Louisiana Red playing

...and loving, his custom engraved Diamond 'Ultimate' slide"

 

 

 

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Endorsees

We’re proud and honored to welcome into our Diamond Bottlenecks gallery of endorsee greats;

World Music Statesman, Bob Brozman;
renowned teacher, performer & Grammy-winning recording artist, Mike Dowling;
U.S. avant-garde guitarist and recording maestro, Henry Kaiser;
and the awesome Hindustani slide guitarist/teacher, Debashish Bhattacharya…

…all phenomenal players – and our good friends!

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Barry Weber

We also welcome into our guitar slide research and development team an awesome slide player from New York City, Barry Weber. Barry is a guitar slide collector; designer and co-hoster of the U.S. ‘ToneFest’ festivals (www.tonesociety.com)

In Barry’s own words “…In the years that I’ve been playing slide I’ve worked my way through chrome, brass, pill bottles, bottle necks and all manner of hand made glass slides. Diamond Bottlenecks are the only company that can make the dream slide in your head a reality on your finger! When it comes to custom glass slides made just the way you want, they get the job done…”

Barry Weber aka Frankenstrat2

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New additions to the Ultimate Collection.

 

Take a look at the collection »

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Ian & the 'Slide Guitar Collective' Guys doing what they do best.
Swindon June 2005

 

Take a look at some pictures from the day »

 

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Shot Glass Slides

Heavy, clear glass lead crystal 'shot glasses!' Perfect for both playin' & a' drinkin' in one seriously heavy hunk of glass....

Prices: £14.95
Euro 25.00
$35.00

 

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Guitarist Magazine 2004

We're honoured to receive this 'five - star' product review in Europe's leading specialist guitar magazine, 'Guitarist', reproduced here by kind permission of 'Guitarist' reviews editor, Dave Burrluck.

"Great neck, huge versatility, immensely playable"

Download the review (PDF 1Mb).

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Glass Plectrums:

Presenting our range of genuine glass plectrums! Giving a lovely sharp, ‘snappy’ tone to your playing – and great as a gift of ‘music – related’ jewellelry.

Photo's to follow.

Price U.K. £.5.00
U.S. $ 10.00
Euro 7.50

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Michael Messer reviews glass slides

Michael Messer, one of the UK's finest, recently conducted a review of glass slides for the "Guitarist Magazine". Michael has generously permitted us to publish an extract of his review relating to Ian's "Diamond Bottleneck" standard slide. This is his review verbatim:

IAN McWEE® REAL BOTTLE-NECKS: Rating 3

Available direct from Ian McWee or from The London Resonator Centre. Hand-made from real wine bottles these are available in two standard styles: standard - with the lip left on, cut - with lip removed and the edges polished. If you play slide guitar and you prefer glass to metal, you really should try a green glass wine bottle-neck. Green glass is very different to both clear glass and Pyrex glass. Green bottle glass will give a deeper, warmer tone with plenty of clean sustain. I am not a glass-slide acoustic player, but if I was I would use this kind of slide. They do need to be cut and polished by a professional - firstly it is a dangerous sport, and secondly it is very hard to get a good finish without good polishing equipment. A polishing wheel and pumice is required - be careful, you don’t want to damage those valuable fingers.

The full review can be accessed on Michael's site at: http://www.michaelmesser.co.uk/Slides review.htm