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  1. for over a year I played ernie ball powerslinky 011 strings;
    with higher action on my sg 61 reissue; the sounded pretty cool;
    but now I put the ghs boomers on my sg; the sound is much brighter, more powerful and full of brillance – my new favourites strings for slide playing – thanx john

  2. I find the thumb rake technique doesnt really work with ultra heavy strings because the bass strings arent rubbery enough. I tried for months to get the same sound you and Derek get with 12s on my guitar but I wasn’t able to get even close to it until I changed to lighter gauge strings (10s.)

    Thanks for all your videos btw, youre becoming one of my biggest influences!

  3. G’day, I been running Maxima gold in .13 .16 .18 .30 .42 .54 tryede this after reading sonny landreth. Maxima gold last for ages and sound great just dear, but being mechanic stop string corrosion. Great lessons

  4. I’m setting up my cigar box guitar for 3 string slide work. My guitar is homemade and need advice on proper setup. Do you have any idea’s on string to fret clearances for fret’s 1 through 12 and so … on? Also will be doing some finger work in conjunction with slide – what strings should you recommend for Low open G if any or open D? I’ll go open E if I need to?

    Thanks for any help!
    Chris Carlson

  5. HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TUGGLE`S ABILITY AND TONE.I HAVE BOUGHT ONE SLIDE LESSON AND FOUND IT JUST WHAT I NEEDED.RODNEY DAVEY.

  6. I’ve been using Rotosound strings for years. 10s and 11s depending on what style/guitar I’m playing.

    Suggest you give them a try. They last really well and maintain they’re tone. Also, I find them to be a well balanced. Not to trebly or bass heavy.

  7. Thank you for this info. I am a relative newby to slide. I was gifted a Dobro copy and I dabble with it, once in a while. But I am very interested to commit my Telecaster to slide playing – until I can get my hands on a SG. Much appreciation for the ideas.

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