Bottleneckin' Blues

[kdavid]

Anyone else?
i know that if i spent as much time playing as i do obsessing over obtaining &/or making them, id be a much better player, but thats half the fun (for now)

think theres enough there yet?
these two i made with pyrex & copper tubing--Fester & Lester:

Ready to make my neighbors ears bleed :lol:

i know im not the only one with this obsession...or am i?

 

[bluesypicky]

Can't say it's an obsession, but I got a couple. One glass, one steel.... see them?

No... look down! On the guitar.... See them now? :lol:

 

[yettoblaster]

I'm envious.

Along with being whammy challenged (except for slight Bigsby waggles), I have never been able to develop anything using a slide. Back in the sixties I think I used to be able to play Tom Rush's "Panama Limited" a little, with the airbrakes, etc.

But after a few years those genes went way recessive or something. I love Bonnie Raitt, John Hammond Jr., etc., but whenever I've tried to develop some slide technique so I could play some Alman Bros or something, it was so frustrating that I lost interest in about 3 minutes.

Sigh.

 

[kdavid]

Can't say it's an obsession, but I got a couple. One glass, one steel.... see them?

No... look down! On the guitar.... See them now? :lol:

guitar? :mrgreen:

i used to think i could be Dwane Allman, Rory Gallagher, etc but thats not in my genes.
(i may have been born in chicago, but that didnt rub off) i'll spend much time listening to who influenced the chicago greats.
john hammond & rory block among a host of others are good starts--
keb mo' said it best: 'sometimes ya just gotta take it slow'
if it hadent been for my m s, i may never have gotten back into the slide
its all good, now time to Boogie :lol:

 

[yettoblaster]

Hound Dog Taylor was inspiring, but he's already done it! :mrgreen:

 

[killdeer43]

There are more around here someplace, but these were close at hand.

Toys 'r' us! :lol:

JOe

 

[kdavid]

Couple of nice looking bars there. seems like once bitten by the bug, somehow, one just isnt enough.
isnt it wierd how they seem to turn up all over the place? :lol: