Fun with The Edge Slide

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

  • 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.
  • I like the sounds of that edge on that git Eric! I'm thinking that slide might be worth trying.
  • really effective and authentic sound coming out of that awesome guitar!! Really enjoyed it.

  • 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" :-)

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.

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

  • Thanks Wes!

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