I just play it in the blues/pentatonic box thing dude, for me the hardest thing was getting the strings I didn't want heard damped/stopped....I use the slide on my ring finger, it's just easier for me, I have tried it on my pinky, & both have their good/bad points, but it's easier for me to use my ring finger....I'm just a basic, box-style player on everything I do Greg, blues scale/pentatonic...I really don't know any scales or shit like that, other than the major scale thing...I might play other scales or something, but I don't consciously know I'm doing it....lol...
Like in the movie "Crossroads", the old black guy says "I'm a bluesman dammit"....
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Here's you a little snippet of the song I was working on yesterday...Nothing new, you've heard this before, but dunno about the slide/lead guitar parts....I've since re-tracked all the guitars/bass on this too...Almost done with this song, but I'm gonna wait until I get a few more done before I post any of 'em....
Slide/lead guitar ending
Not gonna post the amp settings, but the rhythm & lead guitars are the LP > Chupa > G12H > '57, & the slide is the Ibanez > Chupa > G12H > '57...The lead guitar is actually a scratch track, I still need to go back & actually put some thought/time into the licks...
Oh yeah, back when I gigged, I'd use a Bic lighter (which is almost the perfect size slide for me btw), beer bottle whatever on some things...most of the time I'd dropped my slide or it'd fell off my amp or some dumb shit like that...
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