RE: E-bows vs Vibrators

["Adrian West" <adrian@adrianwest.com>]

I can also tell you that the E-bow didn't do much for my wife. 

Adrian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:45 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: E-bows vs Vibrators
> 
> 
> At 11:28 AM 5/12/2006, johnsrude@peak.org wrote:
> >So...
> >
> >Thinking of E-bows.
> >
> >Thinking of Reeves Gabrels.
> >
> >Thinking of Rick Walker.  (Hi Rick!  Great set at BEMF!)
> >
> >Ebows are expensive.  Vibrators are cheap.  Can you get the same 
> effect with
> >a...ah...NECK massager that you can with an E-bow?
> 
> Not the same effect. What you get is the electro-magnetic fields of the 
> electric motor in the vibrator interacting with magnetic pickup of the 
> guitar. In other words, you hear the sound of the motor. It 
> doesn't vibrate 
> the string like an ebow. The pitch will be the speed of the motor. 
> Therefore, you will likely find a variable speed vibrator is a 
> good option.
> 
> I don't know if the size matters.
> 
> kim
> 
> 
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