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Testimonials

Ian,

If you haven't contacted Ian McWee and arranged to have an Ultimate slide built to your specs, you do not know what you are missing. I have several, with my favorites being two heavy closed-end beauties, about 70 mm long with 10 mm of solid glass at the playing end. These are deifinitely the right tools for the task: The tone, sustain, and vibrato I can get on my tricone (16-18-27-39-49-59) with these slides are almost mystical. And Ian has a style and sincerity on the business end that you just don't see too much these days.

Dave Steenken (Japan)

Hello Ian,

I received the slides today. The first one I tried was the blue bottleneck. Man, talk about perfection. It fits me perfectly, the weight reminds me of those old bottlenecks that I used to make myself. There is one huge difference in the ones I made myself. The way you 'rolled' the tip. The bottom is as smooth as the top. The bottlenecks I used to make myself were never this good. I would spend hours with various grades of wet emery paper trying to smooth out and roll the tops. I never could get it right. It was always at best just good enough. Every other commercial bottleneck that I have seen has virtually ignored this subtly huge issue. You seem to have perfected it.

Your latest 'endorsee',
Rollie Tussing.

Ian,

The sonic qualities of a Diamond Bottlenecks's Ultimate Slide will make the player pay
immediate attention to what this artpiece has to sonically offer. I realized
in short order after using D.B's glass slide that a mass produced, heavy
walled glass slide suffers trajectly from tonal anemia by pale comparison.
The difference in tone, sustain & sonic richness is the hallmark of a
Diamond bottleneck slide! My new motto: Life is to short to use a crappy
bottleneck slide! Thanks guys... Consider me your newest addition to
Team Diamond Bottlenecks!

Cole Stevens.

Ian ,

Thank you for the bars,they are good for silence and smooth for my meditative aalap.

Love and Peace
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya

Hi Ian,
I came home to find the box I had been waiting for -- the latest package
from you.

I got out that hefty sapphire bullet-tip slide, sat down with my tricone in
my lap, and VOILA! This is the "steel" I've been looking for. What a
difference the extra weight makes -- well done! (It even works pretty on my
pinky with my roundneck single-cone, although I still have the green
"Ultimate" that makes that guitar come alive.

It's a pleasure doing business with you (again).

All the best,
Russ Young.

Hello, Ian,

Yesterday I received one of your single cuts through Tone Toys and I loved it from the first note.. I am a self employed professional player (guitar-vocal) , blues , (gypsy-)swing, all thirties stuff, and been buying "commerially" made slides for years now. But this one was like an old friend. My #1 from now on. Glad you make these guys.
Just had to let you know.

Best regards,
Kees Kingsize
The Hague
Netherlands.

Hello, Ian!

A couple of weeks ago, I received a mail from Brian Kramer, an American
musician living in Stockholm. He tipped me off about your hand-blown slides.
I promptly ordered one from Mr. Blueson, and I must say that I am
extremely satisfied with its performance. I do not know how you do it, but
your slide seems to function as a musical instrument in its own right. It
creates a brilliant, sustaining tone that is far better than anything else
I've tried during the years. Thanks for your know-how! Wonder what Mr
Johnson would have sounded like with an Ultimate...

With best regards,
Tomas Blom,
Stockholm, Sweden

Dear Ian

I received the slides on Saturday and I was just leaving town, so on my return on Sunday I took the slides out of the box and gave them a go. I am telling you with all honesty that they are the best slides I have ever played. I have at least 15 slides I have collected in my search for the right one. My style O National is very picky about slides and I have only found a couple that I could get by with. The guitar fell in love with the cobalt blue slide as it brought out the nature of the guitar. The green slide is also awesome and suprisingly it brings out a slightly different tone that is wonderful. I would not have thought that there could be such a difference. You really produce an exceptional product and it says something about the person you are. I am going to give your card out to different players so that they can also purchase the finest slides out there.
Take care my friend and thank the other folks that were involved in making these wonderful slides!

Fred J. Anderson.