Slide Modification

[WineRider]

I am still struggling with my left hand, which will not let me grip too well on the slide, so I have modified them slightly, with the help of super glue and a piece of mahogany.

see pics:

[Ken Byng]

No pics Maurice.

[WineRider]

Hi Ken Ooops,
I think I'm going brain dead...nothing new there.

I'll have another try: This is driving me mad I've made the sizes correct and it still doesn't load...Aagh

Back to the drawing board

Maurice

[WineRider]

Description of work; bore a 20mm whole in a piece of Mahogany and then trim to suit slides. Then using a file created a rebate for first finger in the top...so far so good. Then a small amount of super glues to the Mahogany press the two custom slides to it and now I have two slides I can with some trepidation control. Maybe control is too strong a word, but it does make it much more controllable

WineRider

[Ken Byng]

Smart thinking Maurice. It wouldn't suit everyone, but I bet there are some out there who might be very interested in your modification.

[andrew]

Nice piece of work Maurice. Had you tried the ergonomic / dobro style tone bars?

Cheers, Andrew

[WineRider]

I agree Ken,

We are all different, I even thought of a ring style addition on the top of the slide, but discounted it...purely from esthetic point of view. THere is or was a hawaiian lap steel player who had a badly damaged hand through a fire (I think that is right) but if anyone knows for sure please put me right, who had a pivoting ring attached to his slide, and boy he was good.

Andrew, yes I have tried the ergo slides and have two of them, different makes an different steel/chrome. I found they catch the strings when sliding across as one play's, probably me but I just couldn't get on with them. I tried a Shubb SP1, which is longer and has a curved end, that was much better but the weight and the narrow grip was difficult for me.

There are a lot of pickers out there who do have hand, finger or grip problems, and if my mod isn't for all there is always a place for some one to look at the pics and possibly change it to suit thier needs. It only takes about thirty minutes to make the two and fit them and play.