I always liked the Neil Geraldo solo on the Rick Springfield Jesse's Girl, but could never manage to get the sliding into a note parts, or indeed the sliding double-stops, to sound anyway decent.
Came across a tutorial video which recommended using your thumb to anchor your hand between slides, which helped greatly, but I still struggled in terms of losing notes as they got damped somewhere mid-slide.
By a random coincidence, was noodling on my old Aria Pro ZZ yesterday, which must have the smallest frets known to mankind... and tried the solo - and lo and behold the slides started to work (almost) perfectly
Is that a thing - jumbo frets are much harder to use for slides and best avoided, or is it just one needs to practice harder and longer and just figure it out ?
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For example, some people will say that a neck slightly thinner than their favourite has them in agony with cramping up. Some other people can switch from guitar, to mandolin to upright bass without any issues. They just don’t expect the instrument to bend to them
Wondering if that actually is the case ?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Fingers just glide over them with decent strings.
They don’t pit or scratch like thin or medium jumbo frets made from other metals.
Vintage will typically give you the best tone. As you fret the note you will be bending the string less and give a more consistent tuning, but you need to play right on the fret. Fret buzz will hound you. Bending notes is challenging. Jumbo's are the easiest to play as you can put your finger anywhere between the frets and you won't get any fret buzz. Due to the height, they are also the easiest to get loud "hammer on" (trill) notes. Awesome for bending. Bad news is due to the height, sliding is harder on your fingers and not as smooth. Medium Jumbos are the "right in the middle" fret height. Good sounds from "hammer on's" (trills), you have a good amount of room to put your fretting finger without fret buzz, and string slides are not too hard on the fingers. Also string bends work well. It seems they each have their place. Medium is usually considered the best all around players fret. Typically found on most Strats and Les Pauls, etc. Jumbos are great for beginners (easy to fret), fast blues (hammer time), and tunes with lots of distortion (Metal).Usually found on beginner guitars and specialty units. Smaller frets are given the name "Vintage" for a reason. They work, but are harder to play. Not too popular any more
Don't know how experienced the chap/lady is - but they do seem to be articulating the same problem re sliding between notes with taller frets.