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Re: E-Bow
Hi Charles, thanks for making the subject live, although I may still
disagree on some points
"Not true. Correlation does not imply causation. The ebow isn't changing
it's response, frequency response of the pickup changes as you go from
off axis to on axis. The sound is much "brighter" when you're over the
poles. You can prove this by rotating a pickup away from the string, the
tone gets duller. The ebow generates a lot of harmonics due to the
clipping of the internal amplifier and the low inductance of the drive
coil."
Not what I said. I was merely underlining the very interactive effect of
using the E-bow on different part of the pick up which change with pick
up (for example single coil vs humbucker). Indeed does the E-bow work the
same way, still, type of pick up will - to the same technique- will
generate different effects. It reflects the interaction with said mick and
playing technique. Which does not mean the E-bow works differently. But
resulst are way different.
"Also false. The "sweep arpeggio bowing" effect simply relies on the
internal distortion of the ebow amplifying the slight vibration of the
string and the motion of the ebow over the poles (causing the same
brightening effect mentioned above), the strings are not excited by the
ebow in this case, but by tapping with the left hand."
Untrue. I strongly differ here. It works simply with fingering a chord and
then applying the Ebow. No left hand tapping required here. You can try
yourself. The strings are excited by the E-bow, and reach immediately
there resonance peak, which is the fingered not + clipping.
Regards
Olivier
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