“Sometimes I try to pretend that someone threw mud on the fretboard of my guitar, or thick syrup! It’s a funny thing to imagine but it changes the way you play”: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's Sadler Vaden reveals his approach to slide guitar

Sadler Vaden takes a slide solo on a Rickenbacker.

Sadler Vaden is one of these players who can play anything. Anyone who has watched him perform live with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit knows the score; just hand him the electric guitar and turn him loose. Something good is going to come out – especially when he’s got a slide on his ring finger.

Vaden has a lot in his trick bag but his slide work is really unimpeachable, especially when you consider he – and Isbell for that matter – are playing slide in standard tunings.