Slide guitar allows us to play the guitar in a uniquely expressive way.

The tones you can create, and the emotion you can wring out of a guitar with a slide are out of this world.

However it presents even experienced “conventional” guitar players with a set of unique challenges.

  • With the slide on one finger, suddenly you’ve become a One Finger Guitarist! 
  • Not only that, but it’s as if someone has removed all your frets... Suddenly we have to learn how to play in tune, as if we were playing violin.
  • And as if this weren't enough, in different tunings you're back to the beginning with your knowledge of the fretboard.

I’m not saying any of this to put you off, but rather to prepare you for the exciting journey ahead.

The good news is that I've been there, and I can help. Not only am I extremely passionate about slide guitar, but I'm an experienced educator with 25+ years of teaching guitar behind me.

I know what you need to do, and I can explain it simply and concisely.

It’s going to be a wild ride, so strap yourself in tight, and get ready to take your guitar playing into a whole different dimension!

Hi, I’m Dylan Kay


I have a long-standing, healthy obsession with all things slide guitar, and I love to help others understand and master this most expressive way of playing guitar.

I've been a guitar player for 35 years, a guitar teacher for 25 years and in my own playing have focused on slide guitar since 2005.

I studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston (including studying with slide guitar great David Tronzo) and the Guitar Institute in London (where I later taught for many years). I have played everywhere from tiny restaurants to the O2 Arena, and continue to perform, compose and record music.

Originally from the UK, I run a successful bricks and mortar guitar school in Auckland, where I live with my young family and "a few" guitars (and slides!)