
From glass to brass, ceramic, and steel, and short to thin, domed, or highly maneuverable ... a multitude of ways to wail.
DāAddario Rich Robinson Brass Slide
The Black Crowes' lead 6-stringer's signature model is a hefty brass affair with a slight taper inside to help keep it in place when the gig gets too wild.
$20 street
daddario.com
Jim Dunlop Derek Trucks Medicine Bottle Slide
This glass bottle might have the name of a modern master on it, but it's squarely designed to fall within the lineage of Duane Allman's famous Coricidin slider that graced so many legendary recordings.
$14 street
jimdunlop.com
Jetslide Stainless
Specifically for players who wear a slide on their ring finger, this futuristic design allows for a quick change to play single-notes and chords without letting the hardware get in the way.
$26 street
jetslide.com
Diamond Bottlenecks The Redhouse
This customizable model offers three different profiles, a notch-cut option, and various lengths and diametersāplus they come in a handful of colors.
$20 street
diamondbottlenecks.com
Steve Clayton Pork Knuckle
By using an inner ribbing that helps to prevent slippage, this beefy ceramic model aims to offer smooth sailing no matter your finger size.
Starts at $18 street
steveclayton.com
The Rock Slide Ariel Posen Signature Slide
Created specifically for those who sport a slide on their pinky, this ball-tip model comes in at 5" in length with a cutaway at the second knuckle for maximum finger flexibility.
$29 street
therockslide.com
Rocky Mountain Slides Salidan Middy
This handcrafted ceramic model sports a thicker wall for a brighter tone, is available in three different lengths (standard, middy, and shorty), and a handful of colors.
$26 street
rockmountainslides.com
Fender Glass Slide
Offered in a variety of thicknesses ranging from 1.5 mm to 4 mm, this bare-bones glass slide sports rounded edges for comfort and smoothness.
$5 street
fender.com
Thimble Slide Maxim
Although the slide is a bit larger than a thimble, the hybrid design offers flexiblity when moving from a singing lead to a fretted passage.
$25 street
thimbleslide.com
Shubb Reversible Slide
Afraid of commitment? This brass slide allows you to easily move from fretting notes to slippery glissandos pretty quickly.
$30 street
shubb.com
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Godin unlocked a lot doors for players when they first introduced their popular Multiac. They continue striving to improve their design with slight tweaks and this year was no different as they brought a pair dazzlers that have new, comfier neck shapes (designed to lure the electric player to the nylon-based instrument) and dreamy finishes like the Opalburst (with a maple fretboard) & Oceanburst (with a richlite fretboard). They also are packed with updated custom-voiced LR Baggs electronics. Both models have hollowed silver leaf maple bodies & necks, a solid cedar top with figured flame leap top (that's sunken into the body).
Fishman introduced a new set of Greg Koch signatures, the Gristle-Tone ST Strat-style trio, at NAMM 2025, as part of its Fluence series. They are remarkably hi-fi sounding, with exceptional definition, clarity, and punch. And while they come stock in Kochās latest Reverend Signature model, the Gristle ST, you can get āem from Fishman for your S-style axe at $269 (street) per set. PS: You gotta watch the demo video!
Naw, this aināt a DI. Itās Radialās NAMM-fresh Highline passive line isolator, which comes in mono ($179 street) and stereo ($249), and uses premium Jensen transformers to preserve your signalās pure sound. The Highline takes 1/4" cable (with XLR outs) for connecting amp simulators or pedals to your amps or a DAW. Itās compact and pedalboard friendly, and the Mono version sums stereo sources down to mono. The Stereo can take four 1/4 ā inputs and deliver a stereo signal, but it can also sum stereo sources down to mono. And it fits snugly under a pedalboard.
Ren Ferguson is a master luthier and has worked with several companies throughout his impressive career, but his current venture is building custom instruments under his own name (with some help from family). He's putting all the knowledge and expertise he's absorbed over the decades he's worked constructing workhorse guitars that not only sound stellar, but look the part, too. He showed us his slope-shouldered dread that was a clydesdale of an acoustic that looked regal and sounded powerful.