for a slide, i tried pocket knives and all that shit. but it didnt do as smothly as i thought it would. so i just bought a dunlop glass slide to put on my finger. it still kinda sux. the only different i think is that i can slide it over my finger. it doesnt go smoothly enought. when it goes over the frets, u can still kinda hear it hitting the frets. not as bad as sliding with yur own bare finger, but not as good as should be. anybody help me with this? is it a thing where i just gotta get better in time? it was 4 bux, so im not like "dammit! waste of money!". yet i would still like to be able to use it. so any explinations/guesses would be cool.

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Are you the guy from Ultimate-guitar??? The one named Negativecreep42
The stupid litle fuck who just tries to be anoying, Ask a lot of stupid questions, and then be banned?
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/foru...&threadid=37309
That guy also called himself boomashaka, and talked a lot of crap.

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yes, but i only posted that stupid shit cuz i knew they wouldnt let me back in. i was pissed at them. but i dont go around trying to start trouble. i was just annoying them cuz they had kicked me out time after time. but dont get all antsy about it, dude, this site is cool and im fine with it. build a bridge and get over it. i dont wanna fight here. so i dont want no trouble from that.

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Well i compared there profiles, and your right, thats him!!!


Grab him someone!!!!!

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you see, i cant tell if u dudes are jokin or not. id hate for u guys to make a huge fuss over shit i never started with u. UG kicked me, Gnet kicked me, and now u guys are starting a fight for no reason. whats yur problem, guys? i never did wrong to this site. im a newbie and yur already all over me!!! am i a fuckin target all across the net? am i like an "asshole legend" or sumthin. why cant we just fuckin get along?

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Your on the 'internet forum's most wanted' list.

Haha, only jokin man, i wus jokin, nobodys gonna grab you and take you places, welcome to metaltabs just dont be an asshole, ok?

Welcome

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well after all that has happened to me, its very likely u guys would ban me too. but like i said, im not like that to just anybody. im sorry if my past is bad with u guys, but this is all new. i havent said any asshole remarks yet have i? i guess if im bad in yur opinions as well, yull just have to help me. so i hpe as goes well, and i hope this becomes my internet home
ziggy zoky ziggy zoky oi oi oi! cool to be here, man.

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PUT HIM IN JAIL AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!!


ONCE AN ASSHOLE ALWAYS AN ASSHOLE!


just kidding

smoke a doobie and enjoy the forums

And to answer your question, I think there are two options.
1. You have to low action, so you can hardly touch the strings without making them touch the frets.
2. You push the strings down too hard. You're only supposed to touch the strings, not press them against the fretboard.

I have been using bottles for slides, and they work great, except for the size...

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If you want do play with slides you have to "lift" your strings.
Most people like low "string-height", so they can play faster with it, because of the less distance between fret and string. Although it's not much, it's enough. And with this small distance it's clear that the strings contact the frets and this slide-feeling gets lost.
When you play the slide with less power, you could get those terrible noises.
So lift your strings. If you've got a trem you've got a small problem, because of the springs in the trem.
Don't forget to rearrange the real intonation of the octaves. If you lift the strings, then they are longer than before and the octaves aren't correct.

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about the slide thing, i found out that it was cuz i thought u were supposed to press down on the frets when u just let the slide act like a mute. so that was it

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