Product Overview
This is the slide that started the Rock Slide® revolution in 1999. Features include a tapered interior, finger rest, knuckle cutaway & a highly polished finish. Specifically designed to improve the way you slide and sustain!
Rock Slide Sound – NOT JUST A PIECE OF PIPE
Polished Brass & Nickel Plated Brass Rock Slides have huge sustain. Why so much sustain? Because the heart of The Rock Slide is the solid brass rod that is CNC carved to fit your finger. This particular brass formula is very heavy which is the best for tone and sustain. The walls are thick and get thicker towards the end of the slide because of the internal taper design. Rock Slide intentionally added a tone ring at the fingertip end which adds mass and helps secure your finger. Like a Hawaiian tone bar cuts through the mix with more weight and mass, so does The Rock Slide.
The Rock Slide Difference
Problem 1:
Slides tend to go two ways, they feel like a cast in the way they restrict your finger, or they have too much wiggle room forcing you to cramp your fingers all night to keep the slide from falling off.
Problem 2:
It’s either thin & comfortable, but has no tone – or – it is a bulky slide that sounds good, but is cumbersome.
Problem 3:
No matter what slide you buy, it wobbles. Sure, it’s snug at the 2nd knuckle, but loose across the rest of the finger.
Solution?
Don’t cut, carve the perfect slide! Rock Slide made a slide that tapers inside to maintain a snug feel all the way down your finger. The added benefit is thicker walls for extra weight and sustain. A cutaway at the second knuckle helps maintain finger bendability and prevents pinching. Lastly, the flat finger rest is more stable than resting on a round surface.
WHAT SIZE DO I NEED?
The Rock Slide slides fit the same across all materials. If a small glass fits you, so will a small ceramic or small brass and on and on. Not all situations and fingers are the same and there is also a degree of personal preference that can’t always be figured out with a measurement. For the majority of customers, pinky finger will take a small slide. Ring finger will take a medium or Large slide. If you have very large hands, medium usually works for the pinky and XL for the ring.
Method 1: Jewellery Store
The most accurate way to size your finger is to stop by your neighborhood jeweller and get your ring size which should be free and takes about 90 seconds.
Method 2: Measure with Wrenches
If you have access to a set of Metric or USA box wrenches you can very quickly measure your finger. To measure any finger size, use the OPEN END of the wrench. DO NOT use the ring end of the wrench as it could get stuck on your finger. Find the size that slides over the large knuckle snugly like how a ring fits. If it goes over your knuckle without touching the skin then try the next size down.
How Should a Rock Slide Guitar Slide Fit?
Forget everything you’ve read in slide books or heard from your guitar teacher saying you need giant slide with full string coverage. That’s old news. Ideally these should fit snug enough that you can point your finger straight down at the ground without the slide falling off. The proper fit is for the slide to stop at the large knuckle creating a 2/3 finger slide. This allows you for bending of the finger with the slide on which makes, playing, fretting and chording MUCH easier. Full finger slides feel like wearing a cast which is limiting and not recommended unless you already have this habit and know you like it this way.
