Here are some tips from contemporary players Jontavious Willis, Kelly Joe Phelps, and Jimmy Page that can teach you a lot about playing blues slide guitar.
From the March 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PETE MADSEN
THE PROBLEMYou find that you can’t get a powerful sound playing bottleneck slide—your tone is thi... Read More...
From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Greg Olwell
From his first records for Victor in 1930, Bukka White—who preferred to be called Booker—pl... Read More...
From the July/August 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PETE MADSEN
Slide/bottleneck guitar can evoke flavors ethereal and lyrical or aggressive and bombas... Read More...
From the July/August 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PETE MADSEN
The most common materials for bottleneck slides are steel, brass, glass, and ceramic. I... Read More...