Industry May 14, 2026
Sadler Vaden on Slide Guitar Technique
Don't sweat the action, keep it in standard tuning and just pretend you're a trapeze artist with syrup on the fingerboard... Wait, what!?
Originally published by
MusicRadar
Sadler Vaden of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit shared an unconventional approach to playing slide guitar. He suggests that imagining the guitar's fingerboard is coated in a substance like mud or syrup can alter playing style. Originally reported by MusicRadar.