Rock Slide RK-SMP-LB Swamp Slide Aged Brass Large

If you are into tweed and worn out looking gear these are for you.  Tonally they sound like a standard brass Rock Slide®, but they resemble something from the bottom of the Bayou. We individually hand age these using a multi-step recipe of destruction.  They have a perfectly smooth finish for playability. Each slide is aged by hand. Appearance WILL vary from slide to slide. Some look like the picture, some come out with more black, some come out with gold or leopard spots. The Aged Brass Rock Slide is designed and carefully crafted with your needs as a player taken into careful consideration. The Rock Slide is simply unmatched in comfort, thanks to the design's contoured finger rest and knuckle cutaway. And the slide's tapered interior ensures a uniform fit along your whole finger, adding stability and control to your slide performances. The slide's aged brass material is legendary for its gritty feel and cutting sustain, making your passages jump out. The Aged Brass Rock Slide is the one that started it all with the look of a well-worn tool. Brass imparts your tone with a cutting sound. And the rough surface of the aged brass adds a bit of drag and grit while traveling across the strings. The fact that it is also denser than glass and adds great sustain makes it a popular choice among the rock and blues slide players. Want to know what a great metal slide sounds like? Give players like blues slide guru Johnny Winter a listen. Place a Rock Slide on your finger, and you'll know why the company makes sure you know it's "Not just a piece of pipe!" Rock Slides are quickly gaining in popularity with players thanks to some carefully considered features. The interior of the slide is tapered throughout, giving your finger the same controlled fit at your fingertip as you have at the base of your knuckle. The finger rest contoured into the side of the slide is surprisingly ergonomic. And the Rock Slide Aged Brass slide's knuckle cutaway keeps the slide positioned correctly on your finger at all times.