User Guide

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Contents

Introduction

How the EBow Works ........................................................2

Opening Tips .....................................................................2

Switch Positions ................................................................2

How to Hold the EBow.......................................................2

How to Position the EBow .................................................2

Methods of Control

String Activation .................................................................3

Gliding ...............................................................................3

Pressing.............................................................................3

Tilting .................................................................................4

Rocking..............................................................................4

Spiccato .............................................................................4

Controlling Harmonics .......................................................5

Moving from String to String ..............................................5

Balancing Volume When Mixing Techniques .....................5

Cross-String Bowing

Pedal-Tone ........................................................................5

Arpeggios ..........................................................................5

Tremolando .......................................................................5

Fast Runs ..........................................................................6

Imitations

Flute...................................................................................6

Cello ..................................................................................6

Horn ...................................................................................6

Harmonica .........................................................................6

Energy Slide ......................................................................6

Distortion Pick....................................................................6

Other Grips

Reverse Grip .....................................................................7

Thumb Grip........................................................................7

Finger Grip.........................................................................7

Review

Frequently Asked Questions

Pickups and the EBow.......................................................8

Using the EBow on Acoustic..............................................8

Using the EBow on Bass ...................................................8

Where to put the EBow when not playing..........................8

Past EBow models ............................................................8

Player’s Guide

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Player’s Guide Contents Introduction How the EBow Works.........................................................2 Opening Tips......................................................................2 Switch Positions.................................................................2 How to Hold the EBow.......................................................2 How to Position the EBow..................................................2 Methods of Control String Activation.........................................
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Player’s Guide Introduction Welcome to the world of Direct String Synthesis. The principle is simple: a focused feedback loop directed at a single string. This produces a powerful infinite sustain, rich in harmonics, for incredible guitar sounds. It’s like amplifier feedback with greater control and predictability, at any middle of the DriveChannel and vibrate freely in this field. Just hold the EBow in place and fret the vibrating string with your left hand.
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Player’s Guide leaves the EBow GuideGroove and enters the DriveChannel (see Cross-String Bowing). Gliding When the GuideGrooves are in place on the SupportStrings, you can glide the EBow to and from the pickup along the strings. This controls dynamics (volume) and creates dramatic tonal changes. Only your bass pickup should be on. As you glide the EBow toward the pickup, the volume increases and the tone brightens. For mellow sustain, back away from the pickup.
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Player’s Guide bending down. Always bend the string toward the GuideGroove that is on track. to create horn sounds and tremolo effects when the EBow is held over the pickup. Avoid touching the string with the DriveChannel, as this can produce unwanted noises and may stop the string from vibrating. If the string buzzes against the DriveChannel, apply less pressure. If the string does not begin to vibrate as quickly as you’d like, apply more pressure. It’s quite natural.
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Player’s Guide Controlling Harmonics In the harmonic mode, the EBow adds harmonics to every note you play up to the higher registers, where it increases the EBow sustain range. In the standard mode, harmonics can be achieved by sustaining notes fingered near the nut, the first 5 frets or so, on the E, A, D and G strings. As the EBow is moved away from the pickup and toward the bridge, the string tends to vibrate with more of its upper harmonics.
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Player’s Guide tremolando and arpeggios all the way up to the highest fret. Keep in mind that the harmonic mode drives the high notes more easily. Fast Runs When playing two or three notes per string in quick passage across the strings, keep the EBow close to the HotSpot. Don’t wait for each string to sustain. Just tap the notes with your left hand while you follow with the EBow across the strings. This gives you a nice, clean guitar string sound without the conventional attack of a pick or fingers.
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Player’s Guide Other Grips Finger Grip Reverse Grip Turn on your treble pickup. All other pickups should be off. The reverse grip allows you to play over a single coil pickup located close to the bridge, and over either coil of a humbucker. Cross-string bowing over the treble pickup sounds like bowing next to the bridge on a fiddle. The EBow will not sustain the string if brought too close to the bridge.
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Player’s Guide Frequently Asked Questions Pickups and the EBow Where to put the EBow when not playing A passive humbucker gives you the largest playing area and helps tame the extra treble of the EBow. A humbucker also provides two HotSpots for different tones. A single coil pickup has a slightly smaller playing area and a thinner tone. It may require rolling off some highs. The same can be true of active pickups which also might sound better with their volumes lowered to about half.