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i have noticed something similar on short scale , piezo guitars . and diddlys .
i think it has to do with the harmonics being accented and dragged along with it .
you will notice it acoustically too , actually more -so , and a piezo will pick it up and transfer it through an amp . but a mag pickup seems to over-ride it .
my guess on the cause is as i said .. you are dragging a harmonic .
It's very common. I'm not sure the technical term (or really how to describe it very well), but basically you're dividing the string into two parts when you use the slide: the part "in front" on the slide and the part "behind" the slide... but you're hearing both parts at the same time. When you get to the 12th fret or center of the string, the overtone/behind tone will (or should) be the same as the in front tone. When you get 1/4 of the way down the neck versus 3/4, both of the tones' pitches should be reversed. (did that make sense to anyone else? I'm not sure it makes sense to me, even...ha!)
The part in front of the slide is what you want to hear, while behind you typically don't. You'll see a lot of "learn to play slide' video teachers tell you to always mute the strings behind the slide by lightly trailing a finger behind the slide, which will damped and/or eliminate that behind tone. That's why They recommend using your 2nd, 3rd or 4th finger to put the slide on.
Then again, as I'm sure you've seen/heard here on CBN.com, there are no rules... I've seen some people play slide with their first finger and play it very well!
Yup Manny , Nathan hit it, its called overtone, some strings pick it up more than others some guages more than others , most slide players drag their trailing finger behind the slide to mute that over tone when they want too. some use it for effect at times. this is what ive seen them do and heard them do. watch some videos of guys playing cbg's you'll see it too.
Manny i dont think that means its a bad player ? ive seen some Nice players that overtone. it may just be part of the cigar box animal. ? try muting with your trailing finger lightly when you are using your slide . like I said ask any of the big boys , I bet they mute with their trailng finger. just watch their videos, JJ does it Shane Dan Kenny Lee.
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