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...
Here at the mag we're finishin' up the next issue, which is going to include a couple of articles about different approaches to playing slide guitar. Well, that... Read More...
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