Guitar Technique: Slide Guitar Basics 1 - Guitar Lesson [TE-80] - Justin Guitar

[@TheStratman007]

Thank you very much for the demo. I lost the use of my left three fingers in a very nasty near death accident after 47 years of playing. I was a professional session guitarist, self taught, and then classically trained. I actually gave away three guitars, and sold one. I think now there is hope to still sling a heavy monster guitar over my shoulder once again. Thank you for the encouragement. If you sell lessons on DVD, please let me know. I'm retired now, and this is what my speech therapist for my attention, and concentrtion was talking about. Recovery has been slow, and most arduous. Thank you again.

[@Esbenmad]

Good luck and enjoy the journey! :-)

[@TheStratman007]

Thanks very much mate...tough, slow, but working.

[@harryharrison6128]

Nice one, go for it!

[@popeyesailor9571]

I lost use of one finger the same way so I totally feel you man. I always did play slide so now i just do that.

[@bowserbycurtis4108]

that would be horrible for any musician i rly feel for u man

[@pharmerdavid5803]

I've played guitar most of my life (I'm 61) and never had the patience to learn slide guitar, but since I cut my left index finger on my left (fretting) hand I'm giving it a go again. I've already been through several other beginning slide guitar videos, but this is the best one yet. You are an excellent teacher - thanks mate!

[@Matheus222]

Justin you're too good to be true - teacher. I'm learning from you without even need of a guitar next to me, nor to do it; and I can do it 1-2 hours later and still remember what you've said because you've explained it so detailed.

[@RiKasti]

Thank you🙌 Great lesson. Now I've got all info I was need. Your channel is my favourite guitar guide on KZbin

[@alphonzoyo]

Justin, You explain things so well. I really like your lessons...

[@JanisSirmovics]

Sometimes I watch these videos to learn new things, sometimes just to watch Justin mock around with various techniques because he is that good!

[@elijahtiner5691]

Thank you. I'm 51 and just learning the slide. Your video was the first I watched and it's great.

[@Jerkcurb1]

Thankyou so much, such a clear and well presented video

[@mairenared]

Hi Justin, another great lesson and perfect for newcomers to slide. I've been playing slide for some years and my heroes are Ry Cooder and Lowell George of Little Feat. Also love Michael Messer and Sonny Landreth. I agree with you that for beginners, starting in standard tuning is no bad thing, but eventually you will graduate towards open tuning to get the real Delta sound. A trick I learned from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is to tune the first string down to D. That way you can play in standard tuning with the bottom five strings(EADGB) and in open G with the top four strings (DGBD). It's a really neat trick!

[@marKism69]

Thank you. Muting is key - thank you for demonstrating this simple technique.

[@Rebellovw]

Great stuff - I tried for fun using a deep socket from my tool box -and encountered all the issues you mentioned - I'll try again now that I've watched the video.

[@SMURFY1967]

Definitley one of the best people on the net for crystal clear explanations, thank you.

[@elguitarplayer]

Great work justin. You teached me for 3 years everything I know about guitar and a few more things :) . keep in that way, you are a great person doing a beautyfull work and that is something that the people really appreciate.

[@ralfklonowski3740]

Of all the slide lessons I found here on YT, and I watched quite a lot, this one is the most comprehensive and understandable! Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@PeterMoore66]

Agreed! I've watched a lot of tutorials to learn slide guitar and this is the only one that mentions not pressing down with the slide and muting with the right hand.

[@abhisheksarkar_beyondinfinity]

Thanks a lot Justin!! I got a slide today and strum a chord in open d-tuning. The screech from my guitar was horrible. After your lesson, my guitar is producing reasonably melodic notes when I'm using the slide. Going to practice a lot with it!

[@mrmapegothe13th]

Up at 5:34 AM on my back porch learning from this using a zippo lighter as a slide. Not ideal but it works lol.

[@stephenc2903]

M. Goetz 18 mm socket works like a charm

[@BallSoHard684]

+M. Goetz Bro when i got into slide i was using BIC lighters lol.. i have a glass slide now but those days were fun lol

[@ethanpunto9222]

M. Goetz jimmi Hendrix used a zippo lighter as a slide

[@ianmsalmon]

Late great Lowell George of Little Feet used to use a socket allegedly. Well worth checking out if you don’t know them/him.

[@jordanpowers6766]

I've been using the sockets to a socket wrench, it doesn't sound the best but it works

[@qwerty86567]

You are an excellent teacher. Your explanations and examples provide the perfect level of detail without superfluous information. Thanks for your hard work.

[@mrgpassat]

amazing video! wasted the past hour trying to find a video to clearly show me the basics of how to start learning slide. this is super clear and straight forward. HUGE help. thanks a lot

[@wadepatton2433]

Best slide lesson I ever had. Well, honestly the only one. But I've had a couple slides over the years and never quite worked it out. It's the right hand muting I wasn't getting. Thanks again!

[@easyriderbubba]

Unlike others you've made this simple and crystal clear....thanks

[@TheRealLingrush]

VERY well explained. This is the first time I've watched one of your videos all the way through, and I'm extremely impressed. A lot of people have the guitar skill, but not the spoken talent to convey what they know - you've got both in spades. I'll be checking out more of your videos, and you can bet that if somebody asks me a question I can't answer, I'll refer them to your videos. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@notargetbg]

Thank you so much Justin, I just bought my first slide last week. And you upload this lesson. I am so thankful! : )

[@johneller5856]

Thank you. Very helpful. I have just started on slide guitar after quite a few years as a lead guitarist, but rheumatism in my hand makes slide a viable alternative. I am 75 years old.

[@Jma952]

Thanks! I really want to try slide on an acoustic guitar. I'm a bass player so this will be completely new for me!!!

[@mrjimmienoone2130]

My wife keeps asking me where the cap of her lipstick is...

[@eljiedelacerna3316]

MrJimmienoone LMAO

[@danielschumacher329]

🤣❤️

[@marcjean3761]

Good idea

[@veerlon5507]

Lipstick caps are the picks of cosmetics. They are there, then they are not.

[@worldsshittiestcodplayers4556]

I don't have one of those

[@richardjosso8313]

your lessons are so great ! I'm a froggy guy , (Frenchie) and i can understand all your explantions ! thanks !

[@nawark1672]

THANK YOU! I've been trying to figure this out for over a year now.

[@desmo999]

Great lesson, makes a lot fun learning from you! Thank you!!!

[@apocrifaverdad4765]

JUSTIN, YOU ARE THE MASTER!!! Your teaching and tips are very helpful for us auto didactics. Muchas gracias.

[@arjuntheonly]

All your lessons cover almost all aspects involved in the respective techniques and really well explained. Thanks for this Video!

[@paulpatton5093]

Thanks for the lesson. Just bought my first slide!

[@kennyg63]

Other channels talk about muting, you go to the trouble explaining it and giving a visual. Thank you

[@stevenmccoy7367]

Great looked at a lot of slide lessons this one is the best for beginners that I’ve seen

[@johntchb]

moonlight drive has some nice slide

[@mattgannon9262]

Your videos are really helpful man. When I was first starting with jazz a few years back I remember them helping a lot

[@sheriffjohnbird3179]

Justin is an incredibly talented teacher. Thanks man!

[@baybajayba]

Awesome tutorial!! Thanks for sharing

[@frankpennington]

Hi Justin, great lesson thanks, and I am glad you joined the Guitar Techniques team I have every copy in my music room. Keep up the good work. Frank

[@AndrewZeleno1]

aaaah. lol I bought a slide and like wft is going on? And that I was this video and got that I don't need to press. ahah thanks

[@KudosCultureCartel]

my head hurt reading that

[@jonnymantra7629]

Great lesson!!! I'd love to send you some of my fingertip guitar slides to see what you can do with them!

[@donicioarawwe]

Thank you very much! I was pressing on fretboard and didn't know why it sounds bad

[@nerenahd]

No wonder my slide guitar attempts sucked, I was doing everything sooo wrong, thanks a lot for the lession. Cheers.

[@ThePhilosorpheus]

That open G tuning tip was magical, thanks a lot

[@59Gray]

The best slide guitar introduction lesson I have seen and understood looking forward to learning with you some more Justin 👍

[@streetlegal008]

Thanks for this very useful detailed instruction. I'll be getting a slide soon and this is exactly the kind of stuff I need to know before I start trying to play with it.

[@Logicsimple]

Nice and clear class! Thank you teacher Justin, tbe best for you.

[@DavidMorisset]

Just brought a brass slide. Can’t wait to get home and try it out when there your tips on minor penatonics scale. Thanks.

[@johnl9617]

Fantastic job Justin, clear concise and thorough. Exactly what I was looking for in a slide tutorial. Thanks!

[@daveazari]

Great explanation of how to do the finger muting. I have already recommended this simple starter lesson.

[@raypatterson7773]

Love it been starting to get into slide guitar thank you for the tips love your videos! Ray

[@MusicbyCiaran]

Excellent lesson, finally got me started on slide! Thanks so much, Justin.

[@StephenEllam]

Brilliant lesson Justin, you covered everything (as expected!!!), the tip about vibrato in that you should get lower and higher in pitch is great, this really brings out this unique feature of the slide.

[@Jaumesubirachs]

Tks a lot Justin ! all the best from Barcelona.

[@SamsonFRYT]

Thank you Justin, a very clear lesson, filled with excellent information, as usual.

[@ric335]

Great lesson..! Thank you for explaining the basics of right and left hand muting.

[@ljjonesy]

And don't forget a higher action, and heavier gauge strings help a lot too...

[@christopherguy2616]

Another brilliant lesson Justin!! Thank you

[@lindsaymorgan6775]

Justin’s lessons are great

[@AllGrowing]

Excellent introduction to slide guitar - thanks a lot, Justin!

[@aeuwsh093]

best lesson that ive found of slide basics thank you Justin!

[@artheroptera3570]

great important things you pointed out there !!! thanks a lot !!!

[@kubel83]

I have to say you are the best guitar teacher in the World. You make it so easy to understand. Thx to you i have learned this now. Plus i love to listen and watch you. You have very calm and friendly eyes. It makes me relax and calm down. I dont mean this in a weird way hehe. Im gonna sub to your channel, i dont know why i did'nt do this earlier. But yeah here we go. Again thankyou so much for this sir.

[@estebanuribe5651]

I didn't know Norm Macdonald was such a proficient guitar player. Thank you, Norm!

[@thagirion9761]

He really does look like him.

[@1terribates]

Lol

[@samson915067]

Thanks Justin! I wish this video was out a few months ago so I could have been better educated on which slide I should have chosen!

[@kirklorange]

Thanks for recommending my beautiful heavy brass slides, Justin. I'm glad you like it! Cheers, mate.

[@greengoku10]

this helped me a LOT. Thanks so much.

[@SonsOfKejan]

Great lesson Justin! A thing worth mention if you would see this, is that a lesson covering boxes in open E, D, or G would be very hopeful (cause there's gotta be some boxes right?) because now I have no idea how to play through the whole neck.

[@philippbockmusic1719]

I upload blues stuff on my channel. I have a bottleneck now and wanna learn a bit slide guitar and i think you are one of the best teachers on KZbin.

[@LDU2U]

I know this is a few years old, but, I'm learning a 3 string CBG tuned to G. I subscribed to your channel a couple of years ago. It's a bit late to learn a guitar for me at my age, still, I want to learn to play *something*. I've watched plenty of tutors on YT and have to say YOU are really good, you have a pleasant disposition. I also go to a guitar teacher anyway. Now I want to use a slide for one particular song, finger picking style, (which I use for some other songs), and come straight to your lessons for tips and pointers. Thanks.

[@bentackett6299]

Mucking around a bit with my slide. Thanks

[@VideoNozoki]

At the end of this video, would have liked to see you play the slide G scale over a backing track (to get a clear idea of what we are aiming for). *As always, thank you for the great instructions!*

[@davidward9264]

nice lesson Justin as usual lots of usefull tips

[@LCDoubleyou]

Great tutorial man ! Really got this quick, because you explained it very nice

[@GraemeMarkNI]

The advice about the muting was really useful! Thanks!

[@Godstopperful]

Thanks man. Just what I needed to get me started!

[@KidzSongz]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[@1michael1963]

thanks Justin , you are gold.

[@stevebaldick5581]

Always great videos ....thanks again Justin!!!

[@bilalmuneer]

THANKS A LOT for this :) your style of teaching is great!

[@captainkangaroo4301]

Very good lesson. One thing you did not discuss is why you prefer having the slide on your ring finger. It does seem to be the most common preference but it is not universal. I prefer to wear it on my pinky which allows the other three fingers to be available to fret chords when playing a song that requires both slide work and chord/pick work. I like to use slides made by Rock Slide as they have a small indentation that allows the adjacent finger to rest comfortably on the slide. Keep up the fabulous work.

[@scouser2230]

I play slide and open D and G are y favourite tunings.

[@Bass-dude]

I love your muting technique. Thank you for sharing!!

[@reign4795]

Nice detailed lesson. Thanks!

[@erisicton]

Great tutorial Justin! Greetings form Argentina

[@stonehenge313]

Great lesson Justin!

[@thomasrossetti639]

Excellent and love your style of teaching. I was curious to know about string action as I am thinking about dedicating one guitar for slide. Thanks much.

[@titozanella7704]

Keep on rocking buddy!

[@matthewkear1]

Man I love that 335! Great lesson too.

[@felipesimonetto7527]

Great lesson bro, I'm using it with my own students, thanks a lot

[@adamellison2220]

Mate, fantastic video, thanks for posting it up!

[@blackfender100]

Thanks Justin Great Lesson !

[@madgeniusmusic]

Brilliant, thanks Justin.

[@nothousebroke]

Hey that really helped about muting the strings behind ( to the top of the neck twards the nut) im just learning slide my self. And I think it is eayer to familiarize your self with the technique in standard tunings. Besisides not all slide is in odd tunings. It is one thing to learn the technique in standard to figure out how and why you use your slide then start learning scales is a nice progression. That is exactly how I was going about it teaching myself then you confirmed method of teaching myself. That was right where I was at. This tip about muting gave me more confidence. So I started changing tunings. That was a big leap! Thanks cuz now it is starting to sound right. You said a heavy slide is better and I have used both now and would agree. I felt at first the heavy one banged into the strings when I would set it down. But this new slide is tapererd on the inside. And is glass. so it kinda sticks to your finger which helped with my control.I know I saw an interview with geo. Thorogood who said he just used cheep copper pipe from the hardware store and he gave slides away pretty often. And they were cheep. Now tring this glass slide that was not cheep at all I see what helped geo was his finger fit the cheep copper pipe so I too agree fit is everything if it does not fit it wont work.also for the rock guys out there. A band called rival sons has a wicked guitar player who does a bunch of slide. I saw them open for sammy hagar in America. From the front row I saw he uses a slide made by a guy in Colorado USA that is a small steel rod with a ring attached so he plays normaly then flips it between his pinky and ring finger and slides. Super very cool they are on you tube give em a try I loved their 70's retro style with modern songs. His choice of guitars has my guitar envy going forsure. Makes me want to play slide all day! Thanks Justin

[@diegooland1261]

Very very helpful. Thanks.

[@HighOnPickleJuice]

Now I might even get myself a slide. Or two. I'm not doing much these days anyway. Thanks for a great video.

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

This was very helpful. Thank you for posting!

[@dominiqueguegandomsongs5014]

Great demo ! Thank you

[@happyweekender777]

Hi Justin! What are you thoughts on the finger used for the slide? I've seen people using their pinky or ring finger. What are the pros/cons?

[@sayshuh]

I am a pinky slide player, have been since the day I started guitar. Johnny Winter is the best way to see one of the absolute best ever. I listened to JW for many years to get the slide and really nice blues scales, licks. Now I'm old school, No KZbin, No anything other than you and your desire to learn. People refused to show you anything unless they were teaching guitar. I will eventually put a beginning slide video up for the players who are interested in slide.

[@quailstudios]

I love this, 2:16 "have a bit of a muck around and see how you get on with it" LOL... How do students in other countries understand that when it's not their first language? Don't get me wrong, I love Justin and think he's great! Thanks Justin for all you do! I haven't sent you any money yet for all your lessons. How about if I do that this week, ok?

[@BelfastDutchie]

Being a student from another country, I can say I understand Justin quite well. Never had any issue with it and wouldn't want him to "tidy up" his language at all, because it's things like this that make Justin so much fun to follow.

[@quailstudios]

ChantalGuitarNL This is great to know. Just to be clear, I don't want him to tidy up his language either. :)

[@paulakhs]

@ Quail Studios Tutorials, with such a vacuous statement why do you bother commenting at all?

[@BL4CKX77]

Please continue these slide lessons!