When I got my 3 string Red Dog CBG, the strings were so far apart that my favourite bone slide, made by Randy Bretz wasn't quite long enough...so I decided to make a longer one myself : -)
Here's a short demo ....it seems to have ended up being a sort of Delta bluesy version of House Of The Rising Sun?!
Excuse me clonking on the frets a bit!...it has D,G and B strings on it, but is tuned down to A,E,A so the strings are a bit loose, and I'm not quite used to how chunky the slide is!
There are some photos of the slide here:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/home-made-bone-slide
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do it!
well I got a beef bone from a pet stall on the market. It had some disgusting smelling gunk inside which I scooped out and it then took several days of soaking in different things to get rid of it : -/ so I'd recommend going to a butcher and getting a marrow bone if you can.
Anyway just saw a bit off to the length you want (I used a hacksaw) Luckily my bit was exactly the right size inside for my finger, so apart from filing away a couple of sharp bits I didn't have to do any more on the inside : -)
Then I just filed it to shape (I warn you bone dust smells pretty bad so a mask is a good idea!) Then I used gradually finer files, then sandpaper, going finer and finer. I then I polished it several times...you can use various things but I used some guitar polish that I had lying around...and that's it!! LOTS of work, but I use this slide a lot so it was worth it.
If you don't have the time to make one check out Randy Bretz's slides https://www.cbgitty.com/cubecart/mojobone-slides/cat_13.html if you want to ask him about them here's his hand made clubhouse page http://handmademusic.ning.com/profile/RandySBretz ...also he knows a LOT more about making them than I do, lol!!
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