Cornfedapache Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 An ebow with a bass or are the strings just too damn chunky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqymltJZ_ss&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqymltJZ_ss...feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCrnjrAsbWI&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCrnjrAsbWI...feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXoEnrqFBWg&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXoEnrqFBWg...feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 The only problem is the string spacing. The grooves on the bottom of the Ebow are spaced such that -- on guitar -- they sit on the strings either side of the one you're playing. Easy. On bass, where the strings are further apart, you have to improvise a solution that works for you, in terms of finding a position where the string you're playing sits in the sweet spot between the grooves. Not impossible. Not even [i]that[/i] hard, but probably twice as hard as using Ebow on guitar. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 It's a lot harder & more hit & miss than using one on guitar. The Ebow's magnetic field isn't really powerful enough to get bass strings vibrating successfully (especially the lower ones and, as others have said, it's a bit of a balancing act getting the string in the right place on the Ebows "foot". It's also one of those things that becomes really clichéd very quickly. It can be done though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hi CFA I have a DVD of Michael Manring where he uses one and explains how it works and how he uses it. I'll bring it in for you to have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 [quote name='bythesea' post='569990' date='Aug 15 2009, 03:32 PM']I have a DVD of Michael Manring where he uses one and explains how it works and how he uses it.[/quote] Bear in mind that Michael Manring uses silly string gauges like 20-52 or something (piccolo strings tuned to standard bass pitch), so it's much easier for him to get them vibrating than it is for us mere mortals. (As a side note, where'd you get the MM DVD from? Sounds interesting...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='569997' date='Aug 15 2009, 03:37 PM']Bear in mind that Michael Manring uses silly string gauges like 20-52 or something (piccolo strings tuned to standard bass pitch), so it's much easier for him to get them vibrating than it is for us mere mortals. (As a side note, where'd you get the MM DVD from? Sounds interesting...)[/quote] Very true about the strings - discusses those as well. The DVD was from [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Manring-Bass-Guitar-DVD/dp/B000CPH9UW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1250347247&sr=8-3"]Amazon[/url] - it says 2005 but it's a DVD version of an older release, not too long after he got the hyperbass I think. Shows how to use two ebows, and how to play three Zons at once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 [quote name='bythesea' post='570004' date='Aug 15 2009, 03:44 PM'].......and how to play three Zons at once [/quote] The lucky bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 [quote name='bythesea' post='570004' date='Aug 15 2009, 03:44 PM']Very true about the strings - discusses those as well. The DVD was from [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Manring-Bass-Guitar-DVD/dp/B000CPH9UW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1250347247&sr=8-3"]Amazon[/url] - it says 2005 but it's a DVD version of an older release, not too long after he got the hyperbass I think. Shows how to use two ebows, and how to play three Zons at once [/quote] Ordered! Cheers for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornfedapache Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 [quote name='bythesea' post='569990' date='Aug 15 2009, 03:32 PM']Hi CFA I have a DVD of Michael Manring where he uses one and explains how it works and how he uses it. I'll bring it in for you to have a look.[/quote] Cracking - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbatts2000 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 [quote name='Cornfedapache' post='569932' date='Aug 15 2009, 02:16 PM']An ebow with a bass or are the strings just too damn chunky?[/quote] Ha ha - I read [i]elbow [/i]instead of ebow. It's still too early for me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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