is supposed to be like a pocket knife.  Shane is selling them at a great price.  I won't use it exclusively, but it does have some different sounds and uses compared to any cylinder type slide.

Comment by Uncle John on April 2, 2015 at 1:40am

Glad you are keeping that git.   Hunh.   Interesting slide.  Is that the one I thought looked like a cudgel?

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