IanHenry Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 My copy of Guitarist magazine arrived today, and when I flicked it pen, the first thing that I saw was a review of Wolfram slides. Apparently, the reviewer thought they were the best slides he'd every used, and one can be yours for a mere £250 ($424.03)plus shipping! I think I might pass on this. http://www.wolframslides.com/ Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Thanks ! Think I'll order 2 just in case i lose one. You gotta be kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Thanks ! Think I'll order 2 just in case i lose one. You gotta be kidding. Yes Karloff, but apparently those will never get scratch marks on them! But I guess you could buy a few "ordinary" slides for that price. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 yea I'll get one of these when I pay the loan off for that $160 capo.. (NOT!) -- [soryy this is just insane ] -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 yea I'll get one of these when I pay the loan off for that $160 capo.. (NOT!) -- [soryy this is just insane ] -- yes it is... "The Emperor's new slide" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 I wonder how many they will actually sell? Not very many I think. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 April 1st has come rather late this year. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 April 1st has come rather late this year. P. am I being brain dead this morning ? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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surfpup Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Perhaps one who made his or her living as a slide guitarist? I could see it if you spent x hours per night earning your living - assuming it really is a nice slide and there is a discernible difference. For the average Joe, obviously not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 And I was looking at the Derek Trucks sig slide and wondering why that is so expensive.....at £25, 1/10 of the price. The late great Lowell George used an 11/16 socket for a slide. Aren't socket sets also toughened steel? I don't think one of these would make me play slide any better at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I bet it sounds awesome on an $8000 relic'd guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I bet it sounds awesome on an $8000 relic'd guitar. exactly ! i'm not going to use a regular $4.00 to $6.00 slide on my $15,000.00 Duane Allman Les Paul. wouldn't be proper. I think it's great that they offer a high end slide like that, so I'm not forced to use a regular slide like all the "little people" ... the commoners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 And Duane Allman...it's a matter of record and I have a picture of it in an old Guitar World....used an aspirin bottle - 'Coricidin' to be exact; Gregg still has it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feldkeen4 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I read sometime back that George Thorogood would used a piece of copper tubing. Which would cost peanuts. And he would toss alot of them to fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I read sometime back that George Thorogood would used a piece of copper tubing. Which would cost peanuts. And he would toss alot of them to fans. Costs a lot more than it used to actually. I have some that I cut from copper tubing. I bought a big piece back when it really was cheap. Copper doesn't have much sustain, but it has a lot of brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 My copy of Guitarist magazine arrived today, and when I flicked it pen, the first thing that I saw was a review of Wolfram slides. Apparently, the reviewer thought they were the best slides he'd every used, and one can be yours for a mere £250 ($424.03)plus shipping! I think I might pass on this. http://www.wolframslides.com/ Ian I don't have any doubt about the result of the review. When looking at the website, I was puzzled for the first moment since Wolfram is the German word for tungsten or W in the Periodic System of the Elements. The English word tungsten for the heavy metal is derived from the Swedish word tungsten for the Scandinavian mineral called Tungstein here, aka Scheelite, containing 63.86% tungsten metal. Tungsten carbide (WC) has a very high density which indeed should offer advantages for tone, especially when wanting lower wall thickness. You may have less weight on your finger, more feel, and better tone. Creating a cone-shaped hole is also a good idea in my opinion. The manufacturing process, well known since decades from making high speed cutting tools, is rather expensive, so I don't think they will gain much profit through crafting WC slides. I think it can be a significant improvement for the playing musician as long as your fingers don't swell. In this case you were in need of technical help. Once the fire brigades of the city Osnabrück, Germany, had to destroy a finger ring made of WC after the bearer was stung by a wasp into the ring finger, and thus saved the person the finger. However, since years my choice are Dunlop 215 clear glass slides, and some new ones costed me EUR 4.90 each last year. They are at EUR 6.90 at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Some folks (that would buy those) just have more money, than sense...IMHO. But, Knock themselves out! My glass slides, are OLD pill bottles, mostly. And, aside from the cost of the pills (which were not for me), they were free! And, I think the cost of the pills, in those days, was a lot less than even a glass slide costs now. So...??? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 My copy of Guitarist magazine arrived today, and when I flicked it pen, the first thing that I saw was a review of Wolfram slides. Apparently, the reviewer thought they were the best slides he'd every used, and one can be yours for a mere £250 ($424.03)plus shipping! I think I might pass on this. http://www.wolframslides.com/ Ian The mechanical drawings for the plans remind me of the drawings they used in that movie, The Hudsucker Proxy for the hula hoop that they had just invented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 And I thought I was being extravagant when I bought this one ($25) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 You're all just mad coz you haven't ordered one. Mine is in the post... To some other mug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have one of those swamp slides which I think is still pricey at £30. I dont play slide much if at all, i guess I just hoped that I would use it more than I do. It does look cool though, if only like a rusty piece of pipe to the non guitarist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have quite a few of different materials, glass, brass, copper. Never tried porcelain. The biggest things is that the shops often have only a few, and ordering online is sketchy because of fit. You really need to try a bunch of them to find the one that's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfrets Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 As Krock said, I don't play much slide at all, but every once in awhile, I get roped into playing "Freebird" or some such. I don't even own a slide. My trusty lighter works just fine for those rare occassions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Take a Gal. glass jug to a glass shop and have the neck cut off,sand the edges smooth.A lot cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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