Re: RE: Re: E-bow question

[burnett@pobox.com]

On Fri, 12 May 2006, goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:

> hey, I wonder if that would work with the thunder-tube I've got..... same
> sort of thing, I think.....

Almost certainly it would, I think. One issue I had was that the spring 
flops about hugely, so using the E-Bow without touching the spring was 
not doable by me, at least in the time I spent with it. So the "use the 
E-Bow channel as a bridge saddle" trick was the only way I could find to 
get a sound out of the spring drum.

best,
Steve B
Subscape Annex   http://www.subscapeannex.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: burnett@pobox.com [mailto:burnett@pobox.com]
>
> On Sun, 7 May 2006, Timothy Mungenast wrote:
>
>> E-bows also work on acoustic instruments and some avant cat in Signal to
>> Noise mag even used on a snare drum's springs.
>
> Tim, thanks for mentioning this: inspired by the above, I took a Remo
> spring drum
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002GFS3G/
>
> held it suspended by the end of the spring, then applied the E-Bow just
> below my hand, bending the spring across the channel of the E-Bow with
> very little pressure: just enough for the bottom end of the E-Bow channel
> to act as a bridge for the spring. The result was a minimal-attack moan 
>as
> the vibrating spring shook the spring drum head, reminiscent of the wind
> sounds in the planet landing sequence of Ridley Scott's _Alien_. Very
> cool, thanks.