awesome slides...or power gliss's...how?

[iconic]

Ok being an 70 and 80 funk n soul boy i do love a proper slide....mark adams of slave and davide romani of change being masters of their craft.

...but after doing more sliding today than you'd find at the winter olympics (no ive seen any of it yet) i have to admit my slides suck.

so give me some tips guys....a great example of the don el romani at 4:30 in the clip below.

thanks as always


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-BI8l8CrY#

[Gazza 2905]

I'm afraid I can't offer any specific help here, - as my slides suck too!

However, as with most other things, it probably involes a fair amount of practice time. It's easy to think, as a reasonably acomplished player, (I barely qualify, by the way!), that we can introduce various new, or at least unfamiliar techniques, fairly easily.
Doesn't seem to work that way, in my experience. Perhaps design a few exercises to do, and practice them regularly. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it soon enough

Probably a good idea to relax too, don't keep the wrist too stiff (locked); and don't apply too much pressure with the fretting hand when sliding either.

Good luck!

When you sus it, - let me know!!

[iconic]

thanks for that...I think slides are one of those things that a good bass player make look easy....I can slide but not with style!

[JuliusGroove]

The Slide at the beginning of Ladies Night.. OOOF!

[wal4string]

I find that slides are only effective if they are as long as possible and ideally on the same string that the slide ends on.i.e. a slide to an A on the E string 5th fret would be best begun an octave higher, the 17th fret on the E string.

[iconic]

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The Slide at the beginning of Ladies Night.. OOOF!
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good one, nice bit of Steinberger too!

http://youtu.be/GCFDo1I0QIM