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Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 2, 2015 at 12:20am

Thanks Wes!

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 1, 2015 at 12:36pm

Yup. Worth the $12. I never tried an actual knife.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on April 1, 2015 at 11:55am

I bought one of those a couple of years back. Interesting little gadget. I kinda prefer an actual pocketknife.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 1, 2015 at 10:40am

Thanks Bruce and James.

Bruce, this thing takes some getting used to.  I've probably played 12 hours in the last two days and I'm now pretty comfortable with it.  I have to hold it between my middle and ring fingers.  I tried for a couple hours to do between my pinky and ring finger like the suggestions, but it doesn't want to sit as straight as I'd like and I can't manipulate it as easily as I can as shown in the video.

Comment by James on April 1, 2015 at 10:09am

that thing sounds great !!! i thought about you the other day while i was chopping up a couple of old sets of deck stairs 

Comment by Bruce on April 1, 2015 at 8:46am

Sounds good, Eric! Is that type of slide easy to hold, or does some practice?

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 1, 2015 at 7:12am

Thanks RTZ.

I had seen one of those things you have pictured below cluttering up a guitar body or two.  I just stack them up in the barn as I've not found a use for them yet.

Comment by RTZGUITARS on April 1, 2015 at 7:10am

Nice Eric

have you seen my box

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 1, 2015 at 6:57am

Thanks Jim!  I have worn my index finger nail flat the last 2 days!  I have decided there is no way I can sell this guitar.  I'll have to make a twin if anyone approaches me to have one.  I'd do it on a commission basis.  I don't think I'll put one on the inventory rack.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 1, 2015 at 6:55am

Thanks pick and Nancy kat.  :)

The slide was all shiny when I got it, but that doesn't last long around me.  I take the shine right off anything new.

The tune is an adaptation from one my daughter taught me off her bass (she's 9).  It is a little Blues in G using G and C scale notes.  It took me a few hours to convert my what I would normally play with my fingers over to a slide technique, but it was a fun exercise.  It is much more fluid this way and I like how I can get this slide right into a single string to play the notes I want.

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