Re: Was Walker Bros Elegies now Ebow and technique

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

Heh, ditto here.  I remember reading about RF using a magnet device but it 
was a supposition I suspect.  One of the uses of an Ebow acknowledged by 
the 
company who makes 'em is on a live performance of "Heroes", but Mr Fripp 
wasn't the guitarist-in-question.  Perhaps Reeves Gabriels?  I mistook him 
for RF initially in the Tin Machine video for "Under the God", but was 
corrected quickly by Someone Who Knew.

I wish I still had the literature that came with mine - as it listed The 
Cars' "Since You're Gone" as having had an Ebow used on it - but a look at 
their web site lately does not list the item.  So I stand corrected in 
this 
regard!

I was a bit chagrined when a review of a show in 2001 compared my playing 
to 
Fripp's.  I am perhaps derivative on that level, but I'll admit I love 
using 
the device on my acoustic guitar the best.  Portable and wonderful to use 
and without amplification.  So I'm an unapologetic Ebow player.  Given 
some 
folks' dislike of it perhaps that's why I never had anything on any of the 
LD CDs, hm?

From: "Jeff Duke" <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>
> 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
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