Slide guitar bridge

1. Are slides bad for your guitar?
2. What is it called when you slide down a guitar?
3. Do you need high action for slide guitar?

Are slides bad for your guitar?

If you don't wear the slide on your palm you should be just fine. Playing the guitar normally will wear out the frets much faster than playing slide on it. Just play it and take basic care of it. Life is too short to let a guitar ruin your enjoyment with playing it.

What is it called when you slide down a guitar?

Sliding is a legato technique that allows a guitarist to manipulate the sound of a note after it is played. ... As the name suggests, a slide is produced by picking a fretted note and then sliding your fretting finger up or down the string, maintaining contact with it, to arrive at a new note on another fret.

Do you need high action for slide guitar?

If you're serious about playing slide, you need to raise your guitar's action so that the strings don't hit the frets. That doesn't necessarily mean that you need a very high action to get a good sound - a medium action can often be high enough.