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07-15-2005, 06:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: south wales, UK | | | this might sound weird but......
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Can you use a gutiar slide on a bass and what would it sound like...
anyone out there use one or is it not the done thing?
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07-15-2005, 07:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Ive done it is an experiment, doesnt sound very good, fretless' sound better. |
07-15-2005, 07:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Barbourville, Kentucky | | I've seen Pete Steele of Type O Negative use a beer bottle for a bass slide at a few shows. Pretty interesting  Try it yourself, get any glass or other smooth object like a bottle and just run it up and down your fretboard as you play. A cigarette lighter works well in a pinch (on guitar anyway). |
07-15-2005, 08:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: south wales, UK | | | thanks. i think ive got a slide somewhere.
are there anyother famous people who use this technique?
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07-15-2005, 08:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bel Air Maryland | | | Not many, probably because it plain doesn't sound good most of the time. You'll loose most of the punch and thump that is the heart of most bass lines.
It sounds kind of nifty when messing around on your own, I've never found it useful in a band context.
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07-16-2005, 12:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Victoria, Australia | | I've seen stephan lessard (dave matthews band) use one briefly in a solo at the start of 'Two Step' i think. he was doing the whole forth harmony with it on his six string warwick. I'd suggest using one of those clear plastic ones as opposed to a brass one or anything else, and you'll also probably wanna wind some treble out. Nobody likes listening to a screaming baby.  |
07-16-2005, 12:16 AM
|  | Special User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Saint Paul, MN | | | Jeez, did everyone forget about Morphine? They were great, he sounded good, played only with a slide on a two string bass. |
05-23-2006, 02:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX. | | | I have recording of Chris Wood playing a slide solo in Cissy Strut, performing The Unity Jam show. |
05-23-2006, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Kelly Coyle Jeez, did everyone forget about Morphine? They were great, he sounded good, played only with a slide on a two string bass. | Sad day when this many posts go by without Morphine coming up. Cure For Pain, MUST OWN! |
05-23-2006, 05:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | same deal as a guitar or dobro....ive done it but it sounds liek crap with low action, you have to be carefull or else the frets will get in the way...try it out, cheap slides are available anywhere...
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05-23-2006, 05:57 PM
| | [acct disabled - multiple aliases] | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Venice, CA | | | You will need to find a pretty heavy slide to do it right. Density of the slide is a factor. Also you know how to mute when using a slide so you don't get noise behind the slide and note comes out cleaner. Then higher action.
All said I think it would be interesting for a few seconds. I'd stick to fretless. |
05-26-2006, 09:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | the bass player from floater used to use a screwdriver | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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