Blues Lesson: Learn Jontavious Willis’ Take on “Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home”
Here's an open-G arrangement of the traditional blues tune "Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home"
Slide Guitar
Slide Masters: 6 Guitarists Who Play Bottleneck Style in Fresh and Unexpected Ways
Six acoustic guitarists show the wide range of concepts, sounds, and inflections that can be brought to life with slide technique.
Exploring Slide Guitar Outside of Blues
While slide guitar is perhaps most commonly associated with the blues, it can be used to excellent effect in a range of other styles.
Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Blues Slide Guitar
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.
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Getting Started with Slide Guitar
The slide allows the guitarist to find the notes between notes—those places between the frets where the slippery quality of human emotion runs.
Guitar Lesson: Simple Acoustic-Blues Tips That Can Improve Your Bottleneck-Slide Technique
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...
Great Acoustics: Bukka White’s 1933 National Duolian
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...
Video Lesson: How to Play Bottleneck in a Range of Styles
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...
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Gear Review: MagSlide Magnesium Guitar Slide
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...
Throwback Thursday: Southern Slide Guitar Demons Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes Play ‘Old Friend’
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...