User Guide
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Player’s Guide
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Other Grips
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 hum-
bucker. Cross-string bowing
over the treble pickup sounds
like bowing next to the bridge
on a ddle. The EBow will not
sustain the string if brought too
close to the bridge.
You can also use the basic grip
to play over the front coil of a
humbucker in the treble posi-
tion. This gives you a reverse
playing area (the switch end
approaches the pickup) which
opens the door to new tones
and textures. Different har-
monics are produced and can be much brighter and very
pronounced. As you move closer to the bridge, the strings
become harder to drive. This gives the EBow a nice enve-
lope (slower attack time).
Thumb Grip
Return to using your bass pickup.
Grip the EBow with your thumb and forenger to free your
other ngers for plucking. With your thumb in the crook
of the EBow, position your ring nger behind the EBow
and pluck the string in
the DriveChannel. For a
bluesy guitar sound, hold
the EBow slightly above
the strings and about 1/4
inch from the HotSpot.
Pluck the string, then bring
the EBow close enough
to sustain the string but
not overdrive it. This creates a warm tube-amp distortion.
Try this using the harmonic mode, nearer the HotSpot, and
bring the EBow close to the string for a dramatic wah effect.
Bends and vibratos work well with this technique.
EBow the low E or A string while plucking the G, B and high
E strings. If necessary, back away from the pickup and tilt
the EBow away from the string to balance the volume be-
tween bowed and plucked strings.
Finger Grip
Grip the EBow with your little
ngers to free your thumb and
forenger for plucking or hold-
ing a pick.
Hold the EBow as illustrated.
Position the EBow over the B
string away from the HotSpot,
and use your thumb to play
the E, A and D strings.
When using a pick, hold the
EBow off the strings and
then swing it into position for
sustain. Or, you can keep the
EBow in position over the
pickup while picking the string
in the DriveChannel.
These picking and plucking techniques also work well with
more than one pickup on.
Review
• Most techniques use the bass pickup only. All other pick-
ups should be off.
• Avoid touching the DriveChannel to the string.
• Hammer-on and snap-off with the left hand for a quick
EBow response.
• Press the EBow against the SupportStrings for extra
drive.
• Slap the EBow into position for a percussive attack.
• Play directly over the HotSpot when cross-string bowing.
• Glide to and from the pickup with each note for a bowing
effect in the normal mode and a bowing/wah effect in the
harmonic mode.
• Finger notes low on the fretboard to increase harmonics.
• Use lots of distortion for a pick-like attack.
• Switch to the harmonic mode to extend the sustain range
and unleash raging harmonics.
• Listen to the play-along lesson for more EBow tech-
niques and applications.
The EBow is a whole new approach to guitar sound modi-
cation: a movable drive eld which acts directly on the
guitar string – Direct String Synthesis. The concept is
simple, the possibilities unlimited. Take the time to develop
the basic techniques and you’ll be amazed at the sounds
you coax from your guitar.