Topic: slige guitar players

I didnt know where to post this so I,m sorry if its in the wrong thread. I just got a resonator guitar and I'm trying to learn to play slide guitar. My questions are what type of scales work best in standard tuning for slide and what is the difference between a glass slide and a metal one. I just ordered a metal one and I'm wondering if that was the right choice. Oh and does any one know of a good web site that shows slide scale patterns in tab form? Any help would be much apperiated

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Here you go selso;
http://12bar.de/scale_generator.php

Scroll down and choose your weapon!

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Hey, Southpaw
Thats an awesome site! Thanks alot. Now I'm going back and learn me some slide.

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Wow, That site is too cool!  Absolutely awesome!  As for slide choices, you're gonna have to try them all. I like chrome plated brass.  Glass to me is smooth but doesn't bite or sustain like metal.  John hammond uses a spark plug socket.  I've heard that Muddy played his whole life with the same piece of pipe that someone made for him in the 40's (don't know if thats true).  I don't like brass, feels to me like it drags on the strings.  It's all a matter of trial and error.  My local dealer has a slide display case that has about every type of slide it that you can think of to try.   Check out the Jet Slide.  It lets you play slide then it flips out of the way so that you can use all of your fingers.  i've had one of those now for several months and am really enjoying its versatility.

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If you want inspiration, this guy (Tony Furtado) opened for Eric Johnson and boy what a talented slide player.  You might can tell he started out on banjo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnBbjco_Fsg

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AccoustikNoyz wrote:

If you want inspiration, this guy (Tony Furtado) opened for Eric Johnson and boy what a talented slide player.  You might can tell he started out on banjo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnBbjco_Fsg

That was awesome! He totally smokes it. Talk about inspiration. Thanks for turning me on to him

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Glad you liked it.  He's touring again, usually in northwest, but this time hitting east coast.  So don't miss if you get a chance.