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[@Garpocalypse]

Usually i'm over the line skeptical when a youtuber sells products but there's no way i'm not getting one of these. thanks for the amazing demonstration.

[@beckywiegers3315]

Maybe because he’s not just another KZbinr; he’s a MUSICIAN of the first order who just happens to bless the rest of us with his presence here.

[@ColdPie]

I can recommend his ceramic slide. Best one I've used for 6 string slides.

[@kurtkaufmann4553]

Which ceramic slide ring is it actually? Do you happen to know?

[@roccorodriguez6653]

30 years playing guitar and I can’t believe I haven’t seen one of these before. Great innovation and playing 👍

[@mikeburdett8551]

I have had one for over a year. I love it, called black mountain brand ringside they make pretty cool spring loaded picks too. Good brand.

[@OldBlueWind]

Very cool! Will have to get me one of those 😎✌💯

[@blanders98273]

I always heard those referred to as Leo Kottke slides. He was already using them in the 1970s and I didn't know anyone else ever used them.

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

The Edge has used something similar for several decades.

[@CanadianDivergent]

I Love Leo Kottke!!. I play a bunch of his pieces, but my favorite to play is Vaseline Machine gun which can utilize the ring slide. . I usually end my set with that one, and i play it with metal finger picks so but absolutely hammers the notes. amazing player.

[@Turboy65]

Your musicianship is always off the charts! Lots of people can play an instrument, not so many really make MUSIC so much. But you sure do!!!

[@mwyatt222]

lts all the same licks over and over . Theres almost no diverse melody to swamp. True he's great at that but when he creates a great melody lll be impressed. His technique is spot on for swamp slide but not much else. ln the blues heyday of the 2000-2010 period he was a legend. l want to hear a good song from him.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

I've always thought about the possibility of a small finger slide like this. Now here it is. The spring loaded tensioner to keep it fitting snug to your finger is an awesome feature.

[@gj4312]

Same. I've never done slide guitar because I don't like removing a finger. Always wondered why they don't make it smaller

[@howabouthetruth2157]

Yeah, right? I've always loved slide guitar, but like you, I could never get into playing with a slide myself. Even though I'm infatuated with slide guitar in all it's forms. @@gj4312

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@gj4312 In part, I think it's "they've always been like that". But being able to make contact with more strings means that you could, if you wanted, play some chords with the slide, and glissando them up and down the neck. Which - at least for me - has always been a pretty limited set of circumstances, and has never made it into a song I've presented to the band or tried for an audience.

[@whatabouttheearth]

😂 I think he just ripped off Black Mountains invention and put his name on it. I mean, whatever, we need to normalize it until the Chinese start putting them out for $10. It would be kind of weird parenting a slide mod anyway

[@fazooleq1523]

nice job Justin - I led the engineering team for a high end vibration sensor company and we used tungsten masses very specifically to increase the "sustain": of some devices. So I wanted to chime in and validate that there is real vibration science behind this. Im not much of a slide player but going to pick one up!

[@GizzyDillespee]

My precious...

[@Bob-Whiting]

Bitchin' tool, Bitchin' playin'! Happy Holidays to you and yours Justin

[@rebelrocker7494]

Happy Holidays to You And Nikki.Thanks for The Great Music🎸🎶👍

[@justinjohnsonlive]

Happy holidays! 🤘

[@xcx8646]

This is why it is best to play the full the slide on the little finger - keep the the other three for the fingerboard. Some guitarists have a real blind spot about the little finger.

[@robinemery]

Ingenious, just like your playing! ❤❤JJ❤❤

[@robertmc7049]

Will Ray with the Hellecasters was awesome with that style especially with Sweet Dreams........ awesome

[@rapushi1]

I was thinking about this for years, my prototype was just piece of metal. This thing inside what make pressure on finger is perfect to stop slide on place. Thank u for this invention

[@elizabradley4797]

Nice ~ Short Inflections are a treat ~ very fine innuendos ~

[@crossharp7814]

These are great! JJ reviewed a similar product from Black Mountain a while back, so I bought one on his recommendation. All at once I could incorporate 1 and sometimes 2 string slide sound riffs at will. As an east coast Piedmont, Country Blues, Ragtime player, I don't use open tunings much at all. Still, I loved the slide sound and wished I could use it. The ring slide gives me access to the sound I never could get before in standard tuning. I like to keep up a steady bass thump, so the keys of A and E have worked best for me. But I'm no JJ. I'd love it if you would create a video, or do a workshop on the use of the ring slide in standard tuning. All in all, I can't recommend these highly enough as a great way to blend fingerstyle and slide playing. Thanks, Justin.

[@mikeburdett8551]

100% agree. I have one too and would love to use it more but I'm no JJ

[@nzmal]

Cool, good to hear you can get on to two strings with it, just ordered one, I don’t play enough slide so this looks like a good way to get more slide in my life!!

[@Sandshark17]

Been a fan for a long time and its good to see you actually talk to the camera and give advice to players, been waiting on this for a long time!

[@DeineHeileOma]

Any differences to the original Black Mountain Slide Ring beside of the branding?

[@mwyatt222]

my guitar teacher Mike Ellis patent and gave me one in the early 1970s . Mike Ellis was the Tucker/ Leo Fender of this.

[@MrTimpwats]

I just got mine today, and everyone has got to do this. It's a game changer.

[@docwill184]

Good job. I had the original ring-slide (different than that one) in about '75. Got lost ~'96 with a bag of different slides including the original brass Mighty Mite. I got knockoff replacements but still miss those. I DO still have an original Coricidan bottle plus some Dunlop knockoffs.

[@picksalot1]

I also have an old Ring Slide, metal ring with a 2.25 inch long piece of curved glass glued to it. Tone is ok, but not great, and it's a bit too long, so fretting is an issue.

[@bretfuzz925]

Was yours the Lenny Blues Slide? I got one in the late 70s but lost it in the mid eighties. I still have yet to find one that works as well.

[@picksalot1]

@@bretfuzz925 I got my ring slide long ago, and don't recall what brand it is. The glass is green, and the band is a gold color.

[@bretfuzz925]

@@picksalot1 I may have to break down and try one of these out. I did some research and mine was a Lenny Pogan Blu-Slide. They come up on the used market from time to time but it is time to move on. Peace!

[@jackbond8237]

Thanks man.. most useful

[@JesCoil]

Amazing Slides...

[@oneconsc3333]

Holy moly!!!! 🙏🏼💜🇨🇦

[@mort6913]

BRILLIANT!

[@warthogA10]

Justin, i just watched a video of a woodworker who built a 3 string hybrid explorer and instantly thought it would be something you'd like. The channel is called 3x3 custom - tamar. The video is about 3 years old amd titled Building a 3 string guitar from scrap wood. I hope youtbe doesnt insta delete this and you get to see it. Cheers

[@marcomodena8076]

The Magic of the slide Guitar , me too some time i play slide for months , ane then i stop , always so . Thanks a lot fir yours informations and for delicius music ❤

[@lwwells]

Just ordered one Justin. Keep on rocking and Happy Holidays!

[@tsibren]

This is great!

[@tP-Chai-Live-Guitar]

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[@Peaceful_Rayne]

Oh, how perfect for you!

[@domaroshiner-hut]

Amasing!

[@hellskreamer]

FINALLY someone made one of these! been thinking about it for a long time but i dont really play that much slide so never got around to making one. Im glad you did, will def have to pick one up in the future! :) Cheers

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

The Edge has used a similar slide for decades. So has Leo Kottke.

[@benjohn2860]

Ahh man definitely getting one of those ❤ and your playing is on point, finger picking good 🙏🏻

[@brianwood7237]

Still remember finding a video of a tall skinny kid with long hair and a trucker hat playing a broom handled cigar box Thang at a Farmer's market...I kind of chucked to myself, like who is THIS guy...but then he played and my jaw dropped...as a guy who loves slide guitar, and has struggled for decades to get good at it, JJ has been the best teacher I ever had, even if my intonation and technique are still pretty bad😂

[@beckywiegers3315]

My baptism came via a video of that same long haired skinny guy going to town on a SHOVEL! I fell SO hard!

[@bretfuzz925]

I got a ring slide in the late 70s called the Lenny Blues Slide. I lost it and have yet to find a good substitute. This one may work well. I hope to check one out some day.

[@jimcummings4712]

Wonderful demo!😊😊

[@dananthony6258]

I don’t know if Justin ever played something that I didn’t like.

[@thomassimone3515]

You’re amazing, thank you 🙏🏼

[@2012Cheetah]

Justin, You are a genius!!!

[@MariaM-fu6wm]

Thank you for the lesson!!! Not only a great guitarist, but a great teacher sharing knowledge and experience!!!

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Awesome product. On my list for next guitar related item.

[@dresinss]

Anyone looking to buy one of these, it's really important, vital, to have it sized properly so look at the knuckle he's wearing it on and go to a jeweler and get your knuckle sized.

[@carlhargis8573]

Super!!!!!!! Go to get one!!!!!! i Love it !

[@joehernandez6260]

What a game changer…. 🙌🏼 👏🏼 bravo ❤

[@pbrooks2099]

Happy Thanksgiving, Justin.

[@juspapa718]

Great as usual!! I’d really love it ifn you’d do a cover of, “Hats off to Roy Harper,” Zeppelin did 1 with vocals & T Bone White without. On ur 3 string shovel it’d be a perfect bookend to, “Voodoo Chile.”

[@caseyjones952]

Just ordered one…thx, JJ! ✌️👽🎸

[@nate5land]

Cool product!

[@Stlie1]

You ever see or try one of those Chris Whitley bike handlebar slide rings? Covers all frets.

[@pedroo8363]

Grande... grazie

[@lrseixas]

Awesome! I'll be chopping my slide soon to make myself one of these.

[@casperyourfriendlyghost7552]

I just got one. Your measurements instructions were great and made it easy. I didn’t use the code because I appreciate no enjoy supporting you. My friends got me a shovel guitar for my birthday and it’s always fun.

[@pastiesandagstring]

Love it.

[@devilsboxcar3925]

The wife is getting a ring for Xmas 😂

[@Stephen_M.]

Functional Jewelry I love it!!

[@russellmackenzie2202]

For all you slide players out there.. this is a MUST watch - leave it to Justin to point out how beneficial this ring slide is - this is proof you don't need a bulky 4-inch slide to make your point

[@drj602]

You’re an amazing dude and I sometimes wondered why no one had made one of those type things.

[@CathyHolton-jh1xv]

The Edge from U2 started using one of these that his technician made circa 2000.

[@Baci302]

Justin, thanks for the video. I have to ask, what model Gretrsch is that? I love it.

[@cymro6537]

Great stuff - I want one!

[@davidcooke8005]

That'd sure take some practice, as I do lots of mini bar chords with my middle finger. But I can't deny that's some smooth switching between pickin and slidin. I might have to give it a go.

[@sammi01010]

ive always thought these should exist!!! def getting one

[@jordanmeija7384]

Brilliant...next level stuff...you are always off the charts outside the box...

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Wow! Very nice! Time to really consider this, I'm a bender and might turn slider before long now!

[@johnnybrace]

you play beautifully

[@informer]

That’s awesome! Never seen this before. I want one!

[@dresinss]

I've been using this technique for decades, I also just happen kind of hate the sound of slide guitars so i never really do use it. But if the situation calls for a slide guitar, I pull out my big ass brass ring.

[@brockmann4815]

Never really wanted to get into slide guitar, but this might just change now it seems so much more intuitive...

[@kingrobert1st]

JJ The Lord of the Ring Slides!

[@stratfanstl]

That's a great product idea. Tempting. BTW, I have the same Gretch resonator. Doesn't sound nearly as good. Of course, it could be due to the fact that I'm not you. LOL.

[@TATTOOTLAN]

By cutting a socket to make it shorter i have a left over that make a ring like that hope it works ,, great idea!!

[@CanadianDivergent]

ohh man the sound you get out of that Gretsch is amazing. is that a honeydipper?

[@hisa4447]

オシャレ過ぎてなにも言えない聴く人は酔いしれます。素敵すぎる😍❤️❤️❤️

[@lilocean695]

普通の指輪として使えるなんてすごいじゃん！

[@thehouseofronin9209]

Very cool Justin! Innovative and looks easy to use! I'd like to get one of these too!

[@artvandelay8030]

Looks like goodie. Prolly has a nice weight to it. Choice. 👌

[@fly1327]

Just had to, so ordered one. On the fence? Guys and gals worry not, if any problem please believe me, Justin will make it right, this from personal experience dealing with this man.

[@tOxIc_TrEaSuRe]

thanks bud--- ur the best!

[@azisbach4133]

Very cool Justin 👍

[@GuitarJoLa]

Oh man, I could have saved on the shipping, the JJ signature pickup has just arrived but it looks like I NEED this ring slide now! 😅

[@abegarfield7030]

Nice. What kind of guitar are you putting the pickup on?

[@GuitarJoLa]

@@abegarfield7030 my Gretsch boxcar resonator. But I am also tempted to get the all metal one like the one Justin is playing here.

[@joshuataft5541]

Cool❤

[@BushidoPhoto]

Nice to see a new ring slide! Which pickup are you using on the resonator? It sounds great!

[@poelogan]

This changes the game

[@GoodCitizen.1]

You need to try a Jet Slide then. Because you get the entire range of a normal full size slide, but the accessibility of ALL your fingers. The guitar player from Rival Sons uses one.

[@songperformer-ot2fu]

Vocal slide is an actual vocal technique, I like the look I of this product

[@fink94]

Dude you play really great!

[@MinhPham-ly7yp]

Hi, what’s the weight of the tungsten slide? And how does his differ than the black mountain black steel slide? Thanks.

[@rollinOnCode]

This is really cool!

[@RonaldWall-yw3hx]

Justin I use a slide on pick hand . I can do echoplex

[@_____NICK_____]

Huge fan Justin. Can you highlight what this pickup can do with some distortion or reverb or delay on a standard acoustic guitar without slide. I’ve been looking for a pickup for an acoustic guitar. Thanks man.

[@meyzersilverhorn546]

You are a legend

[@brettnecessary2266]

Justin, you are one of the greatest slide players of all time

[@operationrestore3308]

Nice!

[@blackdove5940]

Simple and logical

[@joaofranciscoschramm8678]

Congratulations!

[@SiburRoots]

I like 👍

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

I used to have a jet slide and once I got used to it, it was great but I lost it. Actually ordered a 2nd and lost it too, which is the only thing stopping me from getting one of these. Fear of losing it. Lol

[@aprodbassplayer]

Michael Sasaki from the band Cold Blood was using that in the '70's.

[@Chuck-Bob]

Ok so I saw their promo vid with you earlier man, and what I wondered was how long it took you to adjust to playing the slide with your middle finger?

[@paultucker7701]

In Justin i trust, I'll have to try one ❤

[@madatlas3806]

I've seen this in another video of yours, I gotta make one for myself. Perks of being a machinist 😂