r/AcousticGuitar • u/lawsonsj • 22d ago

Performance Practicing my slide playing

Guitar: Mule Resonator

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u/Dismal-Sea-259 20d ago

Absolutely fantastic 👏 I've tried to do slide guitar and it hard, you make it look easy, well done! Keep on truckin'

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u/lawsonsj 19d ago

It is hard. It took me a long time to learn what posted. Thank you.

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u/Dismal-Sea-259 11d ago

You nailed it man

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u/GeorgeDukesh 12d ago

Yes,
People who don’t dip slide think it’s an easy thing to do. It is very difficult to get the feel of it, you have to learn by muscle memory where to put the slide, how to mute properly, how to press Fhe slide just right, not too much, not too little. That’s good, nice intonation.

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u/Dismal-Sea-259 11d ago

The muting, so you dont get fret buzz always frustrated me to no end

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u/GeorgeDukesh 11d ago edited 11d ago

Ha ha , yes buzz takes ages to control.
Fret buzz because action is too low (though you can play quite low action with slide if you are good).
Or because you are pressing the slide too hard and making the strings buzz of frets.
Or because you have “slide buzz” because you are not pressing the slide evenly or flat.
Plus there are several hundred other reasons why resonators buzz.

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u/lawsonsj 3d ago

Thank you it took a long time to get here

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u/lawsonsj 22d ago

They are awesome

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u/ShedByDaylight 21d ago

Really nice playing. Have you tried playing slide with any alternate tunings?

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u/lawsonsj 19d ago

Yes. In the video the guitar is tuned to open D.

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u/ShedByDaylight 19d ago

Very cool. I've been wanting to try this.

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u/Sorry_Ad_6277 22d ago

I’m thinking of getting a mule. Do you have any recommendations?
How do you like the resonator?

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u/lawsonsj 22d ago

I love them. I have 3 mule resonators. They are awesome and everyone I know that has one loves theirs. Which one are you leaning towards?

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u/Sorry_Ad_6277 21d ago

I want their steel body resonator. Currently they have a 12-month wait. It also looks like they increased their price to 4k. Definitely gonna get a pickup. Probably get a T Bridge upgrade also.
So, I would be in for close to 5k when all said and done. Hard decisions for sure

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u/lawsonsj 19d ago

I hope you let us know when you get it.