I Bow mine and its actually not too bad,
The gap on the strings is tighter but its possible and you sorta getta muscle memory in changing the bow angle - I just practiced open dtring for a while.
As for sound, I found out when having a lesson, that turning up the bass boost works with the bow (not much use wither finger style, though)
and a final thought, the noisy electronics seem to be affected buy energy saving light bulbs..........as you move away the noise reduces......