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Old 11-03-2014, 07:33 PM
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Default Any Ebow users out there?

Never touched one, but I think it might have some utility with the church band. Just curious what your experiences are. There's no shortage of bands/recording artists using them:
http://www.ebow.com/m/artists.php?cat=1
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Old 11-04-2014, 05:27 AM
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I used to play one when Big Country came out back in the 80's. They are neat but tricky. You have to get the distance from the strings consistent as the closer to the string the magnetic driver is, the harder the string vibrates and vice versa.

Overall, it's much easier, though less cool/weird than using a violin bow (or a violin, as Nigel Tufnel is know to do).

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Old 11-04-2014, 06:17 AM
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I use mine in the studio quite often, doing everything from building atmospheric intros, one string at a time, to creating drones to supplementing strings parts!

HERE is an example of an atmospheric intro I produced, engineered and played eBow on for an album. Several of the drone parts were done on a Baby Taylor, believe it or not. Copyright 3:16 Media.

HERE is a case where I filled out some parts that were missing from the arrangement of a string section on song from another album.

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Old 11-04-2014, 07:57 AM
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Cool stuff, Bob, thanks! Definitely would not have guessed baby Taylor for the first one!
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Old 11-04-2014, 12:38 PM
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The Ebow is capable of some very cool stuff. I found it unusable in a live setting. It is so powerful that your vol knob must be turned down almost to off, and often your tone control must be rolled back considerably. After playing with it I would always set it down and try to start playing without readjusting my controls. Or I would forget to turn my guitar way down before using it and blow everyone off the stage. The constant requirement to readjust and failure to remember to adjust after using the effect finally made me cash it in. YMMV.
If my guitar had two vol controls and a toggle switch it would have been easier.
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Old 11-04-2014, 12:44 PM
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Bob:
You are the ghost inside the machine of music!

It must be very cool to have the tools and ability to combine intricacies into symphonies.
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Old 11-04-2014, 12:50 PM
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We used ebow all over this CD:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in...gn/id277407895

Start with the sample of the first song and you'll hear it used pretty orchestrally.

You can here where I used on acoustic guitar here on another of my songs with a different band... just listen to the sample segment:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/co...43?i=278611290

I got pretty good at using it for a while, though I use it a bit less often now.
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Old 11-04-2014, 04:07 PM
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I recorded with an Ebow on acoustic once. It helped create an atmospheric effect that I couldn't have achieved in any other way. It was really eerie to listen to the final mix and have to remind myself that it wasn't me singing falsetto in the background--it was my Taylor acoustic. It's easy to overuse them, but with some restraint they can be amazing.

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Old 11-05-2014, 06:25 PM
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I 'inherited' and ebow a few years back. It was left in a Fender Twin that I bought used from GC. I found it about six months after I bought the amp.

After playing with it for a while I came to the conclusion that whoever left that thing in the Fender Twin most likely did so on purpose. A person could waste a lot of valuable practice time trying to make pleasing sounds with that useless little gadget.

I gave it away.
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Old 11-06-2014, 01:59 PM
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Must respectfully disagree!

My homies from Scotland new just how to use it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MT8TBPt_XQ

It's all over "The Crossing". Superb use of the Ebow, Rat pedal, MXR harmonizer and Marshall!!!
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Old 11-11-2014, 03:15 AM
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I used Ebow on this track (which is on Itunes too) for the debut album of a local artist and fellow teacher.



Nowadays I play the Moog Guitar and Vo-96 which make the eBow seem like childsplay, so no I don't own one anymore.

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Old 11-11-2014, 10:51 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkRBy2ySm0A

I saw him play this live with the ebow and it sounded pretty great. Though it was a small venue so I don't remember if it was mic'd. I think it was, at least.

It improves your range, like everything else that allows you to play guitar differently, and that's always a good thing, having more options!

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Old 11-12-2014, 12:05 AM
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I have only briefly played one but i have seen Mike use his (two at once)!

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