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Original message:100 days 4 hours 1 minutes ago

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Member: Phil Hoolahan

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Hi All , I have a question for slide players if you could choose a material like brass
or crystal what would make the ultimate slide for you ,www.hoolahan-slides.com

Source:http://www.hoolahan-slides.com

Reply:100 days 3 hours 54 minutes ago
Member: Alski

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What do you mean, like what features would make the ultimate slide? I like chrome slides, because I havent tried crystal ones yet. I think hoolahan slides have it right, its easier to finger notes.

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Reply:100 days 3 hours 30 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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The hoolahan slides are pretty sweet, often my go-to for electric guitar. They have some of the sustain and sound of big metal slides with the improved control of lightweight glass slides. Not very good against bigger strings though. That's where brass comes into the picture.
I haven't tried a real glass slide yet. Dunlop is in the business of making pyrex slides and their sound blows.

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Reply:100 days 3 hours 28 minutes ago
Member: frumsapap

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Well, I have a glass slide, but it is too small for my fingers so I have to hold the bastardo with three fingers to get a good sound, but I need to buy one so that I could do chord voicings as well. I would probably like the brass. My favorite slide player has always been Bonnie Rait, and that's what she uses. I love the sound she gets.

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Reply:100 days 2 hours 58 minutes ago
Member: duane

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"I would probably like the brass. My favorite slide player has always been Bonnie Rait, and that's what she uses. I love the sound she gets."

Bonnie uses Glass Slides.. check her web site or the FAQ..

Me, I make my own.. That way I KNOW what i'm getting.. and... I get to drink the bottle first. :-)

Reply:100 days 24 minutes ago
Member: pickabass

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Graphite, or maybe coated ebony, rosewood, or bubinga, or another dense wood. I don't know what the sound would be like, and I'm sure sustain would suffer, but I'd love to try one.

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Reply:99 days 20 hours 25 minutes ago
Member: Leif

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start off with glass...then if you get real good move to what ever you prefer. glass is easy to start with learning...i never mastered slide as i didn't hacve the strongest desire but i mess around and got decent enough with glass because it glides easy..get a long one too!

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Reply:99 days 20 hours 23 minutes ago
Member: Alski

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All i do with my slide is mess around. I have an old acoustic with inch high action, and the only thing I can do is slide on it.

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Reply:99 days 16 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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So, considering the original poster's name, we missed the fact that the thread is just a shamless plug to his site...

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Reply:99 days 14 hours 58 minutes ago
Member: william cook

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I USE AN INSULIN BOTTLE.

Reply:99 days 13 hours 46 minutes ago
Member: RuiOlasBrandon 's

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I use a little jar made of glass, that has the exact shape of a slide for guitar :)
I have 3 or 4.

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Hey, I'm stupid!

Reply:99 days 11 hours 54 minutes ago
Member: Hippieway

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Shameless self promotion aside (I have never used a Hoolahan slide) I have two slides a brass one and a ceramic one. Both are different and I like both although the ceramic is fairly heavy. I'm not a good enough slide player to really promote one type of slide over the other. The two I have each produce a unique sound and I like exploring the the sonic qualities of each. I would enjoy trying out other types of slides so Phil please contact me for my address and I'll be more than happy to have you send me one of your slides to try out.

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Reply:99 days 11 hours 43 minutes ago
Member: duane

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"considering the original poster's name, we missed the fact that the thread is just a shamless plug to his site."

Nope.. I saw that.. At least he wasn't obnoxious about it.

Reply:99 days 11 hours 4 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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@duane: Can't say the same for myself. I had seen the link but I didn't really notice the name of the poster.

@Hippieway: When I bought my hoolahan slide a year or two ago, it was in a small local store in GREECE! That looks like a pretty well-established trade network to me, so you're probably crazy if you think you'll get a free sample. That said, I did get mine under the brand of Dunlop, so maybe they have split since and now Hoolahan is tring to make it on his own or something?

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Reply:99 days 10 hours 45 minutes ago
Member: Hippieway

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Wouldn't be the first time I was thought of as crazy. Yeah both the slides I have now I think are Dunlops one way or the other. And what the hell the worst that can happen is they don't send me one, or if you have heard my slide work maybe the worst that could happen is they do send me one.

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Reply:99 days 9 hours 22 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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hahaha

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