"G String Blues" – Wayne Sorbelli Playing Glass Finger Slide & Les Paul at Island Guitar Key West
Wayne Sorbelli playing some G blues with a glass finger slide on his 1994 Gibson Les Paul Custom — signed by Warren Haynes and Johnny Winter — at Island Guitar Music Store Key West.
Wayne Sorbelli here at Island Guitar Key West playing some G blues with my glass finger — I call it "G String Blues."
Johnny Winter inspired me to pick up and try to play slide guitar a long time ago, then years later Derek Trucks re-ignited my passion for it.
This is my 1994 Gibson Les Paul Custom that I purchased brand new, but one year old, in 1995. It was signed by Warren Haynes not long after I bought it, then the Master Slide Legend Johnny Winter a few years later!!
I'm stringing it as I usually do — with size 10-46 strings. I'm not too partial to one brand or the other at the moment, as I see great qualities in a few brands and go back and forth depending on the tone I'm shooting for, or the mood I'm in. GHS, Dunlop, Ernie Ball and DR are my go-to favorites.
I tune it Standard Low to High EADGBe and sometimes Drop D for slide or finger playing.
Overall for feel and tone, I prefer using glass over metal slides — when I do want the CRISPY SHIVERS of metal on metal sliding, I prefer Brass to chrome.