can the ebow damage your bass?

gooze · #1 10-22-2006, 06:40 PM

i've read many of the threads about the ebow (though i have never used one), and i have not seen anything that states whether or not the ebow is hurtful to your bass. do the strings take much abuse over time from it? and could the magnetic field it creates possibly mess up your pickups? thanks!

-gooze

superbassman2000 · #2 10-22-2006, 11:18 PM

no...all it does is get your strings vibrating...i would guess it does as much damage to your strings as you plucking them--maybe even a little less because the strings are just being vibrated, and not even plucked

xparis001 · #3 10-24-2006, 08:00 AM

depends on how hard you throw it at said bass...

superbassman2000 · #4 10-24-2006, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by xparis001

depends on how hard you throw it at said bass...

DeathDancer · #5 10-25-2006, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by gooze

i've read many of the threads about the ebow (though i have never used one), and i have not seen anything that states whether or not the ebow is hurtful to your bass. do the strings take much abuse over time from it? and could the magnetic field it creates possibly mess up your pickups? thanks!

-gooze

No, you'll be fine. It certainly won't harm your strings in any way. As for the magnetic field over the pickup, the ebow manual actually tells you to do this to find your 'hot spot' so you can set volume. Not that I trust all manuals but I've been using an ebow for... ten years (wow, didn't realize it had been that long) and I've noticed no changes in any of my basses because of it.

gooze · #6 10-28-2006, 12:20 PM

ok thanks for the help, guys