Make sure that the slide finishes directly over the 7th fret and keep the slide in contact with the strings throughout this manoeuvre (see Picture 3.)
Once you’ve plucked or picked the strings, slide the bottleneck down to the 7th fret. It’s not something that I ever practised, I just looked down one day and there it was! I find it useful, though, if I’m going between rhythm and lead parts. You may notice that I have my pick held between my first and second fingers. Again, this makes muting easier and can also produces a more intimate, vocal sound.
As far as the right hand is concerned you can use a pick as normal although I usually prefer to use my fingers as in Picture 2. Remaining fingers on the strings behind the slide (this is for muting purposes and helps to keep everything quiet). Rest the slide on the strings but don’t push down too hard as you don’t want the strings to touch the fretboard (this is where the higher action and heavier strings are useful). To begin, first place your hand so that the slide is directly above the 12th fret as shown in Picture 1. I recommend to check this slide guitar lesson as well. A compressor is useful and you may also want to explore the possibilities of altered tunings, but to keep this lesson fairly straightforward I’ve written this piece – a melody played over last lesson’s Counting Crows -type tune – in standard tuning. If you decide to get into slide playing in a big way then it’s usually a good idea to have a guitar set up with a high action and heavier strings specifically for this purpose. I prefer to use heavy glass ones as they tend to sound a little softer but, unfortunately, they are also more prone to breaking (as I found out on tour recently). Nowadays, the choice of materials and sizes are pretty daunting but I’d probably start off with either a glass or a metal one.
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