EBow, yes or no?

[Purge]

They really are neat little toys, but the price is outrageous. I played with one and absolutely loved all the weird shit it did until I found out how much the stupid thing costs. I mean, come one...it's basically a glorified vibrator without the funny smell.

 

[Rokket]

They really are neat little toys, but the price is outrageous. I played with one and absolutely loved all the weird shit it did until I found out how much the stupid thing costs. I mean, come one...it's basically a glorified vibrator without the funny smell.

LMAO!!! I wish my wife had one of those toys, I'd try it out on my axe!!!

Have you ever experimented with cordless drills and stuff like that? Not the altering a pick thing like Mr. Big, but hovering one over your pickups? I tried one night when I was drunk, and the sounds coming out of my amp scared me shitless!

 

[Lurk_R]

I have one. I haven't used it in awhile. I took it out of my gig bag after I read some of these posts and the battery was dead.

 

[scrubs]

Have you ever experimented with cordless drills and stuff like that? Not the altering a pick thing like Mr. Big, but hovering one over your pickups? I tried one night when I was drunk, and the sounds coming out of my amp scared me shitless!

I've tried electric razors and little electric fuzz removers (for sweaters, etc.). Interesting. Basically, anything that is battery powered with a motor will make noise over a pickup.




ooops. back to fixing the vocals for the collab.

 

[Rokket]

ooops. back to fixing the vocals for the collab.

Ha! Busted!!!

Now get back to work!

 

[Purge]

I farted into my pickups once and my amp almost blew up.

 

[-=¤willhaven¤=-]

Not a fan of the ebow. I didn't find it very useful or interesting. I messed with it for about 30 or 40 minutes before I put it away for good.

 

[Rokket]

I farted into my pickups once and my amp almost blew up.

You have issues, don't you?

 

[scrubs]

Not a fan of the ebow. I didn't find it very useful or interesting. I messed with it for about 30 or 40 minutes before I put it away for good.

you could sell yours to purge, no?

 

[Purge]

Hell yeah, talk to me!! 20 big fat beautiful shining bucks could be all yours.

 

[Unsprung]

I decided to vote for "Did you mean eBay?" Truthfully, I've known what an Ebow was LONG before I even knew I wanted to be a guitar player. If you listen to "Heart of Glass" by Blondie, you'll hear plenty of Ebow in that.

Matt

 

[timmerman]

Great effect, but yes very expansive for what it does and yes, anything with an electromotor in it could make your picks hum, it does help if you use this along side a compressor, and just sustain that baby

Another well-know song which uses an E-bow is "Heroes" by Bowie

Eddie

 

[-=¤willhaven¤=-]

you could sell yours to purge, no?

Oh, it wasn't mine. I just goofed around with a friends ebow for a while.

 

[sile2001]

anything with an electromotor in it could make your picks hum

There's no electric motor in an eBow...and one of the techniques with the eBow is direct electromagnetic feedback straight into the pickups. It's a hum, but a pleasing, tonal, controlled hum.

 

[Wireneck]

I like mine alot. Its all over my latest demos. I think its really cool for doing sustained harmony lines and stuff. Alot of my mixes are pretty dense and have alot of guitar stuff going on. The great thing about the E-bow is that it gives the sound this close to being harsh boost. It can be grating solo'd but it almost always sits perfectly in the mix. Thats been my experience at least.
I think alot of people dismiss it because they pick it up and they are immediatly frustrated learning to use it. Sure most people can pick it up and do the 1 string thing but learning to play passages that are skipping strings etc..quickly takes a bit of time.
The cost is what it is. Its an "effect" and it doesn't cost anymore than any other effects pedals. I own 2 different wah wah's that both ran me at least $100 or more at one time. I probably break one of the two out once every year or so. So its like any other effect, its as usefull as you make it but is best used in moderation.

 

[sile2001]

Also keep in mind that the Edge's "Infinite Guitar" (used on With or Without You and a few others) had the equivalent of an eBow built into the guitar. Very sweet ethereal sounds. Of course his massive rack of effects processors didn't hurt anything either...

 

[AvoidTheClap]

if it was under $50 i'd probably buy one just to play with. but i can't see using it too often. thats what i use keyboard for.

 

[snipeguy]

I tried one live a couple of times and found it hard to use on stage......you know .......while I was doing backflips and the splits and stuff.

 

[timmerman]

Yes yes yes, but what about.................?

The cost is what it is. Its an "effect" and it doesn't cost anymore than any other effects pedals. I own 2 different wah wah's that both ran me at least $100 or more at one time. I probably break one of the two out once every year or so. So its like any other effect, its as usefull as you make it but is best used in moderation.

True, and this brings us to the fact that nearly all effects are far too expansive, same as for guitars and amps and....................but we all seem to accept it and pay the price companies want us to pay, including me, but at times I can't help feeling: "Gee wish I could build my own...." And yes you could eh? but then we may have other things to do................

Anyway back to the E-bow................great that the effect is still around eh,considering it is a 70s-kind-of-retro thing, does anyone believe it could become as popular as the wah? They went away but came back since the late 80s and have been here ever since. Well perhaps the E-bow may take too long to master............................

Oh and what about the Sustainer, they could easily emulate the E-bow sound, may be a bit easier to operate as well, but who knows.............?

 

[cstockdale]

E-bow: yes. I love the thing. I would say it has taken me about 10-12 hours of combined playing time to get it past simple "sustain/feedback". On my Ibanez Artstar AS120 (ES335 copy) I have finally nailed the flute tones, it truly is sweet. Humbuckers are great, as you have a dead spot in the middle of the pickup, and a hotspot to either side.

I have been working hard at running scales with the Ebow so that I can skip across strings smoothly. It isn't easy, but I am getting there. For my style of music (okay, for one of many that I play), the Ebow is crucial for laying down gorgeous sonic backdrops. Ideally, an Ebow coupled with a Boomerang or other looping pedal would be fantastic so that you could lay down your rhythm track, and then add the ebow on top of it.