


There’s also no set finger to place your guitar slide on. Guitar slides come in a variety of sizes and materials - from brass to chrome to glass. The beauty of slide guitar is that there is no one right way to achieve this sound. Whether you’ve heard it on a classic blues song like Howlin’ Wolf’s “The Red Rooster” or the haunting solo at the end of Eric Clapton’s 1971 version of “Layla” (spoiler alert: that was actually Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers), the sound of slide guitar can inspire players to want to experiment with this style. Slide guitar lends added punch to songs - packing a bluesy wallop with the brash twang of glass or metal gliding down guitar strings, carrying you from one note to another in the span of a second.
