Slide Guitar Preset needed

[jgparker59]

My cover band is doing Rocky Mountain Way, Train Train, Slow Ride and When The Levee Breaks to name a few songs I need a good Slide preset for. Right now Im using a brass slide. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I tried Still Got the Blues preset but it sounds a little muffled to me when I get off the slide and play chords. Thanks.

 

[Tommy Tequila]

I play slide all the time (a lot of times in standard tuning) and never worry about make specific presets for it. If a patch sounds good with the guitar, pickups and genre, it sounds good for slide as well.

My preference for slides are fairly heavy pyrex and ceramic. I used to use metal slides but they tended to add more brightness and string noise IMO.

TT

 

[jgparker59]

I play slide all the time (a lot of times in standard tuning) and never worry about make specific presets for it. If a patch sounds good with the guitar, pickups and genre, it sounds good for slide as well.

My preference for slides are fairly heavy pyrex and ceramic. I used to use metal slides but they tended to add more brightness and string noise IMO.

TT

That could be part of my problem cause I'm using a brass slide and noise is my biggest issue but I want it to be balsy sounding. I tried glass but it didn't seem to bite enough. Maybe the glass was too thin. Idk

 

[muttonhead]

For electric guitar, I prefer glass, and metal slides for acoustics, as the glass doesn't sustain well unamplified.

 

[barhrecords]

Use the gtr tone control to back off the highs.

There should be a sweet spot where the harshness goes away and the slide starts to sound like a sax or violin.

 

[Paulinfl]

^this. Great tip too.

We do Rocky Mountain way too. I just use the same amp I use all night on other covers. But I love the 1959 or the Soldano for slide....

 

[TakaraGold]

Thick glass or thick ceramic. Maybe a tad of compression.


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[Tommy Tequila]

That could be part of my problem cause I'm using a brass slide and noise is my biggest issue but I want it to be balsy sounding. I tried glass but it didn't seem to bite enough. Maybe the glass was too thin. Idk

Try ceramic. I use the Joe Perry Boneyard (thickest) and/or Rev Willy (a bit thinner.) Word of advice: Always have a spare -- they will break if you drop them!

TT

 

[muttonhead]

Here's a link to thick glass Dunlop slides. Once you're there, you can check out their other slides.
Go to a local store and try some out. As with some of the other responses, I just use my regular patches for slide.

http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/tempered-glass-slides-heavy-wall-thickness

 

[Hotplate]

Glass slide for electric for me and try adding some compression inside the amp block on the dynamics tab (I think that's where it's located) vs. adding a compressor block. In my opinion, slide is all about technique (and not something I do well admittedly).. helps to have the string action a hair on the high side as well.

 

[Paulinfl]

Always Dunlop glass for me too.. Oh that tone... I just cant beat it... for me.