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I'm glad KimFlint isn't around for this discourse -----Original Message----- >From: Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net> >Sent: Nov 5, 2013 6:00 PM >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: Re: EBow - active/passive humbuckers > >Per, > >I'm trying to dispel some of the voodoo and misapprehensions about >the ebow. The ebow will create a "noisy buzz" whenever it's output >coil is near a pickup, any pickup. EMG pickups have very few >windings and are more sensitive to high frequencies so you might hear >more of the harmonics produced by the ebow's feeble amplifier >clipping. > >-Chuck Zwicky > >At 12:28 AM +0100 11/6/13, Per Boysen wrote: >>Thanks for the link, Jeff - seems to be a good e-bow resource page. >>Both guitars I use with e-bow are fretless and this means very close >>action, so probably the low-strings-inefficiency of the e-bow you have >>noticed is an issue here. >> >>Good points about magnets, Charles! But even though the guitar pickups >>do not affect the e-bow they just happen to be placed at the point >>where the e-bow best drives the strings. And with the EMG a noisy buzz >>is created by the e-bow's magnetic field when placed right over the >>pickup. This guitar is not only fretless but also set up for tapping, >>which means not only ultra low action but also as close distance >>between pickup and strings as possible. Given the e-bow hum this is an >>unlucky combination. On some rainy day I may try one of my Alumitone >>pickups on that guitar, since they do not produce noise when the e-bow >>goes close. >> >>Greetings from Sweden >> >>Per Boysen >>www.perboysen.com >>http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >> >> >>On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Jeff Duke <jeffloops@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I have used an E-Bow on many guitars but not EMG active specifically. >>> I have >>> found that if the pickup you are using is very close to the string it >>> can >>> take more energy to get it moving. Also if you move the EBow over the >>> pup it >>> will get much louder. Sometimes for some strings I will press down on >>> the >>> ebow to get a faster reaction. Also this may help: >>> http://www.ebow.com/faq_page.php?id=13 >>> >>> peace out, Jeff >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I like to sometimes use an E-Bow with guitars and I don't think it >>>> brings strings into vibration as well on a guitar with an active EMG >>>> pickup, compared to a guitar with a normal passive humbucker. Is this >>>> a known phenomenon, e-bow less efficient with active pups? >>>> >>>> It's not an issue for five strings, only for the thinnest. The >>>> thinnest string I have to tap or pull a pull-off on (ha, ha!) to kick >>>> it off and then have the e-bow take over. >>>> >>>> Greetings from Sweden >>>> >>>> Per Boysen >>>> www.perboysen.com >>>> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >>>> >>> > > >-- > >... >http://www.zmix.net > >http://albumcredits.com/zmix >