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Work with a guy (sold me a gorgeous Larrivee acoustic last year) that had recently purchased a Gretsch Boxcar resonator. Turns out that he loved it. Like a lot. He's in love with the idea of a resonator completely now. So much in love that he decided to get himself a pretty high end National. I forget the model name - but it's amazing.

Anyway, point is he's a one in one out kind of guy - so he offered me a smoking deal on his not-very-old Gretsch. The sort of deal that had me nearly break a finger fishing for my wallet before some other S.O.B. snatch the guitar before I could.

Behold, my $70 Gretsch Boxcar.
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I'll be the first to admit that I've never been much for slide-playing. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE it, but I've always sucked at it. Turns out you just need the right set up with the right strings and everything gets a lot easier. Nobody will ever mistake me for a true blues-man, but I'm honestly surprised with how much I'm enjoying it.
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great price steal of a deal for sure! dont need to play slide on it normal cowboy chords and im sure some cash or hank williams sound awesome on it.
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Congrats on guitar and cool workmate , keep us posted on your slide foray.
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Way cool! I have always wished I could play slide worth a flip but I never put the time in. Sounds like you are putting the time in and are on your way. Congrats on the smoking deal! Good to see you around too. I have started to hang more often.
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That's a hell of a deal. Play dem blues, son. Play dem blues.
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tonebender wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:19 am Way cool! I have always wished I could play slide worth a flip but I never put the time in. Sounds like you are putting the time in and are on your way. Congrats on the smoking deal! Good to see you around too. I have started to hang more often.
Honestly the slide end of things seems to be the easiest part - it's the rhythm AND the slide working together that presents the issues for me.

At first I was having trouble with the slide until I got a small glass slide. This sounds weird, but I was able to "feel" the strings with the glass slide better. It's way lighter than a metal slide and doesn't give the same tone - but as a learning tool it was invaluable. Now the metal slides are just as easy. I'm still not any good, but I'm not bottoming the strings out anymore, either.
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I cant remember who makes these, But I love the tight fit with knuckle cut away, and tapered interior.
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JeffBeck wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:00 pm Work with a guy (sold me a gorgeous Larrivee acoustic last year) that had recently purchased a Gretsch Boxcar resonator. Turns out that he loved it. Like a lot. He's in love with the idea of a resonator completely now. So much in love that he decided to get himself a pretty high end National. I forget the model name - but it's amazing.

Anyway, point is he's a one in one out kind of guy - so he offered me a smoking deal on his not-very-old Gretsch. The sort of deal that had me nearly break a finger fishing for my wallet before some other S.O.B. snatch the guitar before I could.

Behold, my $70 Gretsch Boxcar.
IMG_3883.jpg
IMG_3885.jpg
IMG_3884.jpg

I'll be the first to admit that I've never been much for slide-playing. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE it, but I've always sucked at it. Turns out you just need the right set up with the right strings and everything gets a lot easier. Nobody will ever mistake me for a true blues-man, but I'm honestly surprised with how much I'm enjoying it.
Congrats! Keep enjoying it! It´s great to see you around here again! :thumbsup:

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JeffBeck wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:00 pm Work with a guy (sold me a gorgeous Larrivee acoustic last year) that had recently purchased a Gretsch Boxcar resonator. Turns out that he loved it. Like a lot. He's in love with the idea of a resonator completely now. So much in love that he decided to get himself a pretty high end National. I forget the model name - but it's amazing.

Anyway, point is he's a one in one out kind of guy - so he offered me a smoking deal on his not-very-old Gretsch. The sort of deal that had me nearly break a finger fishing for my wallet before some other S.O.B. snatch the guitar before I could.

Behold, my $70 Gretsch Boxcar.
IMG_3883.jpg
IMG_3885.jpg
IMG_3884.jpg

I'll be the first to admit that I've never been much for slide-playing. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE it, but I've always sucked at it. Turns out you just need the right set up with the right strings and everything gets a lot easier. Nobody will ever mistake me for a true blues-man, but I'm honestly surprised with how much I'm enjoying it.
Wow! Is the 1 in 1 out rule mean he has to give the old one away? Hang out with that guy and keep encouraging him to upgrade 😀
Actually I lucked out on my reso. It was a $50 wall hanging decoration that actually worked. But mine was a low end Johnson.
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Gibson '79 flying V
Gibson '06 sg faded
Gibson '15 LP CM w gforce
Epiphone Casino coupe
Epiphone dot studio
Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81
Fender lead II
Firefly spalted 338
Squier affinity tele bsb
Squier strat std relic
Squier subsonic baritone
Agile al2500 albino
Agile al3001 hsb
Sx ash Ltd strat
Sx ash strat short scale
Sx ash tele
Sx callisto jr
Dean vendetta
Washburn firebird. Ps10
Johnson trans red strat
Johnson jazz box Vegas
Seville explorer
Inlaid tele
flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck
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new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
Fender 12 str
Ibanez exotic wood
Silvercreek rosewood 00
Ovation steel str
martin backpacker acoustic
Johnson dobro

Partscaster wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:51 am I cant remember who makes these, But I love the tight fit with knuckle cut away, and tapered interior.

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Those look cool. I have a few slides and found I like glass too. Iirc metal or brass on acoustic was OK enough but hated it on electric.
Ceramic may be good too but I only have a too small pinky slide as a trial.
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