Re: EBow - active/passive humbuckers

[Matthias Grob <matilists@gmail.com>]

Chuck,
I do not use ebow
but reading you I get the impression that you try to convince experienced 
users with theory...
why should there not be an interaction between the magnet fields of the 
ebow and the pickup?
I do not see what your test would show?

On 10.Nov2013, at 12:49 PM, Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I think people conflate the internal distortion created by the ebow's 
> amplifier with it's effectiveness at driving the string.
> 
> Here's a simple test anyone can perform:  Unplug your guitar and turn 
> on the ebow.  Move the ebow around the pickups. Do you hear any 
> difference?
> 
> Chuck
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