John Michael Rose:

Got the slides in today, love 'em all!! The new white is really killer! I'm adding a link to your site from my site now and I'm gonna brag about you on the guitar forums I'm on. I'm also gonna add a link to you from my myspace site to! Also, I'm gonna add a little something on the album like I did the first one. A shout out really.

Let's see, about the slides. Like I said, i love love love the new white. It's so killer and natural looking. And it really matches the tone of the slide, you know, natural. Like the name to!

The JuJu White Shavano is my favorite. The size is PERFECT for my pinkie finger and the length is exactly what I need! I just wish the walls of the Monarch were the walls on the JuJu Standard Shavano. The tones bring tears to my eyes! Thank you so much for existing, and bringing the world such a great product!! You sir are a hero, scholar, and a gentleman!

Todd Mauldin/Hellbusters:

Doc!

i love the new slides. I've given them both a proper workout and here's some observations:

LOVE the new "hellbuster blue" color. I can't emphasize this enough. It looks like gunmetal and I love it. I love it love it. I go around telling people I have my own color now at RMSC :) Which, after a fashion, is even cooler than having a signature edition slide.

It is durable, even the rough strips, I haven't been able to even begin a groove in the material. And the tone is everything I hoped it would be. I get all kinds of great sounds. In my standard rip/choke/grind mode, it sounds super nasty. In my light tough sing-songy mode It has the light and brightness of a bottleneck without the weight, but more weight than pyrex or a medicine bottle. and playing between the glazed and unglazed parts leads to lots of creative dynamics.

This is the slide I want!!!!

Albert Castiglia:

It was the red Shavano. I know the video was kinda rough but that tone...Ooh La La!!! If I find better video, I'll be sure to send it to you. I'm still waiting on some decent pictures to send you. If it's not any trouble, can you send me another red one? Mine got swiped a few days ago. If it's too much trouble I understand. I'm doing a show with John Mooney tonight and I'll be using the black or the blue. By the way, I did a show with Brian Stoltz a few weeks ago and he told me about his signature model and showed me a prototype, Very cool. Keep up the great work and thanks for your awesome product. I'm spreading the word.

Regards, Albert

Will Ray/The Hellicasters:

Hi Doc,

Here's a quote if you need one:

"I like the way Rocky Mountain Slides are contoured to fit the arch of my fingerboard. Better string contact means cleaner sliding."

Cheers, Will Ray

JB:

Hi Doc,

After a couple of hours playing around with your slides, just thru my lo-fi Mini-Twin (2-2" spkrs), I have come to the conclusion you're a fkg Genius! These are THE BEST slides I've ever had.

The Monarch Middy's are the closest to what I'm used to. Nice fat, round sound and lots of sustain, but without the weight of my fat metal Dunlop. Easier to play and easier on the frets.

The Monarchs have a sort of 'humbucker' sound, while the Shavano Middy has a 'single coil' kind of sound. More present and focused, but still balanced without getting thin.

The Custom Shop ones seem somewhere in between on the glazed side. I haven't played much with the raw side yet, but its great to have those tonal variances.

The Monarch's fit over my first knuckle (pinky) but not the second. I think I like it that way because I don't have to bend my wrist as much as when the slide covers the whole finger. I may have to put something inside to give me some grip when my hands are sweaty. I don't want it to go flying off onto the concrete floor!

Anyway, I REALLY like them all, whereas of the other slides I have (brass, glass/pyrex, ceramic), I only liked the one heavy steel Dunlop. And I already like ALL of yours better than that one. So I can safely toss all my old ones. I'll have more to say after a few gigs, but I wanted to let you know I'm already sold, hook line and sinker. Your efforts have paid off. Thank you for giving players these wonderful tools.

Let me know if you'd like me to show these samples to a few stores and act as an unofficial rep. Maybe I can help generate some orders. If you've contacted anyone, I could do a follow up? I think the stores' guitar guys will, like I did, notice the great sound and feel pretty quickly once they get one in their hands.

Best, Jon

Corry Hanna:

The Poncha Bullet is my 'go to' slide for lap steel. It has a warm, clear tone, and is very comfortable in the hand.
-Corry Hanna
songwriter, guitarist

Michael Hill:

I unfortunately won't be in Cali in January but I can tell you a little story that may bring a smile. Last week I was in Kaiserslautern, Germany hosting and performing at a very cool three night blues festival that also featured Shemekia Copeland, John Lee Hooker Jr., the great Louisiana Red (now 74 years young) and others.

I hadn't seen Louisiana Red since we jammed together on a TV show at a festival in Switzerland a few years ago so it was great to catch up some. We were talking guitars and he asked me whether I was using glass or metal for slide- a perfect setup for me to break out my gorgeous Rocky Mountain slide and tell him how righteous it is. I had two so I gave him one to use during his set, and he joked, "If you're lying to me now, Michael....".

Well needless to say he had a truly sweet, rich slide tone on both acoustic and electric and he loved the slide, so of course it was my little gift to him. I told him to e-mail me if he gets a picture in which he's using it.

So I just wanted to pass on the fact that the illustrious Rocky Mountain Slide has passed the Louisiana Red test- with flying colors, naturally! Be well, my friend, and good luck at NAMM.

Alex Gomez:

The glaze! Absolutely. The black and red one sounds glassiest and it looks the shiniest. Anyhoo, the greenie (Mojo Green) really wail full-tilt - you can hear all kinds of cool detail, especially upper harmonics - the cool thing is that they're not so over-powering when you hit the note, but they hang in there as it decays -

Brian Stoltz:

Hi Doc,

Got the package - thanks so much. You have certainly won me over with your slides. I'm gonna check out the black one now...

Just wanted to let you know, I sat in with Gov't Mule a few nights ago. I passed that red slide to Warren.

Colin John:

Hi Doc-

Just got it and you have the best slide yet with The Hell Hound Red-you got it perfect this time-right diameter, right thickness of material, right glaze, right length and most importantly, right tone.

I have to say that this is now my favorite.

Any chance of making the voodoo black with the same specs as this one?

Well done and congrats.