Slides on bass

[Zorth41]

Is their any bassists out there that use slides on bass, if so what kind of slide is best for bass, in experimentation higher notes register better than lower notes

 

[clmayhew]

The formerly alive Mark Sandman of Morphine comes to mind.

 

[White Beard]

Mark Sandman played a two stringed bass with a slide on his pinky. I'm reasonably certain that it was tuned A-D.

A few years ago I was listening to Led Zepplin III a lot and got interested in open tuned slide bass (Jimmy Page plays a lot of open tuned slide guitar on that record). As it happens, I tuned D-A-D-A, similar to what Mark sandman had done earlier. I play a brass slide on my ring finger on acoustic bass guitar.

 

[AaronVonRock]

Kevin Rutmanis, formerly of The Cows, Melvins, and Tomahawk, plays distorted slide bass.

 

[Lownote38]

I use one sometimes, and I've always used a simple glass slide that goes over your finger.

 

[JimmyM]

I only like glass slides. Heard others use metal and they sound good, but it's not for me. Not that I do it very often at all anymore, but I have and I really like it.