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[Graham]

Has anyone used an Ebow before? I was listening to some sound samples of one on the Ebow website and the songs you can get seem pretty cool. But I heard they are quite hard to use.

[GraemeC]

Ive used one quite a lot...and they are no problem to use at all.

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[Tav]

I have heard of and seen an E-bow but never in action. Sound interesting, what exactly does it do and how?

[David]

i REALLY want to get one to play about with and such,

they were cheap in the sale rnb had a few months ago but they dont take trades for sale stuff (walked out wiht a crybaby anyway so i was happy enough)

David

[GraemeC]

Originally posted by Tav
I have heard of and seen an E-bow but never in action. Sound interesting, what exactly does it do and how?

Its a battery operated electro magnetic device that will cause any chosen guitar string to vibrate endlessly....giving a keyboard effect....fun when combined with other effect pedals.

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[Tav]

Originally posted by GraemeC
Its a battery operated electro magnetic device that will cause any chosen guitar string to vibrate endlessly....giving a keyboard effect....fun when combined with other effect pedals.

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Worth the money? <how much are they btw?>

[SHAWN THE OX]

About £89.00
But I cant get them in as stock in the shop at the moment
so you will have to look mailorder which is a bummer coz you cant try b4 you buy
thay r cool !
Phil from undertow & Jamie from VINYL BILL use them
kinda psychadelic

[Graham]

Originally posted by Tav
I have heard of and seen an E-bow but never in action. Sound interesting, what exactly does it do and how?

If you go to http://www.ebow.com you can hear sound samples of what they can do. Plus theres info on them and things and lists of who has used them and recordings that ebows have been used in.

[GraemeC]

Niall, Pallas/The Mill uses one to good effect on some Pallas tracks..

[craig deadenstereo]

try listening to E-Bow the letter from New Adventures in Hi-Fi by REM for an example. The intro for The Unforgiven off the Metallica Black album is an e-bow as well.

They are a sustainer => gives infinite sustain. A little grey box you hold in you hand instead of the pick.

They are hard to use at first but you get used to them pretty quick. They get more volume out of your guitar than you can with a pic.

I find they work best if you keep them on one string as it's hard to change strings but I may just be a spastic.

Go for the E-Bow Plus, it has an extra mode that adds harmonics and it makes it sound a lot nicer. It adds the fifth above the note, the one that your guitar sounds cool when it hits when you let it feedback and the other slightly higher note comes in?

Craig

p.s. if you want to see one in action come see deadenstereo