A Beginners Guide To Slide Guitar

[@RhettShull]

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[@aidanmccoy5034]

Can you used slides on a normal acoustic instead of a resonator?

[@jennifer6833]

Aidan McCoy yes! You are not required to do it on a resonator. You can do it on: acoustic guitars, electric guitars, dobro/resonators, banjo and mandolin.

[@aidanmccoy5034]

Jennifer Johns awesome! Thanks for the help!

[@Pdbottleneck]

Hey Rhett I’ve been playing exclusively in open E for over ten years now, ever since I first heard Derek Trucks. I’m not as obsessed with Trucks as I was back then but I never gave up the tuning and stuck with it ever since. If you ever want to do a more in depth video or a lesson about chords in open E I think I could be a great resource. I love the way this tuning opens up the board for chords. It’s much more intuitive than standard tuning in my opinion.

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

@@aidanmccoy5034 not only can you play slide on any stringed instrument (I saw one guy use a slide on his piano’s strings!) you don’t really even have to use any of the brass, glass, or ceramic tubes that are specifically sold as “slides,” either. Some Rock Guitar gods have been grabbing their microphone stands and sliding it up and down the string(s) not to mention leaving the stand where it is and sliding the guitar, itself, back and forth. Admittedly, they tend to press the stand hard enough to where the strings get pushed down onto the frets, but that just makes a different sound to actual slide playing AND fretting your strings. I’ve grabbed beer bottles and cocktail glasses from the table in front of a nice-looking young lady and used those. If you ever try the latter, make sure you buy her a fresh drink. 😂

[@PineyWoodsPrepper]

I suffered a stroke awhile back and my left handed being partially paralyzed, I figured my guitar playing days were over. Then I saw a guy playing slide guitar and I thought, “I can do that”. I watched your video tonight and about to get a slide and get started playing again. I’m a happy camper. Thanks for giving an old guitar picker a new lease on life.

[@saiyam84]

All the very best Sir

[@gildaEsfirrah]

Good luck on finding your new path with music man! With art, there always is a way =)

[@jadecleveland865]

Good luck man! Slide guitar is really fun once you get a hang of it.

[@noicegraffti2888]

Don Galaway I’m glad your back to playing!!!

[@johnashmore3560]

Don, sorry to hear about your stroke and good work thinking of how to improvise your new reality. Hats off to you for that. You may also want to look into the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doige on how some stroke patients are able to recover their lost neuro-connections. Good luck brother.

[@rogermorris737]

I'm a drummer was thinking about learning guitar. It was a little difficult for me, I'm a 71 years old blues lover. Then I came across your vid, this made me rethink. Bought my first glass slide, I already think I'm gonna be the next Derek Trucks

[@stephenpayton3953]

How’s it coming along?

[@johntrojan9653]

. . . Or Joanna Conner (✔️)

[@bobbyfinn5406]

LOL I am a 61 year old guitar player just learning the drums!! AND...apparently, STILL learning guitar!!

[@DriveCarToBar]

I'm a bass player and as a fellow member of the rhythm section, slide guitar came much easier to me. Our ability to keep time in our heads by feeling it comes in so handy.

[@mackVP]

ehehhehehehehh. Nice, nice, old boy.

[@fring3]

1:31 PICK A SLIDE 5:17 PICK A TUNING 8:32 LEARN SOME CHORDS 12:34 PLAY SINGLE NOTES 15:37 BASIC BLUES SHUFFLE

[@chrisshiroi]

MVP

[@pawelm.456]

tx mate

[@hammerheadduck]

THANKS

[@ryanllewellyn3472]

🙏🏼

[@OakAthainNerin]

Nice! Doing the lords work over here!! Still helping folks a year on!

[@Texasbluesalley]

That opening gave me chills brother. ❤️

[@BobsBand]

Me too - his intro lick and the other examples he played just sound lovely!

[@The_table_242]

Two of my fav guitar guys!! You two should do a collab

[@DirtyHarry-kw3qv]

It's by muddy waters I feel like going home

[@TimbeMovies]

That is the real shit. Listen to some Robert Johnson and you will give some good chills

[@lizardking2716]

@@DirtyHarry-kw3qv its also Walkin Blues Eric Clapton version. or Country Blues by Jeffery Wright( who played as Muddy Waters in Cadillac Records)

[@TheMarvelsniper1]

I was literally just thinking I should learn slide and then I refreshed my KZbin page and here this video was. Thanks Rhett

[@RadRumblings]

Same - Was practicing yesterday for the first time and was like "wish there was a good video for this"... Rhett always delivers!

[@stephenpaquet]

Ryland Schamel Exactly the same scenario with me I was just working on Just Got Paid I was thinking Man I could use some help with the slide. Rhett is literally the man on the spot boy am I glad I signed up to this channel.

[@MuscleEire]

This is the video I've promised myself I'd search for 😂

[@Bladerunner4924764]

Y'all must've mentioned it to a friend or relative with your phone in your pocket... KZbin tends to listen in.

[@kaitlyntrottier1376]

same man

[@mikeopdenaker5573]

I am an official old dude,59...been playing since 1977....NOBODY has ever made slide playing seem more possible to me than you in this video....THANKS A MILLION!

[@harrysachs2274]

My little brother was a piano player, I played guitar, my other little bro played drums. We would all pick up bass. When we I got a little older I became a bassist my piano playing brother picked up the guitar. In one month he was better than I ever was my eight years of playing. The next month he was ripping Duane Allman riffs with a slide in standard. Needless to say, my son is now taking piano lessons at age 6.

[@ArkansasRiverBoy]

This is just what my quarantine practice needed.

[@MuscleEire]

And mine! Gonna try implement it into my next recording!

[@MichealMyress]

Still playing slide?

[@chrisjaybecker]

Here's a great tip for mastering intonation... play slide in the dark, or at least with your eyes closed, and let your ears hear it when you hit pitch. Trust me.

[@notfound379]

Yeah and play buzzed. I got a sweet little 3 string cigar box (gdg) and she likes her bourbon nearby

[@secondvisions9759]

Perfect I stand if front of my mirror and not to look at my hand on the fretboard

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

It can be done with low action. Derick trucks plays that way.

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

Paul gilbert, too

[@michaeldrevyankosr6180]

That’s how i practice playing chords , in the dark with no pedals and clean amp , if you make a mistake , it is very apparent 👍🎸

[@joemamarama]

Hello Rhett, This video was nice. My first slide lesson was from Duane Allman himself July 4th weekend in Atlantic City NJ 1971 & yes I am that OLD. I was 17 yrs old. It was on the Steel Pier and they (the Allman Bros. were playing 2nd fidel to THE COWSILLS a family group who's song "Hair" was a number one hit. I was walking down the boardwalk and hear the Allmans warming up in the ballroom, The slide guitars of Duanne and Dickie Betts called to me like a magnet. I paid the $3.00 entry fee and went onto the Pier and went into the side door of the ballroom. There was maybe 30 people there. WOW .. I was dumbstruck ! to say the least. I was already playing my guitar to lessons and playing rock and roll anyway I could, but their music just smacked me. My guita plating was changed forever. After they came off the stage into the ballroom I asked Duanne hiw he got that sound. He was sooo kewl, he said cmon and took me on stage and sat down and grabbed his 52 LP Goldtop and gave me a lesson similar to yours. Wish I had a movie camera or cell then . He truly sat there for 20 minutes teaching me. What a nice guy .. So shy and personable. Gregg was also. He shared his story of Georgia and sitting aroung just playing ALL the time. I HAD his phone number but my MOM washed it in the wash. GRRR. They invited me and my friend who was a drummer to hang out with them and we walked the boards, smoked cigs etc and I bought everything they ever recorded. I watched 3 shows that day for $3.00 Saw them very Christmas at the Spectrum in Phila,PA for years. I love the slide and enjoyed your lesson/video .. Thought I would share ,, Thx Joe

[@poorbrokeguitarist]

Been playing guitar for 30+ years and just bought my first slide. After watching your videos and hearing your tone and the THIS is how you dobro video I had to do it. It is awesome.

[@Michael-bl4no]

For those looking for a great slide, I recommend the Rich Robinson brass slide. First slide I ever used that really sits on your finger well due to the tapered shape inside it. You can put your hand pointing towards the floor and it wont slip off! Because it sits so well, I feel it offers a sense of accuracy other slides never could for me. Highly recommended!

[@kennymoore5586]

First guitar,1964, after learning classical piano. Beatles changed my musical destiny > 'She Loves You,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah' 😳. Then I heard Duane Allman and bought a slide in 1974. Learned on a Ernie Ball 1.5" metal slide. It cost me $1.00 in 74'. I played it (48 Years Old) today after breaking my Jim Dunlop 202 this morning. I also have a brass slide that I keep on my bike (Versys 650) in case of a music emergency! 😅 Buying another 202 tomorrow because the lighter weight makes a quicker turnaround than any stainless or brass slide. Always on my left pinkie finger. 67 years old now,but I still play > "Eat A 🍑 Peach" Thanks to Duane Allman for the inspiration and beautiful slide tracks! (Bass Fishing, Motorcycles,and Slide Guitar) > great hobbies from the Slide Master! 👀🎸😳🍑😁🏍️

[@haroldpinteresque4460]

This is my 2nd life in slide. Tried a few decades ago, but hit my Peter Principle. Thought I sucked. I learned pieces, a few songs. But not sure anyone had walked me through the process so thoroughly, so logically, so patiently. I feel that playing slide just quite be possible. THANK YOU RHETT!

[@Le_Mer]

This is exactly what I needed. I thought it'd be a great time to learn slide guitar, so your timing was perfect . Thank you, Rhett!

[@trevenrussell2826]

Where my cornbread

[@alexspringer7666]

Rain Song (DGCGCD) tuning is a really great way to begin playing slide. The repeated triad makes it pretty forgiving and can give a little confidence to someone new to what is probably the most intimidating and specialized style of guitar playing.

[@jamesgoodwin7875]

Best song ever written

[@musicamex]

You are a very clear and concise teacher. I’ve played slide for 45 yrs and there isn’t much Id add or leave out of your beginners tips. Excellent!

[@garyjackson5249]

Thank you so very much. I am an experienced guitarist playing for over 50 years. Played music in bands all over the midwest. No one has ever shown me this before in a way I could understand. I cant begin to thank you enough.

[@jonathanmackie4884]

Absolutely brilliant video! There is snow ball's chance in hell I could learn to play slide with my pathetic skills and advanced age... but for 15 minutes it really felt like I might! Thanks for the gift of hope and some fabulous playing Mr. Shull.

[@aerohunter7]

Very nice! Slide is ONE of the things that has scared me ever since I was in HighSchool attempting the slide intro to ”Freebird” and what was coming out the amp sounded more like a grand piano falling down a flight of stairs than anything else. Now I’m old and thankfully there’s KZbin to “pull my head out” and we’ll take another crack at the slide! Lol. Thanks. Very informative !

[@epipick]

I love playing slide. For me, George Harrison was one of the best slide players, such sensitivity.

[@steveymoon]

This video is exactly what I needed - thank you. I've picked up my slide about a hundred times and then put it down again about 15 minutes later. This has given me what I need to give it a proper go.

[@Cade_Media]

this made me start learning slide, so good!

[@larrytrejo1882]

I started to try to play slid but it seemed too hard and to understand but this video helps alot so I'm gonna give it another try I think I'll do a lot better. Thanks do much

[@MrTerrymul]

That lesson has given me a better understanding of slide technique and application than any other i have watched. Wonderful.

[@yobaby14]

That's it. I need to pick up a resonator guitar and a slide, and settle down next to a creek or pond with a mason jar of moonshine. :D

[@ChrisHayworth100]

You won't regret it, hey the moonshine might be good as well.

[@alex0589]

A dog and a pickup truck

[@leolizard3152]

@@alex0589 with a tractor with a girlfriend who only wears blue jeans for some reason

[@seanburns2669]

I'm a 61 y.o. bass player who has always wanted to play guitar, and your videos are like finding gold! I will absolutely be checking out your courses. Many Gracias!

[@MatthewScottmusic]

Diggin' the tones 👍🏻

[@Heliwr1]

Nice to see you here man

[@SoftServedGaming]

Is that your firebird in the back? I can count on one hand the number of pink firebirds I've seen

[@Empcopy-r2w]

There is an old saying “ those who can’t do teach” but you sir, have been blessed with both abilities!

[@taifromyea]

I’ve watched a few videos on playing slide and this is hands down the clearest explanation I’ve seen, along with the most inspiring playing. I recently discovered your channel and I think your videos are brilliant!

[@fly1327]

Simply the most straightforward intro to playing slide I think I've seen. Players will be helped by this. Thanks!

[@nasiranwar9776]

Awesome introduction to slide guitar playing. This is the clearest and most concise tutorial I've seen on the subject. Thanks for posting.

[@chazmology]

59 years playing and your the best at explaining technique...just made an old Kay into electric slide...real dirty for the early 20th century sound...thanks

[@jamesbarros950]

The Mississippi Delta Was shining like a national guitar. Looks good. Sounds good. Thanks for sharing, Getting me back into slide =)

[@Blaydrnnnr]

Great vid.. I was always bewildered by Billy Gibbon's slide work, as well as Joe Walsh, they play the slide on the middle finger. Thats how I learned. On my middle finger. Just felt better for me....Watching Billy for years playing "Just Got Paid" is a thing of beauty...

[@VaffReverie]

1:31 Bocchi "i will pick that oni slayer sake cup left on my stage as a slide"

[@MichaelColeman]

FINALLY an explanation of slide guitar that I can understand completely. I’m definitely going to try this out. Thank you so much!

[@mal2ksc]

I recorded a song in an open D tuning with slide, and didn't realize until a couple hours later (when mixing) that I really needed a quick guitar solo to break things up. I'd already tuned back to Standard by then, and ended up doing the solo in Standard. The result was that I ended up using a lot of Gypsy-jazz 6th chords that would have been extremely inconvenient in Open Anything, and I was easily able to do slides into minor chords on the first three strings. It sounded not only like two entirely different guitars, but two entirely different performers. You know what would be a neat gizmo? Something like a B bender, but it could raise THREE strings with a single motion rather than just one. Then you could switch between standard and open E (or Drop D and Open D) with the flick of a lever. I'm thinking of something like a Bigsby, only more focused on stability rather than fluidity, and allowing each string affected to be hand-tweaked.

[@raweymoore]

Duesenberg actually make a bridge for this, called the multibender. It uses levers to bend individual strings, a bit like a pedal steel. It comes with two levers, but you can buy more levers and fit one for each string.

[@anuvette]

Can we hear the song pls

[@fuckenps3]

@@raweymoore Wow, the multibender is mind-blowing!

[@1terribates]

I just got a Gretsch resonator, because I just love that slidey blues sound. Lots of good tips here! Thank you.

[@Beachbumartist]

Man that was a dam awesome great beginner slide lesson, one of the best i ever watched. Never realized E tuning was easy to play like that...Thanks so much

[@davidgolden1167]

I received a metal slide from my kids long ago, and its been sitting my my case this whole time. Thank-you for giving me the motivation to give it another shot.

[@ifer1280]

I hadn't touched my slide for years. I just played a bit, and I realised it is simply too big for my sliding finger. I'll pick up a new one and explore this some more!

[@CydeFX]

The. Best. Guitar. Lesson. I've. Ever. Had. As a singer who rarely plays guitar (but loves it), I really needed this. Thank you so much!

[@charlesbolin7249]

Nice job Rhett, how nice? Joe Walsh is on some KZbin videos that are fairly old also suggesting the open E tuning for slide. I'm an old guy, not so "up" on who's who in music since maybe '92. Stumbled upon you here and said to myself, "This Rhett Shull guy seems to be one heck of an accomplished musician, I like his style and positive attitude, fun an interesting music." Now giving Joe Walsh advise, no question in my mind you are one of those special people who have a lot to give! Great job, new band sounds really cool. I hope you put out a really diverse catalog, I haven't really heard any cool new music in some time and I'd really like to feel that excitement like I did hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time when I raided my father's record collection out of boredom and curiosity almost 40 years ago and hearing crazy different stuff on the same LP like Immigrant Song, Since I've Been Loving You, and Tangerine. I often joke that my favorite country band is Zeppelin because of Tangerine and being an 80's child I listened to Waylon Jennings Good Ol Boys every Friday night on CBS at pm. Thank's for being so refreshing!

[@Wizardstix23]

Thanks brother. Just started playing slide and I played drums for 26 years. This video made my guitar transition much easier along with knowledge of music I guess.

[@JohnnyGuitar]

Man... every day I wake up and say: “Today, I’ll start playing slide”... and then, another month went by 😂😂😂 maybe after watching your video, I’ll made up my mind!

[@BrianVallotton]

Thanks so much Rhett! I have my guitar tuned to open D, but I am going to go back to open E and do as you have shown here. God bless you and all you love.

[@jakehendriksen2841]

I always have to "like" your videos even before you begin talking. I love hearing your playing! (Oh, and then your info is always helpful and interesting, too)

[@roarkhaver3515]

Wow! Thank you for breaking this down in such an easy to follow manner. At age 62 I am a complete beginner and I absolutely love slide guitar.

[@Simon34562]

Dude just got my slide 1 hour ago - perfect timing!

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

Those KZbin algorithms are impressively creepy when they know what we buy and when we buy them.

[@DB-eh5bs]

@@Po1itica11yNcorrect and what we want

[@stephendionne5690]

Really stoked to hear you say ‘ no need for a specially set up guitar’ I love the it’s a bit harder so practice more ethos.. has boosted my confidence to crack on with it!!

[@markmattheviewable]

As I ran the neck of my beer bottle along the strings last night being a dumbass while playing, I realized I needed to explore slide guitar when not drinking. Thank you for this vid. Amazing as always.

[@elainericketts8820]

the MIC STAND works too.........

[@mal2ksc]

The jar martini olives come in work a lot better, they're usually shaped like oversized slides (cylinders with a wide mouth).

[@MarkHindenaturalbodybuilder]

Cheers

[@steelman774]

Elaine Ricketts... Yes! The mic stand makes a neat stage trick and people go nuts for it, but I find I have lots of problem moving the guitar instead of the “slide” but MAN it looks cool! The little bit of slide I do is better with the bottle for me. Better control but if I pull out my actual guitar slide, people expect me to be good. I need more Rhett Lessons before I try to fool the masses. 🤣

[@ChrisHayworth100]

Hey you can do both, beer cans are to wide though haha.

[@teehip]

I was just talking to a friend about how I love the slide but really didn’t know how to start. I’m hoping you have more lessons. Awesome.

[@bobbyDD]

you forgot to mention my personal favorite slide guitarist, David Gilmour! The slide part in One of these days is insane and so powerful.

[@sparkeyjames]

David owns a Fender double neck and two Jedson (red and blonde/white) purpose built slide guitars that sit on legs parallel to the floor. Probably more but those are just the ones I know about. The Jedsons are the ones you see him play on stage from the late 70's onward. See the Pulse video that is a modified Jedson. The guitar he used to record One of these Days was the double neck Fender. The Fender double neck is fairly rare the Jedson's are more common. Neither use frets as a guitar player knows them but position markers that at first glance look like frets but are not. Playing one of those is a whole different world.

[@palereaper]

Derek Trucks is better

[@bobbyDD]

@@palereaper 100%, thats why i said hes my personal favorite.

[@palereaper]

@@bobbyDD I gotchu

[@marteequillen4284]

Check out Sammy Hagar's ' Standing At The Same Old Crossroads' Sammy tears it up on slide guitar in that song.

[@harryeg77]

This is so far the best lesson for slide playing that I have watched in my whole life! Thank you very much!

[@mitchpowell1323]

Another phenomenal video! Thanks a lot for your hard work Rhett, you’re a huge inspiration to everyone around.

[@mattiemcgowan8401]

I bought some slides earlier this week. I got some usable tones out of them going up and down the neck slowly. Today the blue porcelain Moonshine slide 243 came and I found this video. Now I have a new practice regimen to work on. Thank you 😎

[@lukasnow6829]

George Harrison slide is so underrated

[@evyalley]

Omg I was just thinking that! His slide in the later Beatles years and his solo career is magnificent! It’s what inspired me to pick up a slide. Crackerbox Palace is a great example.

[@hewhoyeet4953]

This boy

[@mplant1999]

@@evyalley He didn't play slide with the Beatles. Picked it up in December 1969 while touring with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (and Eric Clapton)

[@fedayeentaqx9956]

Thanks so much, I've played metal and punk for 30 years but it was delta blues that inspired me to want to play when I was 12, I just didn't have anyone to teach me, and all my friends who could show me licks played metal, so that's where I went, now I'm back to square one wanting to learn slide and better my blues game...

[@danielcruz1087]

I’ve been watching this for a couple of times and today my first slide just came!!!

[@silvermanewj4366]

Liking it. I have an older gal who has her heart set on playing Gospel licks on steel guitar, and I almost had her talked into playing dobro (bcuz her hands are less dexterous). But, she bought a steel guitar.. Now I just got into the open tunings to work with my own compositions. Good advice, thank you!

[@jaydenwhitlen1489]

I'm surprised you didn't mention George Harrison. His slide playing was very prominent throughout his solo career.

[@evyalley]

FACTS! Listen to Crackerbox Palace man

[@jubba4623]

this video seems to be more about just “blues” slide, Harrison’s slide playing was more melodic i suppose

[@jaydenwhitlen1489]

@@jubba4623 True I understand that his audience is mostly blues and rock based but there are so many possibilities with slide playing he could've given a partial mention too. Just a nitpick though.

[@DH-og5yr]

Every video has a comment like this. Stfu.

[@unclemaple]

Awesome teaching. I just started playing with a slide. I've played for 40 years and this is a brand new challenge. Your video is so helpful. I got a long way to go but with some direction now. Thank you brother. Keep on strumming

[@taylornamahoe03]

I wanna play slide guitar like George Harrison. This was a great introduction! Thank U! ❤️🎵🎸

[@Keeby.]

"pick a slide" brother i got my deodorant bottle dont worry

[@coltonpuckett2661]

Dang I'd use a pickle jar

[@bangarang1515]

Thanks for the video and the great information. Played guitar for years but now dealing with arthritis in fingers of left hand Switching to slide to help out and allow me to keep playing

[@reubenbriggs2398]

Hi Rhett, would love to see a video detailing your mixing process and how you eq/tweak your recordings with plugins/outboard gear. Love the videos, thanks.

[@saiyam84]

That was great Rhutt, I have slide bought few years ago, never learned it, now I did what you told tuned my guitar and played that thing at 16:00 and I end up playing -In my time of dying intro..wow I never thought it was that simple...thanks a ton man.

[@ipuya]

Amazing sound! I’m a complete beginner. 51 yrs old. Picked up the guitar when Covid 19 hit. Sorry if I ask any dumb questions but am I understanding this correctly that when playing slide guitar, other than the finger with the slide on and the other finger behind it muting the strings like a bar, the left hand isn’t ever gonna fret a note? And are ALL the chords created using the slide and not using any other finger of the left hand? (That would be awesome news cause it makes it easier for a beginner cause I don’t know that many chords yet).

[@darthjarjarbinks8953]

Well, slide is usually (not always) played in open tunings, which allow you to play with one finger, meaning you never need to fret the guitar to play a chord. The same goes for any single notes. Many people will fret guitars and then use the slide to accent their playing. It just depends on what you want to do. Check out Justin Johnson. Great slide player. Don’t expect to get to his level overnight, but you can get a good idea of how he uses it. Other thing I would suggest is checking out is many blues players from the past, like Robert Johnson (the two aren’t related btw).

[@angusseletto1511]

I pula,you will progress faster playing slide then just playing in the normal fashion,well I did ....then when you do play in the conventional manner you have the advantage of getting an (ear) for chords and notes.Try slide for a while and see how fast you get better because it's so enjoyable and rewarding and you can belt out tunes and riffs in no time,good luck

[@blindguitarfox]

I play with the slide on my pinky because I always saw playing chords with only 3 fingers, seeing how you adapted to that was so awesome, and it showed me a knew way to think about open e!

[@berniekitts1786]

That looks like a Mule resonator. It has so much sustain. I want one now.

[@frankmiller5508]

Always wanted to play slide and this took all the mystery out of tuning and learning how to play. Loved this video.

[@NeverEvenRaced]

This is the best slide tutorial I’ve seen since I saw a video of Ryan Bingham using a damn Bic lighter as a slide.

[@loganpe427]

😂😂😂 over the years when I'd get a wild hair I'd just grab the Bic! Never learned to play slide, just goofing around, not now though, time to get serious! 👍

[@rb032682]

@Clyde - LOL! That's what I used whenever someone asked me to play slide. Playing bad slide with a Bic was a quick and easy way to discourage anyone from asking me to play slide in the future.

[@OmniphonProductions]

I was wandering around KZbin, looking for some beginning slide guitar lessons, when I saw a familiar face...from your collaborations on Rick Beato's channel. I immediately knew this was the video to pick! Now that I've watched it, I know I'll be watching it several more times. Thanks!

[@YourLocalFreak666]

1:01 ad Justin Johnson to this list... he is the best slide guitar player ever!!!😜🎸

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

He's impressive, no doubt. Not sure I'd put him ahead of Derek Trucks but he's certainly his equal.

[@Amin1710]

You got all wrong guys, the true master is definitely Elmore James

[@msspi764]

Very nicely done. I've been playing slide for a while,. It's a lot to learn, particularly the damping. I took a workshop, deep end of the pond for a week, and I recommend that kind of woodshedding with someone to help. Like you I don't raise the action, as a matter of fact the best guitar I have for slide has a low action. If you can get your touch that light other things come with it. My one suggestion, go for something with a long fretbard diameter. It doesn't have to be flat, but if you are going to play two strings, particularly two that aren't next to each other, the flatter the better. And get a good tuner

[@wonderwomanguy]

When listing memorable slide players, why does everyone seem to forget Bonnie Raitt???

[@kaindog100]

Favourite of mine

[@stevelundgren2938]

And her "flippin' finger" placement of the slide. My personal preference, the middle finger. It aligns with the center of the wrist, giving the best leverage for vibrato. IMHO

[@gregbryla357]

Ben Harper!

[@gregbryla357]

Although Ry Cooder got me hooked. Check out "Feelin' Bad Blues"

[@mxh5647]

Johnny Winter was no slouch either but hey you can't list em all.

[@patricksommer3971]

After that lick at 17:07 I love to go to the flat 6 and slide down to the five chord (In E: C and B)! Gives a great bluesy feel!

[@lorenzoalexiu2421]

Rory Gallagher was incredible with slide guitar too

[@maripido]

Rhett - is that a Submariner you're wearing?

[@pedro_hmg]

He’s now officially rich

[@RhettShull]

It’s not, it’s a Shinola Monster. Can’t afford a Sub!

[@maripido]

@@RhettShull looks like a vintage diver. Nice!

[@lisahart1725]

Thank you Rhett! I just bought a resonator and with your video, made me a pro instantly! You covered everything I needed in one video!! WHO HOO!!

[@richadikshit420]

When I play with slide even tho my guitar is in perfect tuning it fricking sounds out of tune tips plsz👇

[@ericscaillet2232]

If slide is positioned correctly, it is your guitar intonation that is bad ie: it might be in tune but loose tune the higher up the neck you go.

[@rb343]

Rhett, thanks so much for your slide contributions. You were really my 1st exposure to slide instruction. I have a great guitar teacher that picked up the ball and ran with it. I did a lot of hopping around at first with gear. I'm playing mostly in open E with a glass rockslide on a strat, tele, and a PRS Custom 24. I know there's a lot of greats, but not to take up too much time, I was blown away with the works of Freddie King & Duane Allman thanks to my teacher. Appreciate your devotion to the blues!

[@slaperofallfish]

0:01 the crew 2 title screen be like

[@aspiepunkdawnofheatherl8174]

Been having trouble learning guitar (so much so I nearly gave it up). Have coordination problems and a weak/scarred third finger (just about lost the tip of it when I was a kid) got some new hope moving forward...

[@arcanagardens7977]

its like post malones more talnted brother.

[@71volare]

This is incredible. Best 18 minutes I've spent in a long time.

[@jacobalvarez7515]

Amazing! Thank you! Have used glass slide that doesn’t fit my finger the best - so just picked up a aged brass rock slide.

[@onewheelisbetterthan2]

I heard a old dude that played with a glass slide he had made....he was literally the reason that I traded some things for my first guitar. He told me not to buy a slide but to make it. I think ima make one soon out of a bottle neck. I am originally from the south and I absoulutly love that slow blues with a slide thrown in something about it moved me enough to get a guitar and save up for an amp and so my journey has begun. Thanks for posting this it had good info

[@fachu2]

Thanks Rhett, I got a few slides a bout 3 months back gave it ago once and realised I had no clue what to do with them. This has given me a great insight in how to get something going. Cheers!

[@ubergusterfan1]

That song you played at around the 8:20 mark made me cry. Just.... beautiful......

[@fedayeentaqx9956]

I think all the best blues players in addition to having the technical skill to do technical skill stuff, many of the best lived lives in poverty suffering under horrible police brutality and abuse,, many were outlaws at least at some point in their lives, many served time, hopped trains, slept rough, and had problems with drink and drugs, and I believe it was The wealth of experience gained from that that is the true source of the blues not cords or syncopation or any of those other things, they're just the means of expressing something deeper and more primal. I've been "lucky" enough to experience all those things in spades, so now I just need the technical ability, so I can give the scars a voice. Thanks for starting me on my way Rhett.

[@timothyrice1621]

I learned about your channel from Rick Beato, as I imagine that many of your other subs did. But lately a few of my friends have been mentioning you and your videos without knowing about Rick Beato. Happy to see you're getting more exposure! Also, my electric has 8s and low action and practically no string tension, so I recently put it up to F# standard like Johnny Marr and that's helped a lot.

[@danielfisher999]

Thanks! As soon as I am done being in the woods...I am tuning to open E. That was an awesome instructional video!

[@calebsmith4516]

I saw this a little while ago and researched qhat slide I would like the most, and I bought my first one today. Watching this video has sparked a blues man in me that I didn't know I even had. Thank you for that🤙

[@Paralius]

My buddy stopped playing guitar from hand injuries. He started using a shot glass to try and play. I picked up a real glass slide in the store and he is playing like an actual legend again cause of it. Wonderful invention

[@stevesoldwedel]

As a teacher, myself, albeit of English Composition, I salute your acumen for pedagogy. Well done. Masterful.

[@sunclimber7428]

I’ve watched countless videos on slide basics this is truly the first that has been useful. I’m Gunna pick up my slide again

[@ZitherBeast]

Very cool Rhett. I truly love listening and watching Derek Trucks playing slide, it's truly magic.

[@michaeld.mahoney9106]

Really good beginners slide lesson. I especially liked the right hand technique and muting emphasis to control precise tone. Thanks so much.

[@pikiwiki]

the technique you use of voice overing a guitar section is quite innovative. it's like a disembodied voice explaining what your eyes are looking at as you listen to the music being played. nice.

[@timlangley4471]

Having seen and enjoyed a number of video's that you have done, I was delighted to see this lesson on slide guitar. I really enjoyed this lesson Rhett, I've struggled to get my head around the slide guitar techniques, like you rightly pointed out I became disillusioned with it. You have identified many of the issues that I had encountered, even the sizing of the slide. This lesson has given me renewed hope that I can improve and put things in layman's terms. Many thanks