The Secret World of
HINDUSTANI SLIDE
Think you know every nook and cranny of the modern guitar world?
Think again. Here we take you inside the burgeoning Indian lap-slide scene—a place where players from one of the world’s oldest
civilizations took inspiration from Hawaiians, created mind-boggling
20-string instruments, and now conjure spellbindingly virtuosic music.
BY ANDY ELLIS
112 PREMIER GUITAR JULY 2012