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Quote from Double D on July 10, 2013, 20:18
So there I was setting up for a festival gig this last Sunday, many, many miles from home, when I discovered to my horror that I left my trusty Brozophonic bar at home. This is a gig that requires me to play a fair bit of lap steel. Rats. Luckily I had a fairly weighty Harris tapered brass slide with me and I hacked my way through the set with it. During our last number I found myself wondering "What the hell am I going to do for this solo?" and failed to come up with any good answers, so I did what I usually do and picked some random lick to react to. The brass slide did a fluke bounce of the top string, producing a neat, tight little triplet. Aha! That became the whole focus of the solo. I found a new technique and played the most blistering steel solo that I've produced in years. Cool!

I love the tapered and slighly curved Harris slides for slide guitar. However I use a piece of 1" Teflon solid rod for lapsteel, it has a super smoth tone and enough weight to work. Tho' I like to use a variety of slides of different materials for new tones and inspiration. A change up can really help get you out of a rut.