Re: E-bow question

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 7 maj 2006, at 06.06, Tony K wrote:

> I just got an E-Bow after lusting after one for a few decades.  I  
> tried using it with my Brian Moore iGuitar through a Roland GR50  
> and it’s not doing quite what I expect.  It’ll sustain forever, but  
> if I just slide down to another note, the GR doesn’t seem to pick  
> up the change and the synth keeps playing the same note.  If I pick  
> behind the E-Bow, or hammer on really hard, then I get the new  
> note.  Does anybody have any wisdom to impart?  Do I need to set  
> the sensitivity on the GR lower?  Do I just have to learn to pick  
> behind the E-Bow with my right hand?


Wow, what a cool discovery! You should develop a technique to play  
with the guitar sound in harmonies over the synth sound (that stays  
on the original note while you e-bow your heart out)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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