No doubt. Most modern recordings are glued using an underlying synth of sorts. This would be a fun way to use the guitar for this effect without having to roll off the attack.
@@guitarguitaruk Agreed!! As a Fripp fan this nifty little things gives me the exact vibe I hoped from it. One of the best $100 Ive ever spent. Its a must have if youre an amiant musician for sure
Great video, I got one about 20 years ago, when it came with the cassette with the tutorials. I still love it, even if for just banging out a Big Country tune from time to time.
I bouth one of these YEARS ago once I found out how the late great Stuart Adamson produced his 'bagpipe' sound on his Gibson LP. The most distinctive trakc he used it on was 'Lost Patrol' The intro is an awesomely sustained note that feeds into the drum intro riff. Have a listen sometime he was MASTER with the Ebow. Ive always wondered if the Egde uses one for the intro to 'with or without you' - that sustain is INSANE!
Thanks for the demo! I just picked one up to help me keep playing while recovering from shoulder surgery. I think it will work. And your outro tune was fantastically smooth and sweet!
Thanks for the kind words. I can't remember the chords as it's been a while... Goes back and forth between E and B then maybe C or G. Glad you enjoyed 🤘
To sound like a Didgeridoo you can with your left hand take the vibrato bar and bring the bar down far enough so the 6th string is an octave or more lower. Take your right hand with the Ebow and put it over the 6th string near the neck pickup. With the help of a wah wah you should get the Didgeridoo sound. Echo & reverb helps too. For taste a slight overdrive too. Ever so gently slide the Ebow over the pickup while lifting & lowering the vibrato bar a few cents and the wah almost all heel to mid sweep motion. Nothing to it. Thanks * mute the 1st thru 5th strings so no extra noise is heard.
Love my Ebow. Nice take on it. Always trying to learn knew tricks with it. Also, I see you're a Morley guy as well... Yes! And sounds incredible. Who could ask for anything more!
Plug guitar in and set it clean as poss, then put some music on your phone and place it on top of the pickup thats on and hear the sound through the amp. Nowt ti do with E-boy but it got me thinking thanks.
Cool vide and thanks for inspiring as always! Do you ever use the Ebow on acoustic guitars? Latley I've been trying out a more acoustic setup at Martin Baltser and wonder if you have any ideas for that?
I just received a guitar that I purchased in a goodwill auction and one of these was I'm the case. I had no idea what it was, but I'm happy to find out that they go for around $75 in used condition.
Arran: Here are 5 cool things you can do with an EBow. Me: Huh. That's pretty neat! Arran: Here's me twiddling with it over a backing track for the outro of this video. Me: OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH DDDAAAAYYAAAMMMMNNNNNNNN!!!! :O
It does isolate single strings, just be mindful of muting the others. It'll depend on the output of any pickups you use. I used this on a set of EMG's and there are some searingly hotspots - but there are sweet spots on all pickups so just have fun with it and find out what sounds and works best for you 🤘
I just got one after seeing this video and it takes like 10 seconds to have the string to start to ring no matter where I put it. Anyway, the only place where the sound ever sounds is being over the 24th fret. You can just do chords sweeping and I'm like, what the hell is wrong with mine?
Interesting that there's no mention of this effect being used by numerous great guitarists including Brian May and Phil Keaggy. Personally I think I'd rather do the Steve Vai, Neal Schon thing and use a sustainiac switch built into the guitar.
If I got one I absolutely guarantee that it would get as much use as an ice cream or bread maker. A couple of weeks of it being the best thing in the world, then gathering dust .... I'd love to have one for a week though. :)
It's called "Arran needs to make an eBow demo chords". Just joking, it's literally just arpeggiated notes from E minor, G major, D Major then a nice bridging chord (forgotten the name) in D#/Eb. Let the eBow do the work :)
@@guitarguitaruk thank you very much for responding. P. S. I apologize for not commenting on how cool your video was. My daughter wants me to make some scary music for her college film project and I think this will work instead of buying an actual bow. Hopefully the E or A string can play some low sustained sounds. Thanks again. Nice music you’ve created.
There is also some sampling done on that recording - where the ebow guitar was sampled into a synth and a melody was added to the mix alongside the ebow guitar line. Take a look at the video for "I Don't Know How I Don't Know Why" by The Church - you can see Peter playing the Ebow in that.
i cant play the e above e below the the others i can, but not that easy like ypu. i need to put it on the strings and after seconds i hardly hear the sound. could it be the batterie maybe. i mean i never changed it. or could is it broke?
Sometimes you just have to try different parts of the pickup or strings. Changing the batteries can help wonders too. Maybe try different amp settings and/or pedals too to bring out. Hope it sorts itself out :)
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An EBow and a Looper pedal are absolutely made for each other - think awesome ambient drones or massive harmonies...
It's absolutely addictive as well - especially when you start recording these and layering them! Oh my! :D
plus a reverb and chase bliss mood would be a match made in heaven
No doubt. Most modern recordings are glued using an underlying synth of sorts. This would be a fun way to use the guitar for this effect without having to roll off the attack.
#6: Tune your guitar super precisely with it.
Good idea!
Just ordered one today, as someone who plays a lot of noise/ambiant guitar I can't wait to experiment
So much fun!!!
@@guitarguitaruk Agreed!! As a Fripp fan this nifty little things gives me the exact vibe I hoped from it. One of the best $100 Ive ever spent. Its a must have if youre an amiant musician for sure
I was just listening to "I Don't Know How I Don't Know Why" by the Church. The Ebow playing in that is great.
Song at the end is killer!
Cheers for your kind words 👍🔥
Ebow + bottleneck + delay is a very good match !
Hells yeaaaah!
I love how nice it sounds on leads, the harmonic effect is real sweet
It's honestly such a vital and fun tool for any player.
Great video, I got one about 20 years ago, when it came with the cassette with the tutorials. I still love it, even if for just banging out a Big Country tune from time to time.
Cheers Graham, we've really been loving messing around with it. So much fun! 😄
Stu Adamson - king of ebow amongst many other things
@@john84896 totally agree, Stuart was king of most things, hope he's in a nice place now RIP
I bouth one of these YEARS ago once I found out how the late great Stuart Adamson produced his 'bagpipe' sound on his Gibson LP. The most distinctive trakc he used it on was 'Lost Patrol' The intro is an awesomely sustained note that feeds into the drum intro riff. Have a listen sometime he was MASTER with the Ebow. Ive always wondered if the Egde uses one for the intro to 'with or without you' - that sustain is INSANE!
I ordered an e bow after seeing it used on another channel - but you're the first one I've seen showing the sweeping effect - very cool indeed! 🤘
Thanks very much, took a bit of getting the knack together but once you zone in on it it's bags of fun! :)
Thanks for the demo! I just picked one up to help me keep playing while recovering from shoulder surgery. I think it will work. And your outro tune was fantastically smooth and sweet!
I now know what was used during Nightwish concert on the song "while your lips are still red" live at Wembley, a beautiful sustained sound.
That ending song gave me chills, holy hell!
I will seriously pay you for tabs / chords. I need this in my life
Thanks for the kind words. I can't remember the chords as it's been a while... Goes back and forth between E and B then maybe C or G. Glad you enjoyed 🤘
The song at the end of the video blew me away! It didn't take me very long to order an Ebow after watching you play it. Fantastic work!
Thanks for stopping by my friend!
I've found that I really like, is using the ebow with a slide.
It's got some monstrous twang. I'd like to see one used on a steel guitar or lapslide!
I just really want to hear more music like he did at the end of the video, that was pretty slick.
noted!
Thank you for this video. I just got an Ebow. I'm enjoying it so far.
Glad you enjoy it! 🔥
Mine has arrived today. Thanks for these awesome tips...!!!
Not a problem, hope you've accrued many eBow hours of play :)
To sound like a Didgeridoo you can with your left hand take the vibrato bar and bring the bar down far enough so the 6th string is an octave or more lower. Take your right hand with the Ebow and put it over the 6th string near the neck pickup. With the help of a wah wah you should get the Didgeridoo sound. Echo & reverb helps too. For taste a slight overdrive too. Ever so gently slide the Ebow over the pickup while lifting & lowering the vibrato bar a few cents and the wah almost all heel to mid sweep motion. Nothing to it. Thanks * mute the 1st thru 5th strings so no extra noise is heard.
These are golden ideas! Everyone look at this and try it out ^^^ :D Throw in an whammy pedal too and that's a whole new ball game as well!
Never knew this existed, never knew I needed one.
The song at end is awesome 👌
You had me at sweep picking. Its sooooo hard
I have no idea how I ended up at this video, but you seem like a good teacher.
So even though I'm not learning, thanks :)
Thanks for stopping by dude!
Love the fret markers.
One of my favorite combos is an ebow, slide, and reverse delay. Maybe add some modulation for a lush psychedelic lead
Outro was awesome
Kind words, thank you 🤘
Great. Video. Thanks. For. Showing how. To use. It. And what it. Can do
No problem!
Thanks for this interesting run down. I’ve got one coming soon! 🎸🎶😊
They are loads of fun! Hope you enjoy it :)
Love the harmonic mode. That just sounds so dang sweet!
That Atomic Orange is one of the coolest colours I’ve ever seen on a guitar. It’s Gizmotronic. 🎸
Goes well with the hair too.... 🙃
Love my Ebow. Nice take on it. Always trying to learn knew tricks with it. Also, I see you're a Morley guy as well... Yes! And sounds incredible. Who could ask for anything more!
Plug guitar in and set it clean as poss, then put some music on your phone and place it on top of the pickup thats on and hear the sound through the amp. Nowt ti do with E-boy but it got me thinking thanks.
Amazing never seen one before it has captured me 💜love your video
Happy to bring awareness to any eBow joy 👍
Great demo, thank you very much
You're very welcome!
You got my 'like' and subscription with this one! Rad demo!
Good video taught me some stuff... Thanks.
Glad to help! I've been meaning to do a "5 more" video... so we might just put that together at some point in the future 🙂🤘
Sounds like Stuart Adamson! Think I finally need one of these.
Eric - get on it! An essential tool to have within arm's reach of your guitar :)
Great summary of what this is and how it can be used. Thanks man🤘
Glad it was helpful!
Cool recording tricks. Thanks
Thanks Michael. Should we maybe look at 5 more cool things to do with an eBow? :D
Fun with a slide too
Bonners as we call them. Super dope. Love them. MDe a guitar thit 6 of them
nice video man,, end jam was some flavor
Hey Marshall, thanks for stopping by and saying so. Good to give the eBow some music to soar over. Addictive little tool so it is :)
Cool vide and thanks for inspiring as always! Do you ever use the Ebow on acoustic guitars? Latley I've been trying out a more acoustic setup at Martin Baltser and wonder if you have any ideas for that?
Hey Martin, thanks for stopping by! We haven't tried out an Ebow on an acoustic, but that sure does sound awesome. Maybe we'll try it out! 😁
It sounds awesome! Been doing it a lot myself. You can here it in Bon Ivers song "Flume" at 0:28
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The Voidz use this for Human Sadness
You’re helping a lot! Thanks.
The start of the song at the end sounds a lot like Steven Wilson's "Drive Home". It's really lovely!
Mate! Good spot 🔥 Almost exactly what it was inspired by too. Nothing will compare to that Guthrie eBow solo though!!!
@@guitarguitaruk It's such an amazing song.
Great demo - made me buy one
Have fun! We might be revisiting the eBow soon so keep an eye out!
I get my e bow in a few days. It's going to be fun.
Yaaasss! Enjoy!!
1:56 Active pickups are a lot less dynamic than passive ones, so you'll likely be fine.
It’s Big Country in the palm of your hand!
Cool stuff man...
Thanks very much, David :)
Just had surgery on a broken right wrist. Might be a fun toy to mess with while I can’t pick or strum for awhile.
"free eBow's with every wrist surgery". Great idea 👌🙂
Excellent! We love EBow and use it often!
I just received a guitar that I purchased in a goodwill auction and one of these was I'm the case. I had no idea what it was, but I'm happy to find out that they go for around $75 in used condition.
siiiiiiiick... need one
sweet spot! nice video
Curious of how it sounds without distortion
long sustained notes are totally fine, as for fast arpeggios - not that good, to me at least
Just heard it on an acoustic with a pick up and it sounds......... like distortion
This is RUclips. Good luck finding that out !!
Super cool!
E bow is a right ear which became a vertical weasel that came down to make the telephone narrow and at the top (because of somebody answer the phone)
Thank you - very inspiring. Gotta have one of those...:-)
Totally snagging one on payday.
The sound at 3:35 is exactly what i'm looking for! Kinda like No-Man's album Flowermouth
Get yourself an eBow and a tremolo pedal and baby, you got a stew going!
Add some volume pedal for swelled attack.
Great idea!
They should call it a B.C. for 'Big Country' ! :)
4 people dislike red hair.
That means they suck.
Awesome demonstration. Thank you
red? more like orange
I'm here because of Nightwish "While your lips are still red".
Me too. Gorgeous guitar playing by Troy
Hey nice Groove why did you stop?👍👍👍
The video gotta end sometime I guess 😝
Just came to see rock Ed Sheeran
Rock Ed Sheeran likes this
Great job. 5:20 till the end is awesome. Any tabs?!
eBow versus a built in sustainer pickup from Ferdinands?
The latter allows you to use a pick and doesn’t require as much new technique.
Ah...the "secret sauce" of Big Country.
wow
"...cause yer eat to bleed" COOL😎👍
Does ebow make dragonforce. Through fire easy to play. Forgot song name
"completed it, mate" 😁
Nice.. just one thing.. spiccato? probably you meant staccato 8 )
Arran: Here are 5 cool things you can do with an EBow.
Me: Huh. That's pretty neat!
Arran: Here's me twiddling with it over a backing track for the outro of this video.
Me: OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH DDDAAAAYYAAAMMMMNNNNNNNN!!!! :O
Kind of you to say, Nick. Got give your ebow some music to sing over :)
Does it isolate one string at a time. Better with single coils or humbuckers?
It does isolate single strings, just be mindful of muting the others. It'll depend on the output of any pickups you use. I used this on a set of EMG's and there are some searingly hotspots - but there are sweet spots on all pickups so just have fun with it and find out what sounds and works best for you 🤘
Damn
Thank you, Tom Yorke lookalike.
Dang!
what a cool song you made
Thanks very much :)
:D
I just got one after seeing this video and it takes like 10 seconds to have the string to start to ring no matter where I put it. Anyway, the only place where the sound ever sounds is being over the 24th fret.
You can just do chords sweeping and I'm like, what the hell is wrong with mine?
This dude "has a particular set of scales"
😂
Hi, just a question... Can you used it on a classica electrical guitar? (a guitar with no pick up but just a hole to plug it in the amplifier)
You could certainly try. It might not project as much as it would if you were using an amp though. Good luck! 👍
What the music was at first time on video on background?
Robbert Fripp sound
Interesting that there's no mention of this effect being used by numerous great guitarists including Brian May and Phil Keaggy. Personally I think I'd rather do the Steve Vai, Neal Schon thing and use a sustainiac switch built into the guitar.
Don't forget Paul Reynolds of "A Flock of Seagulls".
@@ghoppr71 Peter Koppes of The Church is another amazing one.
And Marillion's Steve Rothery, for example in some of his best solos ever "Seasons End" and "This Strange Engine"
If you listen to the guitar solo in ‘Soma’ by the smashing pumpkins, it’s absolutely magnificent!
How would one sound with a rly dirty tone ??
Are the nasty scratch noises something you can avoid with practice?
Didn't know about the sweep picking trick. How much does a typical ebow cost?
Hey, glad to have shown you a new trick. The link for the eBow is in the video description, my man :)
Where can I find that song at the end??
"it exists now only in my memory" ...
If I got one I absolutely guarantee that it would get as much use as an ice cream or bread maker. A couple of weeks of it being the best thing in the world, then gathering dust .... I'd love to have one for a week though. :)
Ya gotta get one Andy, so much fun to be had!
As a drone musician, this thing would be wildly useful.
If you use it in the songwriting process, you won't be able to let it become a bread maker.
@@marshallemmet1366 absolutely!
😂🤣😅😆😅🤣
"When you're using the eBow you might need to wind the volume back a bit."
Wata: "Erm...no!"
😂😂😂
The name of the first song?
It's called "Arran needs to make an eBow demo chords". Just joking, it's literally just arpeggiated notes from E minor, G major, D Major then a nice bridging chord (forgotten the name) in D#/Eb. Let the eBow do the work :)
Question: Could this ebow be used to record in something like Logic pro?
100%! The signal from the ebow comes straight from the guitar, so any amp plug-in will work with the E-Bow
@@guitarguitaruk thank you very much for responding. P. S. I apologize for not commenting on how cool your video was. My daughter wants me to make some scary music for her college film project and I think this will work instead of buying an actual bow. Hopefully the E or A string can play some low sustained sounds. Thanks again. Nice music you’ve created.
What species of wood is used for that fret board?
Roasted maple man! Gorgeous ain't it?
@@guitarguitaruk sure is thanks you!
How did The Church get that bagpipe sound with an Ebow?
Peter Koppes with Jazzmaster and Ebow.
@@jonnblackwell7747 thank you! I bought an Ebow recently and I don’t know much about pedals and effects yet. I just love that sound on that song. :)
@@TreyAllDayDavis He's a great player. Deceptively simple but amazing sound. The other guy too.
There is also some sampling done on that recording - where the ebow guitar was sampled into a synth and a melody was added to the mix alongside the ebow guitar line. Take a look at the video for "I Don't Know How I Don't Know Why" by The Church - you can see Peter playing the Ebow in that.
i cant play the e above e below the the others i can, but not that easy like ypu. i need to put it on the strings and after seconds i hardly hear the sound. could it be the batterie maybe. i mean i never changed it. or could is it broke?
Sometimes you just have to try different parts of the pickup or strings. Changing the batteries can help wonders too. Maybe try different amp settings and/or pedals too to bring out. Hope it sorts itself out :)
I just... really... wanna sound like late 90s Anathema. Like... really badly.
sounds like Frippertronics a bit
Does it work on an acoustic?
Yes