Re: EBow Guestlist Entry

[Jim Coker <jcoker@magelang.com>]

>From a thread about a year ago, I remember that placement 
of the sustainer pickup relative to the strings is
critical, and difficult to achieve as an add-on kit.

On the plus side, Fernandez should now be offering
a decent LesPaul copy w/ a sustainer, and also a GK-2a
if you custom order it.

jim

Jonathan El-Bizri wrote:
> 
> Damn! They used to sell them separately. I suppose they figured they 
>could
> make more money this way. Too bad for them - I would have bought one for
> every guitar and stick I could still buy them separate.
> 
> bIz
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Sundberg [mailto:gregsun@MICROSOFT.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 1999 9:38 PM
> > To: 'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com'
> > Subject: RE: EBow Guestlist Entry
> >
> >
> > I can beat that 2 word reply.  I sent an email to ebow asking if they 
>plan
> > on marketing a 6 string version that would fit into a standard pickup 
>slot
> > (i.e. a Fernandes sustainer, but as we all know ya can't buy 'em 
>without
> > buying the whole damn guitar).
> >
> > Their response: "Yup."
> >
> > I sent a follow up asking if they could elaborate.  Their repines: 
>"Nope."
> > They did stretch themselves and added a few extra words:
> >
> > >> "Sorry. We found it better to say nothing until a
> > >> product is actually fully manifest. Avoids the
> > >> onslaught of questions. It's NOT just around the corner."
> >
> > So I'm not holding my breath -- but I'm refraining from buying a 
>Fernandes
> > sustainer for now (although I did see one on Ebay for $500....
> > oops, wrong
> > thread) :^)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Nelson [mailto:tcn62@ici.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 1999 5:57 PM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> > Subject: Re: EBow Guestlist Entry
> >
> >
> > Here's the question I posed to EBow re last week's thread, and their
> > two-word reply:
> >
> > >:Comments :  Would it be commercially viable for you guys to issue a
> > >larger, more powerful BASS EBow? You know, one where the spacing
> > is correct
> > >for bass strings so we won't have to keep doing the balancing act you
> > >describe in your FAQ section.
> >
> > >Some day.
> >
> >