Members OMTerria Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 ...New of course, I feel like the 30 day return policy may come in handy with this one. I've been having some good fun messing around with it so far and have learned a couple licks with it (Untitled 6, Ebow the Letter, Limbs, Be Comfortable Creature) and am working on string skipping/arpeggios. The feeling of it vibrating the guitar is very cool to me for some reason. Any tips/tricks/cool ideas for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChrisos Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Volume pedal + Ebow + Bottleneck = good times Also, don't be afraid to use a clean tone and be gentle, you can get some great flute like sounds. Here's something I did a while back in that vein - Thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OMTerria Posted October 29, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Volume pedal + Ebow + Bottleneck = good times Also, don't be afraid to use a clean tone and be gentle, you can get some great flute like sounds. Here's something I did a while back in that vein - Thing Ah yes, I hadn't thought to break out the ol' slide. I've mostly been using it clean, I find it sounds pretty cool with fuzz but it's really not anywhere near as dynamic (who would have thought a lot of compression would do that ?). The stuff in Thing sounds pretty nice, I'm guessing that's using the harmonic mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Throw on a delay pedal and a whammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChrisos Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Ah yes, I hadn't thought to break out the ol' slide. I've mostly been using it clean, I find it sounds pretty cool with fuzz but it's really not anywhere near as dynamic (who would have thought a lot of compression would do that ?). The stuff in Thing sounds pretty nice, I'm guessing that's using the harmonic mode? Yeah it's fun with dirt, but can sound a bit instantly 90s to me. Can't remember if I used the harmonic mode or not - but I did have to be really careful and light, so that it didn't start distorting itself. Hold the ebow just away from the pickup, and pull towards it - when the tone kicks in make sure you don't go too close to that pickup, and you can get those nice smooth sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members 9520575 Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 now I regret selling my ebow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChrisos Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Would love to hear that through a load of reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jan Deal Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Delay + phaser + EBow is always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grubgoat Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 You should play around with it more. The recipes these guys are giving you are good, but standard, there's more you can do with these things. I used to be in a band with a dude that was so good with an ebow, he could make it sound like *all kinds* of other instruments. Oboe, an entire full string section, etc. I personally never tried to get that good, but its completely do able. Don't use that 30 day return policy, keep the ebow around for 10, 15 years. You'll always come back to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 I don't have an Ebow, but from what I've seen they can be surprisingly versatile in the cool noises they make. For example, if you have a twelve string, you can make all kinds of orchestral noises: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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