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Article: Dunlop Stainless Steel Slide.(Badass Bargains Under $50)
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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When you think about it, stainless steel is an ideal material for a slide. It's relatively lightweight, and, as an alloy, it's more resistant to corrosion than brass or even chrome-plated steel. Dunlop's new Stainless Steel Slide ($24 retail, available in small and large) offers a heft that's similar to medium thickness glass, while eliciting more brightness and cutting power from your strings. The Stainless feels supremely maneuverable. It glides on the strings with uncanny ease, and it doesn't grind strings against the frets as easily as some heavy brass and ceramic slides do (a welcome ...