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Topic: Do you have soundclip of slide to open position |
Sherman Willden
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2010 8:12 am |
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I was just wondering how it should sound and feel like when I do it. Assume a slide on the standard E9 strings 4, 5, and 6 third fret A pedal down to open with AB down. Then open strings 8, 6, and 5 AB down to fifth fret no pedals.
Thank you;
Sherman
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Sherman L. Willden
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Barry Hyman
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upstate New York, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2010 6:38 pm
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Is this possible? I have never slid the bar lower than the first fret; when I want open position I lift the bar. I have always been afraid that the bar would damage the nut rollers, or that the nut rollers would scratch the bar. Do people do this? Good question!
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Bryan Daste
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2010 6:40 pm
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| It's tricky, but you can slide right off the neck and do it pretty cleanly with practice. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2010 8:40 am
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Rather than that move, I would suggest the 8th fret with the knee lever that lowers the E string to Eb and then sliding down to the 5th fret, no pedals.
That would going from the E minor chord to the A major chord. |
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Barry Hyman
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upstate New York, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2010 6:17 pm
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Bryan -- you are right. I tried it today for the first time ever and it is do-able without damaging anything. But there was sometimes a slight buzz as I got near the roller nuts.
Thanks for enlightening me, guys. A new trick, even if I never use it...
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I give music lessons on several different instruments in Cambridge, NY (between Bennington, VT and Albany, NY). But my true love is pedal steel. I've been obsessed with steel since 1972; don't know anything I'd rather talk about... www.barryhyman.com |
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