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11-25-2003, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lufkin, Tx. | | | Question about using a bow
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I was simply wondering if you had to have flat-wound strings to get a good sound from a bow on an electric bass.
Thanks to anyone who helps. I am grateful. |
11-25-2003, 09:44 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | Well, first of all, you'd have to have flatwounds because roundwounds would tear the crap out of the hair on a bow.
More importantly, electric basses don't have the radius to the strings to effectively bow all 4 strings.
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11-25-2003, 09:46 AM
| | Vorsprung durch Technik | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | The rosin will mess up your strings and bass.
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11-25-2003, 09:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lufkin, Tx. | | | I was looking for a wierd, kind of eery effect to use in an intro for a song my band is writing.
Thank you for your help...
Do you happen to have any suggestions that would help me get the kind of effect I am looking for? |
11-25-2003, 09:54 AM
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Artist: Bee Basses, JAF Basses, Circle K Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | You could try a volume swell - turn your volume knob all the way down, then hit the note and gradually bring it up.
Try this with a bit of reverb and you might be able to get a poor man's bow sound. |
11-25-2003, 09:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lufkin, Tx. | | | Haha. Thanks again, man. You guys are great. |
11-25-2003, 09:58 AM
| | Vorsprung durch Technik | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | Or get an ebow.
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11-25-2003, 09:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lufkin, Tx. | | | What is an Ebow? |
11-25-2003, 03:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | It's a handheld device that creates a varying magnetic field using a 9V battery. Hold it over your strings and you can get volume swells and infinite sustain effects. |
11-25-2003, 03:52 PM
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"El sueno de la razon produce monstruos."
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11-25-2003, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lufkin, Tx. | | | Oh. Wow... Thanks guys. I think I'll try one. |
11-26-2003, 07:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sarasota, FL | | wow...the Jimmy Page of bass  Good Luck! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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