Clean Your Slides!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2024

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  • @vetsurginc
    @vetsurginc ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Don't forget the red Slideomix cover for small tenor slides. It can also be used to dry the inside of large tenor and bass bone slide inner tubes.

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup, I have the small one as well- just forgot to say there are different sizes! I'd love a larger one, actually.

    • @mondotrombo7167
      @mondotrombo7167 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not tight enough for you big boy

  • @chandlerellis5457
    @chandlerellis5457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I l like to use rubbing alcohol for the inner slide personally. Especially for slides with lots of old cream and gunk on them.

  • @psychedelicpucho
    @psychedelicpucho 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you just dry the inside of the outer tube and the outside of the inner tube after every single use, your slide won’t build up any mineral crud. That mineral crud builds up like coral on the inside of your outer slide and will grind down your slide plating. But the key is never letting that stuff build up to begin with. You have to dry it out after every use. If you’ve never heard of this, you need to have your slide professionally ground out by a slide guy first and then you can properly maintain your slide.

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too much work!

    • @psychedelicpucho
      @psychedelicpucho 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AidanRitchie I thought that too before I started. I use a little swab made out of a Tshirt stuck in the end of a rod. It literally takes 1 minute and 30 seconds. As long as you don’t bang your slide, it will remain perfect using this method. You have to go visit Bruce Belo. He’s one freeway exit away from Disneyland…..

  • @saidoof9369
    @saidoof9369 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I already knew about this, I still love the feed back

  • @twoshooz2003
    @twoshooz2003 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Yama-snot! Thanks Aidan! Reminds me of a Bill Watrous video I'd seen years ago!

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's where I got the idea!

  • @artvesterdal5100
    @artvesterdal5100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Aiden… Great ideas there. I’ve been doing the same for about the last year and what a difference. Why didn’t they teach us this in high school?

  • @SamO434
    @SamO434 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, so I have a Bach 50T3L coming in, so what tips do you have for it?

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Clean it! Both the way I outline here and with soap and water. Also disassemble the valve section and clean and oil all of that. Then go to town, play it!

  • @jameshicks4397
    @jameshicks4397 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you tried using Windex on the inner slide before you wipe it down. That helps the cloth pick up the dirt. Works for me anyway.

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว

      Too much effort! Haha

    • @DLudwg42
      @DLudwg42 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do NOT use regular Windex on your slide! The ammonia will damage the lacquer.

    • @jameshicks4397
      @jameshicks4397 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DLudwg42 - to my knowledge, the inner slide has no lacquer on it. If it did, it would wear through in a very short time regardless of the lube you use.

  • @JulianJahnke
    @JulianJahnke ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't play any instrument... but here we go! Let's learn something random 👀

  • @iuguy81
    @iuguy81 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This part is awkward around other people 😂😂😂😂

  • @blesstoad
    @blesstoad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've cleaned my slides for years but this really was eye-opening
    May I ask you why you don't use water?
    Thanks!

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I do use water to clean the inners every once in a while. But I have just found water to be unnecessary for action- it just dilutes the lube and it evaporates faster. I haven't used water in more than 10 years.

    • @michaelquillen2679
      @michaelquillen2679 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AidanRitchie Interesting. That Yamaha Slide Lube must be good stuff! I was a fanatic about keeping my slides clean. Back in my day (gads, I feel old) I used Conn Slide Cream (it was supposed to be the old Ponds Green Cold Cream formula...before they added lanolin). I did use a spray water bottle with distilled water. I would have loved the results you have! Thanks for the video!

    • @keithshockley3443
      @keithshockley3443 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are some good lubricants you would recommend?

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@keithshockley3443 for slide? Only yamaha slide lube.

    • @mondotrombo7167
      @mondotrombo7167 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithshockley3443Yamaha slide oil 1st place
      Slide o mix two bottle 2nd place
      Rapid comfort 3rd place
      Alessi formula 4th place

  • @dukkcc2
    @dukkcc2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would a snake work too? Because I just ordered one yesterday, not a cleaning rod

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope. That is great for the inner slide and to clean out the crook but does not do what I do in this video.

    • @bradleybunk6463
      @bradleybunk6463 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Put a small cloth on end of snake to soak up liquid, but he is right, it does not develop enough friction without a rod.

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bradleybunk6463 I'd be very careful of doing that, very easy to lose your cloth!

  • @JohnArcycle
    @JohnArcycle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I clean the inside of the inner slide too. Mine gets pretty cruddy.

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course, but that doesn't do anything for the action!

    • @DLudwg42
      @DLudwg42 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good idea - but be careful you don't damage the leadpipe! That can be very expensive to repair.

  • @piggdsbest333
    @piggdsbest333 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anything bad happen if you let the lube on your slide for too long (without playing) ? Useful video thank you. Another video on how to properly clean the whole bone would also be quite useful.

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope, not really. Just clean it off like in the video!

    • @piggdsbest333
      @piggdsbest333 ปีที่แล้ว

      Got ya. Also I've seen some people giving bath to their bone, is this a good thing to do ?@@AidanRitchie

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@piggdsbest333 I only bathe my slides

    • @piggdsbest333
      @piggdsbest333 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AidanRitchie alright thank you for the quick reply. Good day to you sir.

    • @bradleybunk6463
      @bradleybunk6463 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, it will be harder to clean next time, and if the chrome plating is worn corrosion develops.

  • @T3SS3R4ACT
    @T3SS3R4ACT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why dont you use water? using water is what all of my trombone teachers have been telling me to do

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To clean or lube? I do use water to clean when I use a snake. But not to lube.

    • @T3SS3R4ACT
      @T3SS3R4ACT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AidanRitchie I use water for both

    • @AidanRitchie
      @AidanRitchie  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@T3SS3R4ACT I used to, I don't need it for lube though. Just makes the lube evaporate faster