treyhaislip
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I've always loved Phil Keaggy's music and love all of the sounds he gets out of his guitars. This clip got me started on using an ebow. Anyone else give one of these a try?
Ebow - Anyone played with this?
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I've always loved Phil Keaggy's music and love all of the sounds he gets out of his guitars. This clip got me started on using an ebow. Anyone else give one of these a try?
Chris of Arabia
Desert RATT
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I've got one, but for the most part the ability to use it with any finesse has escaped me.
I've got one, but for the most part the ability to use it with any finesse has escaped me.
treyhaislip
Well-known member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I hear ya! I've been able to sorta tame mine but hours of practice and I still have those sharp outbursts...I've had the best luck with it on my mahogany body guitars.
I hear ya! I've been able to sorta tame mine but hours of practice and I still have those sharp outbursts...I've had the best luck with it on my mahogany body guitars.
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I have an E-bow section on my upcoming album ... but I mostly made a pad out of it, nothing fancy. Has a great sound, tho.
I have an E-bow section on my upcoming album ... but I mostly made a pad out of it, nothing fancy. Has a great sound, tho.
treyhaislip
Well-known member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
Mine always seems to sound like a drone...I can't get all of the different instrument sounds that some guys seem to get out of these.
Something fun you can do is try it with a steel slide on your guitar–you can get some cool sounds.
Mine always seems to sound like a drone...I can't get all of the different instrument sounds that some guys seem to get out of these.
Something fun you can do is try it with a steel slide on your guitar–you can get some cool sounds.
PFDarkside
of the Forum
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
For me it's a fun toy every six months or so. I'm not reliably good with it, especially for string skipping, but creating looping pads is fun as easy.
By the way... It works on acoustic too, pretty haunting actually!
For me it's a fun toy every six months or so. I'm not reliably good with it, especially for string skipping, but creating looping pads is fun as easy.
By the way... It works on acoustic too, pretty haunting actually!
treyhaislip
Well-known member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I really like the sound on my Advanced Jumbo–seems to work really well with semi-hollows/hollow bodies
I really like the sound on my Advanced Jumbo–seems to work really well with semi-hollows/hollow bodies
trevorus
Modsterbator
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
This is what I'm doing with mine. Big delays, reverb, and volume swells with the ebow makes glorious noises.
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This is what I'm doing with mine. Big delays, reverb, and volume swells with the ebow makes glorious noises.
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Big Flannel
New member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I had one. It was pretty cool but I broke it.
I had one. It was pretty cool but I broke it.
everdrone
New member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
cool! I have been debating whether to get one for awhile, I prolly should. That sounds cool! sounds like a skill that you develop though; I prolly should just practice my guitar lessons instead maybe; I might be able to get the hang of it fast though for one string droning parts.
cool! I have been debating whether to get one for awhile, I prolly should. That sounds cool! sounds like a skill that you develop though; I prolly should just practice my guitar lessons instead maybe; I might be able to get the hang of it fast though for one string droning parts.
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I have 2: a chromed original, with no switch, and a newer grey one. Both are great, and I use mine a lot- especially for recording. It really doesn't sound like anything else, and with the tone knob turned down & delay, it makes some glorious noise.
I have 2: a chromed original, with no switch, and a newer grey one. Both are great, and I use mine a lot- especially for recording. It really doesn't sound like anything else, and with the tone knob turned down & delay, it makes some glorious noise.
Lazarus1140
New member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
Mine is always within reach and I am infinitely more likely to pick it up than a slide when I want to do something different. Slide the 5-way forward to the neck only position, roll the tone pot back, dial in some extended feedback on the delay and let it wail.
Mine is always within reach and I am infinitely more likely to pick it up than a slide when I want to do something different. Slide the 5-way forward to the neck only position, roll the tone pot back, dial in some extended feedback on the delay and let it wail.
treyhaislip
Well-known member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
Combine it with the slide for some awesome results
Combine it with the slide for some awesome results
Kosh Naranek
New member
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
I use mine quite a bit on original songs. Back when I was writing some of the tunes I've since recorded, I was hearing synth melodies in them. At some point I had the idea "I could do that with a guitar!". So in my songs, where you might typically put a monophonic synth playing a melody, I use a guitar (or guitars) played with the E Bow.
I haven't gotten into the more fancy tricks you can do with them. Just playing melodies.
I use mine quite a bit on original songs. Back when I was writing some of the tunes I've since recorded, I was hearing synth melodies in them. At some point I had the idea "I could do that with a guitar!". So in my songs, where you might typically put a monophonic synth playing a melody, I use a guitar (or guitars) played with the E Bow.
I haven't gotten into the more fancy tricks you can do with them. Just playing melodies.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Ebow - Anyone played with this?
i used some on this track for atmoshere. it goes pretty much all the way thru it, but comes more to the front of the mix as the track progresses.
https://avatorch.bandcamp.com/track/veronique
i used some on this track for atmoshere. it goes pretty much all the way thru it, but comes more to the front of the mix as the track progresses.
https://avatorch.bandcamp.com/track/veronique
