Coricidin

[boots]

cbass' broken finger thread got me to thinking about my search for Coricidin bottles. I always look for them in every thrift shop/antique store I visit, and so far, I've never seen one. Hundreds of old pill bottles, but never a Coricidin.

Are they that rare? Or has every slide player in the country already cleaned out all the shops? Anybody here have one?

I'm not much of a slide player, but think it would be really cool to have a real Coricidin bottle around.

[NickC]

I'm guessing most folks threw the empty bottles in the trash.

[M Fowler]

I think my old home city dump is a slough/slue/slew now so I can't try retrieve all those old bottles for you.

[Phil_S]

I have one. The simple truth, as I see it, is that the simple glass sleeve (fully open at both ends) I've got is every bit as good and doesn't make the end of my finger sweaty.

This is not an exact reproduction to my eye.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 16191913:s

Good story, who knows if it's true?
http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/05/22 ... r-40-years

Here's about as good as you'll do these days:
http://bloozebottle.com/product_SC2.htm

These guys address the sweaty finger issue:
http://www.diamondbottlenecks.com/PillBottle.html

[NickC]

This seems like a good idea:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Accessories ... t=3&xsr=32

[vibratoking]

$24? Oh yeah, I should expect that from stewmac

[NickC]

$24? Oh yeah, I should expect that from stewmac

Yeah, it's pricey. But if it fits the bill, it might save money in the long run. I have five or six slides that are okay, but as Bono sang "I still haven't found what I'm looking for." Maybe the Stew-Mac offering is it?

[Leo_Gnardo]

Legend was Duane bought a whole box full of Corocidin - puzzling the druggist. Didn't want to run out of slides.

70's-80's there was a copy of the bottle made for slide and sold under a misspelling on purpose, something like Corriacidin.

Good luck on your bottle search.

Easier slide find should be the Lowell George 11/16" Craftsman spark plug socket. Of course get one to fit YOUR finger... Heavy chrome steel is a treat to slide with, Lowell sure had that right. Along those lines Dunlop has a couple heavy brass slides that are very nice, some are chrome plate, some not.

[mhartman]

Easier slide find should be the Lowell George 11/16" Craftsman spark plug socket. Of course get one to fit YOUR finger... Heavy chrome steel is a treat to slide with, Lowell sure had that right. Along those lines Dunlop has a couple heavy brass slides that are very nice, some are chrome plate, some not.

Careful with those heavy slides -- my 1930 Style O has a nice little ding in it from a friend being a bit over aggressive with a big brass slide. Tough to remain calm when you see something like that.

[boots]

I actually have a Blues Bottle glass slide that is probably pretty close to a Coricidin bottle. I think I prefer a metal slide over glass anyway, but if I found a genuine Coricidin bottle, I'd grab it up!

Truth be told, I'm a really lousy slide player anyway....

[HeeBGB]

Coricidin bottle?!!!!! We don need no stinking Coricidin bottle!!!

http://youtu.be/xfBF4rr7FiA

[vibratoking]

I like slides made from many materials, glass, chrome, brass, ceramic, for different sounds. I like both ends open, no sweat, and no taper inside or out. I prefer the outside radius to be of a certain size. I like a radius slightly larger than a coricidin bottle. This usually means the inside is too big for my pinky, which is how I wear it. I solve the problem by lining the inside with a strip or two of leather so that I get a nice no slip fit. The leather strips give me the control I want and it won't fly off my finger when I'm fingering. My $0.02.

[ampmike]

They were easy to find in the seventys,not now.I got a re issue one but its too thin.Just doesnt have the mass to resonate.Your gonna find one,Ill google right noe for ya,Good luck Bro

[LeeMo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Duane-Allman-Sl ... 1e88da649b

[sepulchre]

Back in the day I had to take Coricidin to breath. I always save the bottles for slides. That was long and long ago and they all gone now.

However, Jim Dunlop realized how much slide players like them and so:

http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/blues-bottle-slide

Not actually made by Coricidin but these are pretty close and only about $8. Plus they come in two thicknesses and three sizes so you can get a good fit. I liked my old Coricidin bottles but truth be known, they weren't the best fit, and they had pesky seams; these don't.

I use a regular glass slide now, thick walled as I can get. I have a few for different fingers & fits. Got one huge one that's really thick. It's got a ton of sustain but IME can only be used by itself; no additional fingering possible. But it's great for playing slide on a bass, ala Mark Sandman.