slide guitar

American  

noun

1. bottleneck.

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slide guitar British  

noun

1. a technique of guitar playing derived from bottleneck, using a steel or glass tube on one finger across the frets

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Etymology

Origin of slide guitar

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

"Take off all that armour / You can't carry all that weight," he sings over a delicate slide guitar.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

“John Sinclair” gains an extended outro with a slide guitar solo that Lennon had previously faded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

With the sweeping album closer, “To Love,” which evokes the aching slide guitar of Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” Waterhouse took the stems of her viral hit “Good Looking” and stripped it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Nollman mainly plays slide guitar for whale species, but has worked with a wide range of other musicians, including a grammy-winning oboe player, violinists, percussionists, a chanting Tibetian lama and more.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

As Wynn’s Chevy lurched to a stop, he pushed a few buttons and a slide guitar intro began for what I could only guess was Brent Chisholm’s duet with Momma.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry