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Muddy Waters plays his iconic red Telecaster onstage
Why you don’t need open tunings to play slide guitar

By Richard Barrett Published

Blues legends like Muddy Waters often preferred playing slide in standard tuning. This lesson might convince you, too – and it makes a great introduction to slide

Lessons
Press photos of Magnolia Boulevard performing live with PRS guitars
Meet Magnolia Boulevard, the soulful rockers personally backed by Paul Reed Smith

By Daryl Robertson Published

The PRS founder heard the Appalachian soul outfit at a dealer event and soon became their biggest champion, hooking them up with connections, guitars and custom amps

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Guitarists
Duane Allman of American rock group The Allman Brothers Band performs at the last night at Fillmore East, a nightclub on Second Avenue, New York City, before the closing of the venue, 27th June 1971
Justin Ostrander on the sought-after pill bottle slide used by Duane Allman and Derek Trucks – and how he got one for free

By Janelle Borg Published

As Ostrander explains, a number of legendary slide players have turned to particular vintage Coricidin bottles – to the point they can now command crazy money on the used market

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Bonnie Raitt playing her Fender Strat on stage
Bonnie Raitt on how she developed her celebrated slide sound – and why you can’t teach feel

By Janelle Borg Published

B.B. King once called Raitt the “best damn slide player working today”

Guitarists
Erja Lyytinen
Erja Lyytinen shares her 6 go-to slide licks for unlocking more expressive soloing

By Jon Bishop Published

She wowed Sonny Landreth and Carlos Santana called her the “future” – Erja Lyytinen shares her 6 go-to slide licks for unlocking more expressive soloing

Techniques
SlideSaddle
Meet the SlideSaddle – a guitar slide that offers infinite sustain like an EBow

By Phil Weller Published

An IndieGoGo campaign has been launched to get this futurist take on the humble guitar slide off the ground

Accessories
Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes recalls the first time he witnessed a young Derek Trucks play guitar

By Phil Weller Published

Haynes and his Allman Brothers bandmates took a night off to watch an 11-year-old Trucks play – and ended up sharing the stage for an impromptu jam

Guitarists
How to set up your guitar for slide
“Try a higher string action until you get used to using it”: How to set up your guitar for slide

By Dave Burrluck Published

Lights, camera... High action? We explore that and more as we walk through what you Cooder, woulda, shoulda do when getting your guitar ready for the slide

Guitar Setup
Wayfarer guitarist Joe Strong-Truscelli
“There’s a different dynamic to distorted slide playing – a fully distorted slide guitar is an incredibly noisy beast”: Meet the guitarist fusing Western slide and black metal – with devastating results

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Wayfarer are the self-proclaimed “pre-eminent Western American metal band”, and the roots-infused style of guitarist Joe Strong-Truscelli is integral to their radical fusion. He reveals the unique challenges of playing slide over high-gain metal and why Gilmour is his new guitar god

Guitarists
Slide guitar
Slide guitar is the ultimate test of feel – see if your skills are up to scratch and fine-tune your expressive playing with these genre-hopping licks

By Simon Barnard Published

Be it bottleneck blues, pop-style melodies or rootsy riffs, slide skills are a must-have for any guitarist. Sharpen yours up with this slide deep-dive

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