Re: Re:e-bow the double bass, was Re: Re:Re Ebow question

[burnett@pobox.com]

On Tue, 9 May 2006, a k butler wrote:

> Rhodri Davies (harp player) modded his ebow to take 2 batteries.
> He said that gave him more power.
>
> I wouldn't try it, because I'd be afraid the extra voltage would damage 
>the 
> circuitry,
> but his seemed to survive ok.

Andy, I gave this a try tonight: took a spare 9v cap and daisy-chained a 
2nd 9v onto the first pickup. I think the second battery gave a larger 
"sweet spot" of usage, indicating a larger field, and a faster attack on 
even electric upright bass strings (could be a result of a larger area 
field not requiring as finicky positioning, stronger effect, or both), but 
I didn't run any quantitative A-B tests to measure precisely. But it 
seemed to work well, at least for the few minutes I tried it, and the 
E-Bow apparently suffered no ill effects.

best,
Steve B
Subscape Annex   http://www.subscapeannex.com/