Bow Playing

[Mudfuzz]

No, the ebow uses feedback just like a sustainer does. The trick is to tap a note just before bringing the ebow into position, otherwise there will be nothing for it to feed back and the note will build slowly. An ebow will be hard to use if you have a P-bass neck pickup. You want either a J-style or a humbucker. Something straight.

True, but you can use a e-bow on any metal sting and it will work, just not a powerful, but it will work and is audible on a acoustic guitar and DB .

 

[Pacman]

No, the ebow uses feedback just like a sustainer does. The trick is to tap a note just before bringing the ebow into position, otherwise there will be nothing for it to feed back and the note will build slowly. An ebow will be hard to use if you have a P-bass neck pickup. You want either a J-style or a humbucker. Something straight.

The Ebow uses a magnetic field to keep the string vibrating, not feedback.

 

[Joe P]

The Ebow uses a magnetic field to keep the string vibrating, not feedback.

Right - but what I think he's saying is that this alternating Magnetic field is based on the string vibration that's already there - hence 'feedback'.

Joe

 

[lemur821]

True, but you can use a e-bow on any metal sting and it will work, just not a powerful, but it will work and is audible on a acoustic guitar and DB.

Yes, but your results will be extremely poor. You'll be almost inaudible to yourself, even in a quiet room.

The Ebow uses a magnetic field to keep the string vibrating, not feedback.

Right - but what I think he's saying is that this alternating Magnetic field is based on the string vibration that's already there - hence 'feedback'.

Right. Not acoustic feedback, but feedback accomplished by relaying a signal back to the string with a magnet.