I'm wiht you pon this Jeff. I can't pretend I don't love the sound of drones, loops and Ebows as well as filter sweeps, sequencers and hand drums.
It's me dharma nature man!
Peace
Gareth
ps I think you're right about Frip too - 2 fuzz boxes and you're away.. I personally don't like the lack of dynamics in the 2 fuzz effect. Ebows are much more interesting...
> From: jeff_d@embarqmail.com
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Was Walker Bros Elegies now Ebow and technique
> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:35:45 -0400
>
> I didn't know Fripp ever used an Ebow actually, is this true? I always
> thought he got that sustain with a Les paul, a pair of fuzzes and amp in the
> early days and then moved to a Fernandes sustainor. I would imagine that he
> has tried one.
> I am one of "those" and don't mind a bit if I am derivitive of Fripp
> (although nowhere in the realm of imagination as good). I (over?) use a
> sustainor now and still use my ebow on acoustic. I just love to drone what
> can I say. Delays, drones and loops, yes!
>
> peace out,
>
> j
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Was Walker Bros Elegies now Ebow and technique
>
>
> > "Problem is that I was using looping and an ebow before I'd ever heard of
> > fripp. I remember listening to "no Pussyfooting" and being astonished by
> > how
> > similar to my music it was. Frankly I was pretty gutted. You have to be
> > true
> > to your inner muse though so I won't change for the sake of it. I'm
> > digging
> > my shoeless heels in..
> >
> > G"
>
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 8:51 PM, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>
> wrote:
> > I here you and I understand that feeling,
>
> I've never been a fan of ebow or Fripp but I did experience that
> feeling ten years ago when I first heard one of Terry Reilly's early
> tape loop concerts where he played saxophone. "My gosh, it sounds
> exactly as me when looping on the sax"... or rather the other way
> around, it now appeared. A weird feeling to suddenly realize that
> something you have discovered and developed actually has been done
> already by someone else before you.
>
> My mechanical vibrator Sustaniac has stopped working, due to a bad
> magnet, so I may be using ebow more with my fretless guitar in the
> days to come.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
> www.looproom.com internet music hub
>
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