For about 2 weeks now I have been using a home made slide, created from a length of very tough hard acrylic clear plastic tubing about 1 1/4 inch diameter. Initially, before I used it I thought it probably wouldnt hold up well and would get eaten up quickly by the strings. But to my surprise it holds up better than the glass dunlop one I have. It has a far smoother feel, smoother even than the piece of buffalo horn i also use sometimes. It glides with much less string noise and doesnt pinch or bite like the glass one does. After 2 weeks of daily (2 hours +) use there are no scratches on it, just a slight dulled appearance in the centre area that touches the strings. Its working well. I bought an 18 inch piece of the tubing off ebay, so will get probably 3 or 4 slides out of one piece.

Just thought I'd mention it, might interest somebody!

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I guarantee it would get more mileage than an any glass one on my tile floor, given as I am afflicted with "fumblitis". That is going to get a try out. P.S. With a 1 1/4" diameter, I hope you are not a proctologist , I use an 11/16" socket. (;-0)

Great idea. Like Bama H, I dropped a bottle neck--only mine was on a concrete stage floor. Beaucoups dangereux! Looks like pricing is decent in modest quantities. I'll give it a try. Many thanks.

I made a couple outta pvc pipe were OK kinda mellow,not as noisy as metal ones.

Only problem I see is there`s probably not much sustain using plastic. My custom bone/ wood slides have loads of sustain, I make them that the surface is as smooth as glass. Plus they won`t break when dropped on concrete...lol.

I have some teak which I may use to make a slide or a tone bar. What woods are good for that? In europe hornbeam is pretty tough, dense and oily, might be worth a try. Lignum vitae? Ebony?

Checked your online store... How does one place an order?

I've tried plastic for slides before, just picking up random items around the house and trying to play slide with them. My impression was that plastic was a tone sucker, just like I would rather use a wood, metal or even cardboard resonator for a box instead of plastic. However, there are many types of plastic, so your mileage may vary.

The stuff I used is VERY tough, nowhere near as soft as pvc plumbers pipes would be. I was amazed how well it glided down onto the strings, much less grabby than the dunlop glass, a nice smooth feel. And the sustain isnt too bad . Interestingly it cut neat with a hack saw, it didnt crack or splinter as some sheet plastics such as genotherm can do

Since the original post I have used only that slide and it is now showing one or 2 scratches, but on occasion I was really welting that thing (LOL on drums I am definately a light hitter, only 7a sticks, never cracked a cymbal in 30 + years of playing) But on the diddley bow I seem to be the exact opposite. I like to bounce into notes and do flam hammerons and stuff, very percussive sometimes. My glass slide has grooves, now the acrylic one has a few as well, but hey, about 1/10th the price of a dunlop glass (kinda nervous to keep it in my pocket...)

Listen to it here, same slide used on 2 string bass diddley and 2 string lead diddley

https://youtu.be/Gx_jGLM6ClQ

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