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Re: EBow - active/passive humbuckers
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
>>>>
>>>
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