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Comment by dave price on October 14, 2012 at 8:25am

hi Wade & ChickenboneJohn.
Thanks I changed the slide I was using from a 1/4 inch diameter steel bar to an inch diameter glass sample bottle. What a difference all I need now is to learn a few good blues tunes.

Comment by Wade on October 10, 2012 at 1:01pm

I have a few bottleneck slides that pickup more string noise than others because of the surface and even the seam on bottleneck slide will add to string noise. The smoother the surface of the slide the better.

Comment by dave price on October 7, 2012 at 8:43pm

Hi ChickenboneJohn.
I am playing in a lap position using 1/4inch diam steel bar for slide.
My pickup is a piezo under the bridge. I get the noise without the amp being connected. I do damp behind strings but being new to slide it could be technique.

Comment by ChickenboneJohn on October 7, 2012 at 6:58pm

What pickup and what slide are you using? I'm wondering if these are contributing to any extraneous noises..or maybe it's your technique  - are you damping the strings behind the slide with a finger to kill the overtones & buzzes? That really helps get a clean, clear sound.

Roundwound strings are the norm for slide playing and unwanted sound from the strings themselves shouldn't really be an issue. You definitely DON'T want to change to flatwound or tapewound strings, that will just deaden the sound.