I learned more about slide in 10 minutes than I ever thought possible. Thanks.

@jcurtis30water

9 ай бұрын

Ok! Now take that slide and go for it!

Easiest explanation I've heard yet, thank you sir.

@jcurtis30water

6 жыл бұрын

Hope it is helpful

Dude I've been playing slide for a while and this is the first time I've been told to put a finger behind the slide. Helped tremendously, holy crap. Thanks, man!

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Yo are welcome. Sometimes the little things make a big difference!

@resslerartstudios

2 жыл бұрын

Just whatbi needed . Right to the point no ego BS thank you...new subscriber here

👏. You keep it simple. To the point. No small talk banter. You know how to teach sir.

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Lee.!

I broke my finger and it was hard for me to play so I ended up learning to play slide with my little metal cast thing

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Necessity is the mother !

@eldermikat

5 жыл бұрын

That's totally groovy, dude.

@dinosawergweaver5452

5 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing. Good job sticking with it.

@Doggyfoo

4 жыл бұрын

Improvise adapt overcome

@LeviSiccard

4 жыл бұрын

Blueberry NeckPain lol, i have amputated my thumb some while ago ☺️

Best ten minutes I've had on You Tube in a long time. Slide On!

Those were the most satisfying last 30 seconds of any KZread video lol

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Hope it was worth the wait!

OMG! I'm trying to emulate the legendary Johnny Winter and this is exactly what I needed to kick start my first venture into Open D Tuning and Slide. What wonderful, excellent videos ( Pt 1 & 2 )! I love them! This helps me So Much! Thank You, John and God Bless You, Brother.

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Johnny was the MAN!

Man, the last section of the video really had my feet tapping haha, good explanation of the side and some good basic licks you’ve put in to play around with, good job man.

I learned this on a 3 string cigar box guitar, super fun, now on the 6 string. Good tip with deadening the fret buzz with finger behind slide, what a difference.

Very cool and straightforward. I've fooled around with G tuning to do Stones stuff now you've enabled me to try ZZ Top. :)

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

The stones version of Prodigal Son on beggars banquet is in open D. Enjoy!

Informative and to the point - I liked it!

Thank you for posting this intro to slide guitar. I love open D tuning, but have not played much slide. This video inspired me to buy a slide and get started.

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could persuade you to give it a try!

great starting point! im looking forward to trying this tuning out because i love that bluesy sound. keep up the great lessons!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

I think you’re going to like open D.

Great lesson for slide use! Probably one of the best explanations I've seen on KZread 👍

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Good to hear! Thank you.

Thank you. I have been wanting to learn slide for years. This is a spot on and and lays out a good foundation.

@jcurtis30water

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom, good luck with the slide, it’s a lot of fun!

I turned my resonator into a dobro by raising the nut, and found it hard to master, so I sold it. I've always had a classical guitar, so I guess I was just used to that style of holding and playing. I kind of regret having sold it, after watching this video. I've always loved slide, and this was a great first instructional vid for me. Many thanks, John.

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

You don’t have to raise the nut. Just make sure the action is a lion the high side. Keep your eyes out for someone selling their resonator. You can also get a cheap steel string acoustic and start on that.

@canadianroot

5 жыл бұрын

Will keep my eyes out. I'm in Korea. They make a ton of decent guitars here. I've only seen a couple of resonators, though. Subbed.

@RandyStrubleBackingTracks

5 жыл бұрын

@@canadianroot watch my video on learning bottleneck slide 1st vid just posted this morning on setting up any acoustic guitar or electric for that matter using a $3 to $5 nut extender.

Excellent ! Just bought a resonator too. Thanks for the start up lesson.

great video man, played guitar for years this really spiced up my style

Amazingly informative! Thank you so much!

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

I had started to tinker with slide guitar a few years ago but fell off it. Getting back into it now, and this video was great to remind me of things I learned but forgot, while also giving me some good things to practice to get more into it!

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

Keep the slide going!

Decided to try slide guitar just because I Love the sound. This is a super nice, easy to follow how to to get started and get used to it before progressing further.

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard!

SLIDE IDEA FOR CHEAP- Go into the garage, go to your toolkit, and grab the biggest socket wrench socket you can find. Use that.

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Just don't drop it on your toes! 😎

@bluespower8978

5 жыл бұрын

snap on 3/8 spark plug socket,great on heavy strings..if you dont mid the oil

@dennislane100

5 жыл бұрын

Needs to be a long series socket(for the length!)

@c.j.rogers2422

5 жыл бұрын

Aww, crap. Now I've got to go out to the truck, in the dark, in the pouring rain , and fetch a deep well. It can't wait. Thanks a lot.

@Benjahmanmusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@c.j.rogers2422 I share the excitement of this open D tuning!

Amazing lesson . Incredible sounding resonator

@jcurtis30water

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

Awesome job! Thanks for the help - best instructional I've seen for slide. Found it super useful. Thanks!!!

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stu, enjoy the slide, it’s a blast!

Wow! I do play the guitar but all this is new to me! Thanks for the lesson. Best regards!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, grab a slide and go!

Thanks so much for a easy to follow lesson. Cheers.

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, and happy sliding!

Very nice makes me want to get a resonator!

@ziblot1235

4 жыл бұрын

I always heard them calledNational Dobros

best tutorial ever, understood it so easily!

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help.

I discovered Open D tuning while trying to learn Feeling Bad Blues by Ry Cooder. It just sounds so good in that tuning that I have left one of my guitars in Open D and I'm experimenting and doing almost exactly the slow bluesy stuff you did! You did a marvelous job of bringing it all down-to-earth and not be a show off, John. Nicely done, sir!

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, I agree, open D is a great tuning! Thanks so much for your positive feedback!

@tepouogle969

11 ай бұрын

Haha that's exactly how I learnt D tuning too. Back in the 90's while watching crossroads I tuned my strings to what Ralphs slide was doing on the guitar

@StarcleBlaze

10 ай бұрын

@@jcurtis30watermy family wants me to compose some blues stuff for a buisness so I’m here lol

i have used a BIC lighter wedged between my 1st and 2nd finger on a flattop guitar , while picking around the campfire with friends , it added variety , and everyone liked it..

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

😎🎸

Very good my friend ... greetings from Brazil ... congratulations for the talent and generosity in teaching !!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching.

Thanks a bunch John! Very concise, yet succinct at the same time. I’m inspired. I have a Fender resonator that I never play. Maybe I’ll restring it, tune it to an open chord and give it a whirl.

This has helped slide playing not seem so intimidating. Thank you much

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Slide is fun. Everyone sucks at first but keep workin it.

Inspirational Lesson, and very well taught!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew.

Thanks John. Been mucking around for a while now but good to get some knowledge behind me too

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Keep playing!

Thank you for this video. My biggest take away from it was the dampening of the index finger, thats something I was completely missing. Matt Smith from D Addario & Co does a slide lesson but the technique he uses to dampen is the fingers on the right hand. I'm gonna practice both and see where it takes me. This was really great thank again Sir.

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

I actually use my right for damping as well; but the behind the slide damping really helps get a clean tone.

That was really helpful! Thank you

Yeah muting the buzzing string cleans up the sound a lot thanx 👍

Wowsa! I’m glad I found your channel! Thank you. 😀

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

I’m glad too!

Really nice little video, thanks! Just a note to the fresh guitar players out there. The drop D tuning (of course) is key here. Don't be afraid of (de) tuning your guitar. It's a bit scary at first, but you will see, after about the 4th time you tune down (in this case to "D") , then re-tune to your standard E a few times, you will see it actually helps in learning your instrument. And, it impresses people when you get good at it. The big secret is .... it's really not that hard.

@kys9712

3 жыл бұрын

He's not playing drop D he's playing open D genius

Actually a great video for beginners!!!!!!! Thank you so much

Great sound and lesson, thanks !

that sounds like so much fun (and you make it LOOK so simple -I'll go now and scare my guitar :) )

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Get a slide and terrorize that 6 string!

straight to the point . thanks 👍

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

🙏

Such a great lesson. I subbed you

Thank you, that was very helpful indeed.

I love that sound... Thanks for share you talent

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Lot’s of bang for your buck in this ! Thanks .

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the bang! Thank you.

Very good lesson! ThanX a lot! 👍(Isenbüttel, Germany)

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Have fun with that slide!

ya see...no one really ever told you to be over the fret when sliding. Great basics!

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

helpful video man, thanks! picked up a guitar three weeks ago and the sound of the slide just sounds like everything pure americana that screams . also open D sounds fucking great!!!

@jcurtis30water

2 жыл бұрын

Slide is worth the effort, enjoy!

John Curtis you are the Man!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

🙏

Ha! It was sure worth it to wait until the end, interesting video but I liked the playing at the end the most :)

You're a great teacher!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta have interested students to bea good teacher! Thanks for tuning in.

Great intro to slide John. Thanks

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

🙏

you are an excellent teacher!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

It helps to have excellent students. Thanks!

Thank You for the best lesson, I'm learning.

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Slide is fun, good luck.

Great tutorial, thanks!!!

Most sensible slide lesson. Thanks

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks

great video, really useful! Thank you :)

@jcurtis30water

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to help.

Thanks for this great lesson!!!✌️😎

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Just found this! GREAT video, subscribed.

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in, welcome aboard!

Hi john i just started learning slide giutar and found your lesson very helpful thank you so much

@jcurtis30water

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’m going to post one on slide in standard tuning soon.

My Favorite Git Fiddle !

Very cool licks at the end! Thank you!

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Rob. Are you playing slide?

@robd1321

3 жыл бұрын

@@jcurtis30water Still learning, I know how to play a couple beginner songs.

Agree about heavy slides, preferably glass. Wasted money buying a set of chrome slides - too light, too thin, dreadful.

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

👍

@maldenfoster

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve always just used a double shot glass

Re - pressure and positioning: The "slide" becomes the "fret" (or the "stop" creating a movable string length mechanism).

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better myself! Thanks.

Thanks for the video, helped a lot!

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Keep sliding!

Superb John, thank you 🙏🏻

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Mr Sunshine!

Looks like a Johnson guitar. I have the same one and enjoy slide in open D or G. Nice vid!

@jcurtis30water

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, It's a Regal, but I upgraded the cone. Keep slidin.

@carlbowden4712

5 жыл бұрын

@@jcurtis30water What cone did you put in? My hound dog needs a new cone.

What a fantastic sound :)

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it.

Nice Regal! I have an RVS-40. Extremely underrated (and little known) guitar brand.

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lowell.

Superb tutorial cheers

Amazing, please post more on this.

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I have more in the pipeline.

Thank you so much for teaching me this scale

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Debbie. Thanks for tuning in.

I finally got it T_T. Thanks for this clip!

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

👍👍

Thanks for this! 👏👏👏

@jcurtis30water

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure Kevin!

Great lesson...thanks for sharing your time...knowledge...and talent:>)

@jcurtis30water

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

Loved it! Easiest intro to cool shit I have seen...

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

I thank you!

I just simply love it. Thanks. You have just shown me another world of Music. Thank you.

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Now get a slide and go for it.

This is super helpful.

@jcurtis30water

8 ай бұрын

Good to hear it. Now, grab that slide and go for it!

Dude this is great

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Enjoy.

That sounds so Good! Thumbs up video!~John

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

🙏

Great video, thanks!

@jcurtis30water

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome!

Love it !!!!!

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Slide it! ; )

Perfect Basics lesson; Cool, got me doin it, Yeah! Josh

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

👍 hope you keep doin it!

After looking at number of d tuning videos which are all too much talk and theory and starts getting complicated, I'm like nah, next one and the same. Yours easy to understand and be able to practice without too much in your head t. As others have said ,simple,,to the point , which is best way in many things. K.I.S.S. a good saying. Anyhow, really good lesson and be putting it to practice. Cheers BK.

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce, enjoy that slide.👍

I learned to play slide with one of those big boxy batteries. Me and my teacher played Stevie Ray Vaughan and he was like, fuck that shit, we can't play a slide song without a slide... So battery it was.

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta do what ya gotta do!

lol sorry im late to the vid btw, I was 7 when it came out. thanks john curtis. have a great night/day depends on where u live

John thank you so much for this video. I'm a beginner guitar player and even I understood everything you said and I'm just crazy about slide guitar so I immediately started incorporating what you showed here and I'm so excited to have taken the first steps to learning slide! I love everything about your video! Your clarity of voice, your explanations and the awesome playing which is exactly the style i want to learn. What do you call that style? Is it delta blues? And what is that gorgeous guitar! What kind of a cone does it have? How important is it to have a "tri-cone" on a resonator? So many questions!

@jcurtis30water

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Ipuya. I’m playing a Regal. It is not an expensive guitar. I did change the cone to a Quarterman and had a repairman replace the bridge. I have what’s called a spider bridge over a large single cone. Don’t buy something because it’s supposed to be good. Just get an instrument that sounds good and plays well. You might end up spending less than you think. Have fun and thanks for tuning in!

@ipuya

3 жыл бұрын

@@jcurtis30water thanks so much for the response! 🙏🙏

@ipuya

3 жыл бұрын

@@jcurtis30water what do you think of the Gretsch resonators? They have models with spider cones or biscuit cones 🤔

This is Gold

Great lesson 👍

@jcurtis30water

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary, glad it was helpful.

I play mostly 12 string, so you have too push a little to make all the strings sound. Very fine line there.

Love it.......thanks🇦🇺

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

This is killer.

When you go to the g chord or a chord does your damping finger come down first followed immediately by the slide? I get some banging when I go to the 4 or 5 chord unless I slide up to it.

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

Developing your touch is important for slide and takes time. My slide and damping finger arrive about the same time. You have to be careful not to bang the slide onto the strings. Let the weight of the slide do the work. Keep working it, you’ll get it.

@Captain_Ahab

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

thanks, enjoyed!

@jcurtis30water

6 жыл бұрын

👍

Great video, thumbs up.

@jcurtis30water

5 жыл бұрын

Just trying to give the world a few more slide guitarists.😎

@bobsullivan5714

5 жыл бұрын

@@jcurtis30water I just bought my first guitar; a Gretsch roundneck Boxcar. With the occasional use of a Grover Nut, I should have the best of the pickin' and sliden' worlds. I don't know jack shit about guitar playing but I do know that people like you care enough about the music to make videos for us noobs.....And, that's a good place to start. Thank you.

Great video thanks 🙏

@jcurtis30water

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for tuning in.