The doors opened for vendor load-in and setup at 8:30. We rolled in at about 9:00. It wasn't long before we had the table dressed and most of our two hundred slides unloaded and on display.
We brought a white tablecloth with us, thinking it would be best for showing the slides. The black table cloths supplied by the venue were fine for guitars, amps and other accessories. But glass loves the light, and we thought the white tablecloth background would help show off their color.
The doors opened for vendor load-in and setup at 8:30. We rolled in at about 9:00. It wasn't long before we had the table dressed and most of our two hundred slides unloaded and on display.
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Glass is amazing stuff. Understanding and taking care of it is both easy and important. To learn how and why, let’s examine the nature of glass itself.
The basic properties of glass are obvious, like clarity and color. Typically we choose from these properties when we select glass for a window, a telescope, a wine bottle, etc. Some properties aren’t so obvious, at least not to the naked eye, like it’s weight, hardness, thermal behavior, chemical sensitivity, radiation resistance and of course, cost. When we decided to open our business, we were the only folks around offering boro glass in color. We were determined to make the best slides we could, in popular sizes of glass and lengths. We made prototypes and sold them, and the color was the big advantage. But a few months before we opened, I changed the way our guitar slides were to be made. It was all sort of by accident.
It's Labor Day, and I'm hoping everyone in the country is finding some time to ease off the throttle, lean back, reflect on our lives and catch a fresh breath before we once again 'crank up the machine' and return to work. In that spirit I'm writing a short note to say Thank You to the many folks who have ordered our slides over the last year, musicians and stores alike. In our quest to make the best slide we can, it is you who drive us.
We've had lots of folks ask about getting started with slide guitar, and our answer is always a combination of three key things: have a slide that fits, visit as many web tutorials and FB interest group pages as you can find, and practice. Of course the first two are easiest, right? Well, um, not always. Asking a clerk to take guitar slides out of packages one after another- just to find one that fits- isn't always comfortable. And then your older brother is still looking for the spark plug socket wrench you left at band practice; and breaking the neck off of wine bottles isn't maybe the safest way to treat your hands...
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AuthorI made my first Pyrex glass guitar slide in 1969. After that, I made 70,000 more. I closed that business in 1975 and went on to a career as a Professional Project Manager. Retiring in 2012, I started to look for something to do and thought, 'hmmn, what about guitar slides?' That's when I found the colored boro glass and decided to make slides again; for musicians, not mass distributors. 'Custom: The New Standard' is our motto and our vision; try us and see... ArchivesCategories |