Jeez, Reggie! that is amazing! Mind you, I think the bearing thingy would need a pretty strong pinky, no?

I had a Stella for awhile that was just a great little guitar for starting slide. Had the stencilled "star" fret markers, etc. sounded terrific, like some of those old records of Robert Johnson, etc. I've been on the lookout ever since that one went away..

That is a good point about necks and strings, but I found that for learning you don't always wanna be that loud, and the lighter "wimp ass" set up works okay for learning in the kitchen.   sb