I have no idea what that was...

Want to ask about strings, maintenance, amps, mics, or comparisons of different guitars or any music equipment? This is for all threads related to music equipment.

Moderators: onid41, jkanter

Post Reply
User avatar
mattinbeloit
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 2120
Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:58 am

I have no idea what that was...

Post by mattinbeloit »

I was at a local concert and the electric guitar player had this little black thing a little bigger than a slide and rectangular and he would hold it up to the stings and they would rattle. I think it was emiting some sort of pulse or something to make the strings shake. What was that thing? Where can i get one? I thought it was cool, never seen anything like it before.
Machtimus
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 2208
Joined: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:37 pm
Location: Bay Area

Post by Machtimus »

e-bow
User avatar
mattinbeloit
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 2120
Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:58 am

Post by mattinbeloit »

ok. i found one on fusicians friend. Thanks a buntch. These things look sweet... A little more expensive than i was thinking though...
User avatar
Kahn
Has AIDS
Posts: 26188
Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:30 pm
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": Can you put a lid on the squid?
Location: Poop

Post by Kahn »

Howie Day uses one too
User avatar
Brock
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 47698
Joined: Thu Oct 03, 2002 8:05 pm
Political views: Pragmatic civil libertarian with a tendency toward communal solutions to communal problems
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": Narcoleptic club owner Snoozin' Lucci
Location: Austin

Post by Brock »

mattinbeloit wrote:ok. i found one on fusicians friend. Thanks a buntch. These things look sweet... A little more expensive than i was thinking though...
They're awesome, my friend has one.
business
blog
bassman462
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 12063
Joined: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:38 pm
Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Post by bassman462 »

michael manring uses one. and so does this guy at church.
M
MattJ
Posts: 42
Joined: Sun Dec 19, 2004 2:07 am

Post by MattJ »

bassman462 wrote:michael manring uses one. and so does this guy at church.
Manring is a bass player, right?
bassman462
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 12063
Joined: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:38 pm
Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Post by bassman462 »

MattJ wrote:
bassman462 wrote:michael manring uses one. and so does this guy at church.
Manring is a bass player, right?
yes. he has bass e-bow, im pretty sure they make them seperate because the ebow the guy at church had only worked on the g-string of my friends bass, and he uses small strings too.
M
User avatar
Grachi
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 12960
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:07 am
Political views: Moderate, registered independent
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": That and everybody wang chung tonight
Location: Pittsburgh

Post by Grachi »

wait im having trouble visualing this. how exactly does it work again?
- Andrew
Machtimus
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 2208
Joined: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:37 pm
Location: Bay Area

Post by Machtimus »

Grachi wrote:wait im having trouble visualing this. how exactly does it work again?
im not sure how exactly it works, maybe someone here has more information, you can also check it out. (google e-bow for the site.) I think it has a magnet in it where if you place it correctly over the strings, it will vibrate that string
User avatar
jsgksu
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 43661
Joined: Wed Oct 02, 2002 11:18 am
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": The food court is downstairs. The cookie stand is upstairs. It's not like we're talking quantum physics here.
Location: Charleston, SC

Post by jsgksu »

Grachi wrote:wait im having trouble visualing this. how exactly does it work again?
"The principal is simple: a focused feedback loop directed at a single string. This produces a powerful, infinite sustain, rich in harmonics for incredible guitar sounds. It's like amplifier feedback with greater control and predictability, at any volume, even through headphones. This hand-held synthesizer provides an amazing variety of textures and tonal slurs — virtually an instrument in itself!"

Ah google, how I love thee: http://www.ebow.com/ebow/brochure.htm
-Jayme
User avatar
Grachi
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 12960
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:07 am
Political views: Moderate, registered independent
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": That and everybody wang chung tonight
Location: Pittsburgh

Post by Grachi »

huh. thats pretty damn cool!!! I'll have to take a trip down to the local guitar place and see if they have one/ will let me play around with it.
- Andrew
User avatar
DJR
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 12140
Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:18 am
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": Do you use this word? Alcoves?

Post by DJR »

the guy from coldplay uses one i think - my friend had one and said at first its hard to use, but cool once you get the hang of it
User avatar
Kahn
Has AIDS
Posts: 26188
Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:30 pm
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": Can you put a lid on the squid?
Location: Poop

Post by Kahn »

Watch the Ghost video from Jason's site
heliker
Posts: 44
Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:03 pm
Contact:

Post by heliker »

Pearl Jam/Eddie uses it too sometimes, like in some versions of wishlist and a few others.
Post Reply