Pink Floyd solo on my ukulele with a homemade beer bottle slide that my dad just made me last night as a gift!

I'm here at my Island Guitar & Ukulele shop on the beautiful island of Key West.

I consider the slide — and mainly the glass slide — my main instrument. I don't care what it's on: guitar, bass, acoustic, electric, ukulele, etc. I PLAY SLIDE!

All slides sound different — not better or worse, but different — and they all certainly FEEL and handle much differently once laid upon the strings. Brass is heavy and offers more resistance, therefore it's easier to accurately stop and not blow by a target note. Glass is lighter and slippery feeling and offers more control over the fine overtones, but it takes more effort to control it.

"You can try to play the blues, or just give in and let the blues play you! That's IT! It's THAT little struggle, THAT split second tension right there between me and my guitar and those unconscious note choices that are happening when the notes start to play me — to me, THAT IS THE BLUES." — Wayne Sorbelli