so i got an ebow in my x-mas eve stocking

[inkybmistro]

omg it's fun to goof with.

 

[FuSoYa]

"so i got an eyebrow in my xmas eve stocking"

 

[Baliset]

"so i got an elbow in my xmas eve stocking"

 

[Helm]

aren't those rediculoulsy overpriced?

 

[inkybmistro]

i dunno.

 

[Helm]

Checked. About a hundred euro. I had a completely different figure in mind. Infinite sustain's a good deal for that kind of money.

 

[inkybmistro]

it's good for more than that!

 

[NAD]

Ebow. So many years seeing the ads, yet I have never touched one. Would it work on a bass?

Got a harmonica for my twas the night before Christmas present, yay.

 

[inkybmistro]

it'd be a challenge, but yeap.

 

[azal]

I works on bass.

Except it won't work on the low B string if you have a five string because it's way to fat.

Sometimes a buddy and I get drunk, he brings his ebow and we do a tribute to Sunno))) at like 4 in the morning with a crappy combo amp.

And then my roommate threatens to stab us in our necks.

 

[deadair]

it will work on a bass for sure... Low uses it like that live.

 

[coelacanth_M]

so i got an e-bow (shortened form of "electronic bow") in my x-mas eve stocking".

that's how i read it.

 

[Baliset]

that is what it stands for actually.

 

[NAD]

That's it, I'm getting one now. I don't have any low-B strings so I think things are gonna be alright.

Ha! First FAQ on ebow.com is "does the ebow work on bass?"

 

[coelacanth_M]

okay, i've never even heard of an e-bow. what is it exactly?

 

[Baliset]

its this electronic devices that has a crevice in the middle that you hold over the guitar string and it creates this magnetic field that keeps the string vibrating infinitely and acting sort of like a bow on a violin string, hence the name.

 

[TheNewChupe]

i totally love dr. science. "I have a Master's Degree- - IN SCIENCE!"

 

[TheNewChupe]

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