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Ebow EBow Reviews

5 4.8/5.0 based on 7 customer reviews

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Chris McCown
This a a versatile tool that should be in every electric guitarist's bag of tricks. I've had mine for about eight years now, and I've used it countless times both live and in the studio. I have even used it to simulate bagpipes on a recording! Nothing sounds like an E-bow, and there aren't nearly enough guitarists using them. If you need something different than your standard stompbox-style effects, you need to check this out.
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Customer Reviews

Patrick
from United States
April 18, 2012 Music Background:
recording artist, performer, composer.

Worth it.

I was so unsure about this purchase at first. It seemed like something you only play with, or use once, but it turns out to be quite useful. I don't need to explain how unique this product is, all I can say is this: Even if you never use it, it's an essential tool to have in your guitarist toolbox.
Stop thinking about it, buy one.
Samuel Parks
from Los Banos ,CA
January 31, 2012 Music Background:
Musician Student .

The Best

It's does everything I expected it to do when I am playing guitar and I learned some cool things with it came to a good use I just love it you want to sustain a string forever EBow is your tool !

from
November 15, 2011

One Of My Favorites

I've had my Ebow for about a year now. I received it as a gift and at first I really didn't know what to do with it, so it sat shelved for nearly 6 months. One day, I'm cleaning up, and see it. I decide to give it another shot. I was completely blown away! You can create BEAUTIFUL sounds with this. I use it with my loop pedal to get harmonic sounds, and it is one of my favorite toys. You get an excellent tool for a GREAT price, just buy it.

from
April 28, 2011

New Guitar Technique

The ebow produces unimanigable guitar sounds
Big Slinky
from Chicago. IL
March 16, 2011 Music Background:
Professional guitarist

An Instrument in it's Own Right

I bought the EBow out of curiosity, with hopes of using it in my composing, comping and improvising. After getting comfortable with the mechanics of how it works, I am still figuring out how to incorporate it into my playing but progress is being made. Get one if you like experimenting with violin-like sustain.
Cameron
from Manteca, CA
March 16, 2012 Music Background:
Recording Engineer, composer, Project studio

So creative!

I've been putting this thing through it's paces with some sound design work using various guitars - electric amplified, direct; acoustic electric, amplified, direct, and just mic'ing it acoustic. There's a lot of interesting and creative things you can do with it musically and texturally. The most usefulness I've found with it in musical context has been sustaining a single string while tapping melodies or chord changes on a lower string to create interesting harmonies. It's got a bit of a learning curve as getting to know the various placements and distances from the string can be very finicky and depending on the string thickness. The only reason i gave it 4.0 out of 5 is I just wish it were a little more versatile (being able to vibrate more than one string). Overall, any guitarist looking to expand their sonic palette should definitely get one of these!
Dean Bibb
from Beckley WV USA
January 1, 2005

PlusEBow

Words fail me when I think of how to describe my EBow. Thanks to Heet Sound and direct string synthesis I can get sounds out of my guitars that would be impossible without it! This unit comes with a cassette and demo booklet to get you started and they urge you to experiment.
The easiest thing to do with an EBow is to achieve infinite sustain, mimicing harmonic feedback. That's also just about the dullest thing to do, but believe me, it's still awesome! By bumping the EBow across strings you can arpeggiate phrases that sound like volume swelled arpeggios. You can alternate back and forth between two strings, ala "Shouts Of Joy" by Phil Keaggy. You can mimic string sections ala "Legal Kill" by King's X. Awesome stuff.
Get an EBow and learn how to use it, then get ready to take some really interesting twists and turns along the road of music.

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