What Pick do u use?

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:20 pm

praisedave wrote:
c_tietze wrote:
praisedave wrote:
improv wrote:true...but for someone who hasn't seen or heard it before...the magnet is probably a better visual description...and the bow is a better sound description.

Hey Andy...are you a Coldplay fan?
yes i am

and i have heard of stone and marble, but not used or seen them. i have used gold and silver ones tho, POINTLESS
Unless you are a Ghetto Superstar, then use gotz to have da Gold Pix.
of course, you'll play with nothing less, it was 45$ too

YIKES!

improv · Unread post by **improv** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:27 pm

Alright...well to hear an ebow...listen to Coldplay on Rush of Blood album to song Daylight...the opening riff (and that used throughout) is done with an ebow

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:36 pm

improv wrote:Alright...well to hear an ebow...listen to Coldplay on Rush of Blood album to song Daylight...the opening riff (and that used throughout) is done with an ebow

Ah, no shit. Never dawned on me.

Thanks man.

improv · Unread post by **improv** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:39 pm

no sweat...that and your example of H.Day Ghost are the best at hearing it clearly

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:09 pm

Dunlop Tortex Orange .60mm

Dunlop Tortex Black .60mm

And my favorite Dunlop Ultex Acoustic .60mm

The look more see through in real life

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:33 pm

whats the deal with the black ones, never seen them b4

Tranman66 · Unread post by **Tranman66** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:38 pm

wow the ebow looks awesome. How do use it tho? how do we control it without having a pick? sorry i have no knowledge on bows..

how expensive is this lil gadget

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:31 pm

tortex .50 (red) for acoustic and tortex .60 (orange) for electric.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:33 pm

i saw an ebow for 50 tran.

Machtimus · Unread post by **Machtimus** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:01 pm

thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and sometimes the pinky...

when i use picks (about maybe 5% of the time) i use the heaviest things i can find around the house which is usually just a heavy fender

Tranman66 · Unread post by **Tranman66** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:32 pm

i cant stand anything too heavy. MED FENDER is Purrfect

Thomas · Unread post by **Thomas** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:00 pm

i actually had no idea that you could even use an ebow on an acoustic guitar untill i saw howie day.

http://www.claypigeons.net/jukebox/dayhowie_fs.html

watch that for the second song and you'll see what it is. (around the 7:30 mark)

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:45 pm

Tranman66 wrote:wow the ebow looks awesome. How do use it tho? how do we control it without having a pick? sorry i have no knowledge on bows..

how expensive is this lil gadget

I'm assuming you've seen how it looks, so you hold it by the curved handle at the top. At the bottom there are two grooves that are spaced the same distance as 3 strings (so in other words, the left groove can go on string 1, string 2 goes in between, and string 3 goes on the right groove). You press down on the strings with the grooves so that the second string is in the middle between the two grooves, which is where the electromagnetic impulses come from (this sits above string 2, but not on it). The pulses make string 2 vibrate like you were picking it, but it causes it to have the "violin" sound that you hear on the songs mentioned. There are also two modes on it, one for regular use, and one for harmonics - you switch it to that and it sends a different type of impulse to the string that allows the string to keep a harmonic going - you push against the string and tap like you would a harmonic and the ebow keeps playing that harmonic. Ebows cost $90 retail.

Tranman66 · Unread post by **Tranman66** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:07 pm

very interesting...

so you'd need an amp to get these effects right?

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:09 pm

Tranman66 wrote:very interesting...

so you'd need an amp to get these effects right?

Nope, it really is vibrating the string just like you would with a pick. You can hear it fine unplugged.

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