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Slide Away

Tutor: Richard Barrett | Gear used: Knaggs Choptank, Vox AC15 C1 Difficulty ***** | 10 mins per example

Robert Johnson, Bonnie Raitt or Derek Trucks, you’ll come away with the realisation there are many ways to use a bottleneck or slide. Players who specialise in slide often use open tunings, but this isn’t always the case. Players such as Rory Gallagher, George Harrison and Duane Allman often played