This is the first time I’ve seen one used. No idea if it’s in the song, but it makes me think of Peter Gabriel’s “Sledge Hammer.” Wait, no I hear INXS “Don’t Change”….I’m standing here on the ground, the sky above won’t fall down…
Josh, I have tremendous respect for you sharing both your triumphs and embarrassments. You're what we all hoped the internet would be back when it started... real and educational. Thank you.
I just snorted bread through my nose: all of these things are explained in the manual and cassette 😂 Good on you Josh for allowing this comedy gold to be shared. Only a person with no ego can do that
I'm stuck at the almost bought an EBow stage for like 30 years. I'm again looking at the decision line and staring. It's a blissful, longing place to be.
I have been saving up for one for quite a while, might as well forget it now with how anything mentioned on the JHS Show reaches GTA5 in-game pricing 😳
100 percent with you lol...wanted one since the second I saw one in James Iha's hands in the early 90s. I am now 44 and have always had to borrow one when the occasion came up. Every 2 years I go on eBay or Reverb or craigslist and go "I should just get one" and then never do. I'll go halfsies on one with you, we can mail it back and forth once a year each ha
It really doesn't matter in which direction you hold your EBow. However, it is suggested that you hold it "backwards" (reverse grip) when playing on the bridge pickup, and "the right way" when playing on the neck pickup.
Collective Soul had a custom stand that the ebow was attached by rope to. So when he dropped it, it would swing away and he could come back and grab it when needed again.
I used to do the same thing with a toy ray gun on my mic stand that I'd put up to the pickup when playing the "Rebel Yell" solo. (but I think I eventually got lazy and gave up on it. :P)
I still have my instructions from the 90’s and it says you can play it either way, it’s called the “reverse grip”. “The reverse grip allows you to play over a single coil pickup located close to the bridge, and over either coil of a hum-bucker. Cross-string bowing over the treble pickup sounds like bowing next to the bridge on a fiddle.”
Thank you for posting this video, Josh. Its a really helpful visual demonstration of where to place the ebow relative to the pickups, and the movement across the strings. Much appreciated :)
This video NEEDED to be made! Seriously, I've had the ebow for 2 years and even after watching the tutorials, it looks so easy but it requires a very serious touch. It's been very difficult to get anything musical out of it.
I’ve had an EBow for a few years now, but rarely messed around with it until seeing this! Josh has no reason to feel dumb! Thank you so much for sharing!
ha! we are two! so it doesnt mean were dumb. were many and smart. yes. ugh. just did a pedal show. NOONE could figure out the ramp Feature by them self..
Not gonna lie- I got my first Ebow used and held it backwards. Ended up selling it because it wasn't giving me much use. Ten years later, I got another one as part of a trade and realized watching a Phil Kaeggy video that he was holding it opposite the way I was. Flipped mine around and bam. Okay, I still don't use it much, but there is a popular local studio with an owner/engineer/producer who LOVES Ebow. That means if I'm playing with a new local artist, chances are that their album has Ebow on it. Everybody is always tickled when I can duplicate the part.
Always so happy to see eBows getting some love. I've played one for years. Eventually the top half that houses the battery broke off, so I replaced it with a plastic weed container and it's even easier to hold now.
Growing up as a huge Delirious? fan and playing guitar at my church every weekend from my 13th to my 20th, Stu G had SO MUCH influence on me that I just can’t stress it enough. I remember hearing Obsession for the first time and being like “wait, wtf is he doing” on that iconic e-bow solo, and when I found out I became obsessed with it (pun intended). Thanks for this video Josh, and thanks for all the lessons Mr. G!
Didn't own an E-Bow for about 30 years of playing even though I was a massive Stuart Adamson, How Lloyd Langton and Robert Fripp fan. I kind of learned to use one by watching videos of Stuart in Big Country on TV. Eventually I bought one new at the same price as they were when they first came out and had so much fun with it. I've never tried the arpeggio effect though. Going to give it a go very soon. I still have the tape but never listened to it. That's how much of an expert I thought I was. Arrogant guitarist alert!! ;)
Nice! My eBow is from the mid-1990s and I spent a good time listening the cassette and training these techniques. This being the case, I've wondered how few guitarists ever learned to use the thing properly!
A few ebow tricks Stu didn't mention 1 Overdriving your pickup by laying into the hotspot 2 Pushing down on the ebow until it contacts the string makes a satisfying squeal 3 This is a weird one I discovered while playing around. Set your guitar to an in-between position with two pickups active. Hold your slide with your right hand on the strings somewhere between the pickup. Select a string and holding the ebow with your left hand place it over the 12th fret. You will hear two pitches, one from each side of the slide. As you move the slide the pitches will move opposite each other.
I had an E-Bow over 40 years ago (I'm guessing 1979) when I worked at Carlsbro (yes, THAT Carlsbro), and never got the hang of it. I think I sold it after a couple of weeks. I'm now considering buying another. The nostalgic part of my brain wishes I had all the old Carlsbro pedals as well. I loved the colours.
Don't feel too badly. I'm 65, have owned and played with an eBow since they came out in the 80s'. I never knew about the "hot spot" secret, however I did hold it correctly. Going to grab my eBow and play right now. Thanks!
There are different hotspots depending on what pickup(s) you have active, so play around with it! It's a big part of the dynamics actually, you can get a softer sound playing away from them, do swells or quick attacks (if you're pretending to be a flute) by sliding into the hotspot, all that kinda stuff
Josh, you are not alone! I am learning right with you. Like you, I have struggled with the eBow for years trying to get an arpeggio like Phil Keaggy. Knowing about the sweet spot was a revelation to me! Cheers!
oh gosh Josh...it was so frustrating watching this up to the point your light bulb filament melted. I have been using an e-bow for 24 years now. I use a Wah for expression, the Dunlop q535, because of the ability to narrow the frequency range. Lots of reverb and delay and looping. Haven't used it in a long while. Now I can't wait to get home after work and lay down some tracks!!! Thanks for this...
Works great on an Acoustasonic. I did a whole ambient instrumental album with the Acoustasonic and used Ebow’s and the Line 6 DL4 for background and pads.
I got mine in '99 I think, Ordered it from the back of a guitar magazine. I played it backwards too! Then my girlfriend who also played guitar, actually read the little handbook and taught me how to hold it correctly. I lose it and find it again every five years or so, Now I have to try that arpeggio trick, luckily I know right where it is - it turned up during a pandemic related move.
@04:40 ff that's what makes guitar playing and exploring soooo great! These moments are starhours. No other instrument has so much options! Thx for sharing Stu & Josh
Hey Josh Thanks for sharing your embarrassing moments with all of us! You encourage others to laugh at themselves too! The world needs that! I appreciate the short episodes but miss Recordtime!
Josh! I just found this channel yesterday and I could not be more thrilled. You are without a doubt the best education based host for this genre. You're quick witted dry humour and pace make this so mich fun to watch i couldn't even believe the Paul Gilbert pedalboard episode was nearly 30 minites long. Thank you so much!!!!
I do like the short form videos! It's not always convenient to sit for half an hour or more and watch a video. I enjoy all your stuff though and this one was freaking hilarious!
I bought my E-Bow in 1988 and I can't imagine life without it. And Josh, if it makes you feel better, I've seen videos of Bill Nelson also using the E-Bow "backwards" and he is truly a master of this little device. In music, as in all arts, the "right" way and the "wrong" way may not be as important as getting what you're going for.
I still have one of the ebows in the box with the cassette, sticker and no pick pin. I've had it for over 25 years. Luckily I've never tried dropping it.
Look up old Collective Soul live videos. Ross Childress used to have a string tied around his Ebow, and it was attached to a boom mic stand. Easy access!
dude... the arpeggio thing was the very first thing I did when starting with the Ebow 30 years ago. It's such a fun tool, especially coupled with a slide
One or two things I learned with elbows: 1) have spare batteries. 2) tape the switch to prevent batterie from dying of beiing switched on by something in your case. 3) have a spare batteries and a safe space to put it on when you’re not playing.
I bought an Ebow because of Stu G. Still using it. Read the instructions and used it correctly from the off! The hotspot is just in front of it when held the right way round. A guitarist friend borrowed it to use on the first UK Vineyard album.
Back when Ross Childress played in Collective Soul he had a string tied to his ebow and a stand. So he could play and then let go without it falling on the ground.
Definitely enjoyed this shorter format and the subject matter especially 😂😂😂 I've always held it the right way but I didn't know about the hot spot thing and the string sweep technique, mind blown! Cheers to the video editor too, excellent clips, the memes were perfection. This just goes to show you how many of us musicians do not read instructions that come with our gear, we just get it out of the box, plug it in and start goofing off😂😂😂 Yeah this one made me laugh...a lot!!! Hats off to Josh for not letting his ego keep us from seeing how embarrassing and mind blown you can be, especially as a gear head and gear maker. I bet this doesn't happen often😁🤣🤘
I love everything about this episode. Josh, an amazing guitar player, sharing his embarrassment. Being taught how to EBow from Stu G. The battery giveaway. This is it. This is the best, right here. Thanks, guys!
I am not a guitarist but have at all tech and music. I've often wondered how the E-bow works. The early web finally gave answers, some of those dropped ones and a chisel gave up secrets but a look at Tesla's earthquake machine gave prior art. A pickup coil is amplified (9volt) and that small signal power is fed into a second coil which acts as the putdown and feedback is happening. The 2 coils are shielded from each other so no squeal as alone, the string adds the magic. Pickup and putdown all in a little module, that's what an E-bow is. I use a small car stereo amp instead of the tiny 9volt amp and the whole slide guitar is portable from battery to speaker with a digitech pedal in the middle. Lastly a volume lever is on the end of the steel slide. Portable Pink Floyd!
In my worship lead guitar days, I managed to use the same ebow for about 10 years by using a 3 foot piece of bungee cord from West Marine with a short section of velcro sewn on to wrap on a boom mic stand and the other velco wrap around the door to the battery compartment. It would just swing in front of me from the mic when not in use. I credit Stu G with making me fall in love with that sound for sure.
I've seen guys keep it on a string attached to their mic stand, with the mic stand wrapped with circular rubber padding. The padding was to absorb the force of the ebow when dropped after the guitarist used it for the song's particular part. Ross Childress - Collective Soul's original guitarist, had this setup, as I recall, during the Dosage tour.I have since since another guitarist use the same "string with padding placed at the right spot" method.
My first (and only) time in a pro studio my buddy wanted me to add flavor to an intro. I’d just got an Ebow so I wailed something random out with it. Then the producer said “that was great, we should double it.” I’m like, ok great go ahead. Then I realized he expected me to play exactly the same thing again. It took me 20 minutes to reproduce a 10 second segment I had just played. Humbling.
I had an EBow for years...I need to get another one, they are too much fun. I always used the the "jazz" setting on my Jazzmaster for Ebow stuff, it was the one time that top pickup switch setting on the JM was actually super useful. Really nice, warm tone and it evened out the volume spikes a bit.
To reminds me of when I finally realised that finger picks for acoustic guitar go 180° round from the way I originally tried them. For years I desperately wanted them to work but thought they were useless. Then I saw an old blues guitarist using them and the penny dropped. I felt like an idiot. Now I swear by them.
Superglue a paracord lanyard to the back of the ebow. Tie the lanyard to your belt so when you drop it, the ebow doesn't hit the ground. If you need the ebow again, grab the lanyard at your belt and slide you hand along to grab the ebow.
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Ebow tomorrow on Reverb: $1000
haha glad I've already got one
came here to say the same thing...
Unlike the Bad Monkey, I do NOT have an Ebow... oh well, I guess I won't be retiring early after all.
That and you hear the collective scream of all Ebow players who have been holding it like Josh....
Ebow announces special edition Green Monkey Limited EBow with overdrive circuit built in. Pre-order for $799
Josh probably rests his elbows on the toilet tank.
No that's where he places his glass of choccy milk
He should go into business with Bob Mortimer, then...
@@AfferbeckBeats You're grounded!
yup he gets tired holding up that pedal bjook
This is the first time I’ve seen one used. No idea if it’s in the song, but it makes me think of Peter Gabriel’s “Sledge Hammer.”
Wait, no I hear INXS “Don’t Change”….I’m standing here on the ground, the sky above won’t fall down…
This man listened to THE TAPE THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO HOLD IT and didn't listen lmaaooooooo
I just wanna know where's the stinger for "he has the tape" ?
Come on now, real men don’t READ directions, so who blame him for not pulling the old boom box out of the attic and truly LISTENING to that crap?
@@bldallasBut the point is he HAS listened to it which contains instructions on using it
Yupp. It's a matter of RTFM.. 😂
@@robotman5105 I know. I was being sarcastic, or trying to be, that is.
Josh, I have tremendous respect for you sharing both your triumphs and embarrassments. You're what we all hoped the internet would be back when it started... real and educational. Thank you.
Oh brother
I just snorted bread through my nose: all of these things are explained in the manual and cassette 😂
Good on you Josh for allowing this comedy gold to be shared. Only a person with no ego can do that
My exact thoughts. So many huge egos in 'our world' it's nice to see this aspect of our friend.
Best laugh I've had in a long while at the Limitless-esque transition to the "It's an Electric Bow" placard.
He might have the box, but he certainly doesn't have the instructions.
NICK! WE NEED A NEW STINGER!
Sick burn
But does he have the “ no pick” button??
The Seinfeld drop was hilarious
Never underestimate the power of a "this side up" logo. Lol
I'm stuck at the almost bought an EBow stage for like 30 years. I'm again looking at the decision line and staring. It's a blissful, longing place to be.
i farted
It's cheaper than most pedals. Take the plunge.
I have been saving up for one for quite a while, might as well forget it now with how anything mentioned on the JHS Show reaches GTA5 in-game pricing 😳
100 percent with you lol...wanted one since the second I saw one in James Iha's hands in the early 90s. I am now 44 and have always had to borrow one when the occasion came up. Every 2 years I go on eBay or Reverb or craigslist and go "I should just get one" and then never do. I'll go halfsies on one with you, we can mail it back and forth once a year each ha
Same, I cracked 18 months ago!
Running an EBow (the right way round) through a reverse delay, maybe the funnest thing you can do with an EBow.
Probably sounds like an EHX Attack Decay pedal 😉
Yeah .I like using them alone to create backwards sounds too. You bring the volume up with it then suddenly mute. Dead on bass- ackwardz.
As soon as the arpeggios started happening I lost my mind. Literally decades of using it exclusively like you josh.
It really doesn't matter in which direction you hold your EBow. However, it is suggested that you hold it "backwards" (reverse grip) when playing on the bridge pickup, and "the right way" when playing on the neck pickup.
Please go bananas with the editing like this more often
editing reminds me a little of Audiopiles' Bad Gear series, in the best way.
I was about to comment the editing is on point, keep it up.
God please don't, it's hard enough to watch videos on TH-cam nowadays
Editing was bonkers, cracked me up. Give Nick a raise!
I just have the utmost respect for a man who will show his misunderstandings. You are a class act Josh.
Collective Soul had a custom stand that the ebow was attached by rope to. So when he dropped it, it would swing away and he could come back and grab it when needed again.
That's pretty clever. Great band
I used to do the same thing with a toy ray gun on my mic stand that I'd put up to the pickup when playing the "Rebel Yell" solo. (but I think I eventually got lazy and gave up on it. :P)
I remember watching Ross Childress drop it and it hang on a string but didn’t really think about what it was attached to.
The way Josh gives away the guitar (at 7:56) is already rockstar boss style.
I still have my instructions from the 90’s and it says you can play it either way, it’s called the “reverse grip”.
“The reverse grip allows you to play over a single coil pickup located close to the bridge, and over either coil of a hum-bucker. Cross-string bowing over the treble pickup sounds like bowing next to the bridge on a fiddle.”
Thank you for posting this video, Josh. Its a really helpful visual demonstration of where to place the ebow relative to the pickups, and the movement across the strings. Much appreciated :)
The E-bow changed my life! Went from not owning one to owning one.
My eBow sadly was burned up in the Camp Fire and I never got another one. But I actually read the instructions and knew how to use it lol
Yeah, I woulda thought the LED might’ve been a clue
loooooool, yeah....
The old ones didn't have LEDs. If he "learned" the ebow back in 2002 or something he learned it wrong 😂
@@coryg4669 These things were around in the late 70s.
@@coryg4669 my 90s one has an LED and I've just seen a couple pics of 80s and 70s models with it too, so huh?
@@cactustactics Yeah, the LED was invented in 1972, idk what they're talking about. lol
This video NEEDED to be made! Seriously, I've had the ebow for 2 years and even after watching the tutorials, it looks so easy but it requires a very serious touch. It's been very difficult to get anything musical out of it.
I’ve had an EBow for a few years now, but rarely messed around with it until seeing this! Josh has no reason to feel dumb! Thank you so much for sharing!
I don't know... I think I have to disagree. It even has the little sled on the bottom that suggests which direction to use it lol
ha! we are two! so it doesnt mean were dumb. were many and smart. yes. ugh. just did a pedal show. NOONE could figure out the ramp Feature by them self..
LOL Priceless.
I've been using mine in the Right orientation BUT I've never 'Strummed' across with it.
So I lurned somat too today 🙄
Not gonna lie- I got my first Ebow used and held it backwards. Ended up selling it because it wasn't giving me much use. Ten years later, I got another one as part of a trade and realized watching a Phil Kaeggy video that he was holding it opposite the way I was. Flipped mine around and bam.
Okay, I still don't use it much, but there is a popular local studio with an owner/engineer/producer who LOVES Ebow. That means if I'm playing with a new local artist, chances are that their album has Ebow on it. Everybody is always tickled when I can duplicate the part.
PHIL FREAKING KAEGGY!
Sheeeit! I never had the tape or instructions and I've had one for years and always played it the wrong way round!!! Now I can do it properly! Thanks
Always so happy to see eBows getting some love. I've played one for years. Eventually the top half that houses the battery broke off, so I replaced it with a plastic weed container and it's even easier to hold now.
I remember that cassette and I've not heard it in 35 years! Still have it, the bag and the no pick button
Saw the thumbnail-
“This better have Stu G in it”
0:01
“oh good”
Stu G was the reason I got an ebow. Instant like on video.
@@GavinPang No one has gotten more use out of the eBow than Stu
Stu G probably deserves some sort of stock option considering how many ebows he moved for the company in the 90s and early 2000s
Stu who????
@@deekotronix6059 G
I am not a guitar player and have never heard of 'EBow' but this video made me laugh out out a few times :) lol
I love the longer videos but whenever you guys enjoy making them it shows, so do what you love!!!
Growing up as a huge Delirious? fan and playing guitar at my church every weekend from my 13th to my 20th, Stu G had SO MUCH influence on me that I just can’t stress it enough. I remember hearing Obsession for the first time and being like “wait, wtf is he doing” on that iconic e-bow solo, and when I found out I became obsessed with it (pun intended). Thanks for this video Josh, and thanks for all the lessons Mr. G!
Why is it that when I watch a JHS video, all of my stress just melts away? Thank you for posting, Josh.
Can also make a really great harmonica simulation!
I know he’s busy, but can Stu please become a permanent installment on the JHS Show? He’s just the best
Didn't own an E-Bow for about 30 years of playing even though I was a massive Stuart Adamson, How Lloyd Langton and Robert Fripp fan. I kind of learned to use one by watching videos of Stuart in Big Country on TV. Eventually I bought one new at the same price as they were when they first came out and had so much fun with it. I've never tried the arpeggio effect though. Going to give it a go very soon. I still have the tape but never listened to it. That's how much of an expert I thought I was. Arrogant guitarist alert!! ;)
It was Phil Keaggy in 1979. I saw him using an "ebo". He was and still is brilliant.
Nice! My eBow is from the mid-1990s and I spent a good time listening the cassette and training these techniques. This being the case, I've wondered how few guitarists ever learned to use the thing properly!
A few ebow tricks Stu didn't mention
1 Overdriving your pickup by laying into the hotspot
2 Pushing down on the ebow until it contacts the string makes a satisfying squeal
3 This is a weird one I discovered while playing around. Set your guitar to an in-between position with two pickups active. Hold your slide with your right hand on the strings somewhere between the pickup. Select a string and holding the ebow with your left hand place it over the 12th fret. You will hear two pitches, one from each side of the slide. As you move the slide the pitches will move opposite each other.
yes... the satisfying squeal
I had an E-Bow over 40 years ago (I'm guessing 1979) when I worked at Carlsbro (yes, THAT Carlsbro), and never got the hang of it. I think I sold it after a couple of weeks. I'm now considering buying another. The nostalgic part of my brain wishes I had all the old Carlsbro pedals as well. I loved the colours.
Don't feel too badly. I'm 65, have owned and played with an eBow since they came out in the 80s'. I never knew about the "hot spot" secret, however I did hold it correctly. Going to grab my eBow and play right now. Thanks!
There are different hotspots depending on what pickup(s) you have active, so play around with it! It's a big part of the dynamics actually, you can get a softer sound playing away from them, do swells or quick attacks (if you're pretending to be a flute) by sliding into the hotspot, all that kinda stuff
Fragile? I've had the same one I got 40 years ago, when it was to get those Bill Nelson, Bebop Deluxe sounds. The arpeggio effect is new to me!
Josh, you are not alone! I am learning right with you. Like you, I have struggled with the eBow for years trying to get an arpeggio like Phil Keaggy. Knowing about the sweet spot was a revelation to me! Cheers!
oh gosh Josh...it was so frustrating watching this up to the point your light bulb filament melted. I have been using an e-bow for 24 years now. I use a Wah for expression, the Dunlop q535, because of the ability to narrow the frequency range. Lots of reverb and delay and looping. Haven't used it in a long while. Now I can't wait to get home after work and lay down some tracks!!! Thanks for this...
I love all that with e bow plus sometimes slide. Ebow + slide+ fuzz+ delay= HUGE
Always loved them on acoustic guitars
It's a cool sound.
Hard to capture though on recording. Being so quiet and the acoustic also being a pretty noisy instrument at such low levels.
Works great on an Acoustasonic. I did a whole ambient instrumental album with the Acoustasonic and used Ebow’s and the Line 6 DL4 for background and pads.
Mandolin actually works too
Brilliant!!!!! So, rich! if anyone is looking for me, you know I'll be "lost" in my Ebow ... for a long time to come...
you are not alone, Josh, you are not alone - I blame that crappy VHS of the Big Country New Years Eve concert
Whenever I hear e-bow I'm thinking about Big Country. Other people probably used it better tho.
@@tuukka8592 They didn't even use it. Not on "In a Big Country" anyway.
I got mine in '99 I think, Ordered it from the back of a guitar magazine. I played it backwards too! Then my girlfriend who also played guitar, actually read the little handbook and taught me how to hold it correctly. I lose it and find it again every five years or so, Now I have to try that arpeggio trick, luckily I know right where it is - it turned up during a pandemic related move.
Part of what makes this so funny is that Josh is so damned smart. It's just really unexpected from the guy who knows everything about guitar gadgets!
@04:40 ff that's what makes guitar playing and exploring soooo great! These moments are starhours. No other instrument has so much options! Thx for sharing Stu & Josh
A classic piece of "read the manual"! 😂
"RTFM" lol
You have to wonder how many people who got a "Its in the manual" email from JHS about one of the pedals are screaming "HA! REVENGE IS MINE!!!!
Hey Josh
Thanks for sharing your embarrassing moments with all of us! You encourage others to laugh at themselves too! The world needs that! I appreciate the short episodes but miss Recordtime!
Josh! I just found this channel yesterday and I could not be more thrilled. You are without a doubt the best education based host for this genre. You're quick witted dry humour and pace make this so mich fun to watch i couldn't even believe the Paul Gilbert pedalboard episode was nearly 30 minites long. Thank you so much!!!!
I do like the short form videos! It's not always convenient to sit for half an hour or more and watch a video. I enjoy all your stuff though and this one was freaking hilarious!
I bought my E-Bow in 1988 and I can't imagine life without it. And Josh, if it makes you feel better, I've seen videos of Bill Nelson also using the E-Bow "backwards" and he is truly a master of this little device. In music, as in all arts, the "right" way and the "wrong" way may not be as important as getting what you're going for.
Keaggys been doing all these tricks since the 70s
Keaggy, ironically, is God.
I still have one of the ebows in the box with the cassette, sticker and no pick pin. I've had it for over 25 years. Luckily I've never tried dropping it.
GLORIOUS!!! I AM CRYING TEARS DOWN MY FACE!!!
Daniel Ash from Bauhaus/Tones On Tail/Love and Rockets fame is another master of the mighty Ebow! Great vid guys! 🎉❤🎉
I'm almost convinced now, that there will a day when I'll find out that I'm using guitar pick wrong all these years.
Look up old Collective Soul live videos. Ross Childress used to have a string tied around his Ebow, and it was attached to a boom mic stand. Easy access!
Do the raking thing while rocking a wah. That’s my go to ambient worshipy thing to whip out
Not sure about whipping anything out during a worship service but whatever blazes your saddle.
WILL TRY THIS
@@McMorgan1312Cult of the snake handlers bruh
If it makes you feel any better, I have a single humbucker strat that I never used an eBow with. Never thought about turning it around. Thanks!
I watch Phil Keaggy use one. That's how I concluded that was the correct way.
Got my Ebow 28years ago as a young U2 fanatic only to play the Intro to with or without you. Blew me away
Omgosh, the “Seinfeld” plug is brilliant!! 🤣🤣🤣
dude... the arpeggio thing was the very first thing I did when starting with the Ebow 30 years ago. It's such a fun tool, especially coupled with a slide
fricking sienfeld almost spilled coffee all over the keyboard rofl
Yeah. I like these lessons a lot. Fits my attention span.
One or two things I learned with elbows: 1) have spare batteries. 2) tape the switch to prevent batterie from dying of beiing switched on by something in your case. 3) have a spare batteries and a safe space to put it on when you’re not playing.
I bought an Ebow because of Stu G. Still using it. Read the instructions and used it correctly from the off! The hotspot is just in front of it when held the right way round. A guitarist friend borrowed it to use on the first UK Vineyard album.
Josh also really likes disposable cameras but hates that you never get to see the pictures cause he throws them away after use.
Back when Ross Childress played in Collective Soul he had a string tied to his ebow and a stand. So he could play and then let go without it falling on the ground.
This man needs to watch a chords of orion video
Well, it also matters which pickup you use. If you use the bridge pickup, it is definitely better to keep the ebow the other way around
At this point in life I'm down to my Ebow and smoke detectors using 9V batteries...
4:29 "I'm a broken man" segment with that time warp editing... Hilarious! 😂🤣
Ive been in the r/letstradepedals looking for an Ebow for i cant tell you how long
Ebow on ebay
Great job! Yes more short form things like this.
That's pure ebow-core
always awesome watching a revelation.
Get ready to sell those E-Bows, y'all!!
Had mine for 10 years. Never broke or nothin'..
Did I just out myself as a manlet?
Definitely enjoyed this shorter format and the subject matter especially 😂😂😂 I've always held it the right way but I didn't know about the hot spot thing and the string sweep technique, mind blown!
Cheers to the video editor too, excellent clips, the memes were perfection.
This just goes to show you how many of us musicians do not read instructions that come with our gear, we just get it out of the box, plug it in and start goofing off😂😂😂
Yeah this one made me laugh...a lot!!!
Hats off to Josh for not letting his ego keep us from seeing how embarrassing and mind blown you can be, especially as a gear head and gear maker. I bet this doesn't happen often😁🤣🤘
I love everything about this episode. Josh, an amazing guitar player, sharing his embarrassment. Being taught how to EBow from Stu G. The battery giveaway. This is it. This is the best, right here. Thanks, guys!
Shout out to the editing on these videos, it is extremely good and funny
Back in the 1980s "The Edge" (from U2) was already using an E-Bow on his guitar riffs and song parts.
This was fantastic to watch. Humility comes in all shapes and sizes. What a champ, Josh.
The light points to the neck! I have had one since like 1985.The original ones don't seem as hot as the new ones to drive.
I need to a/ b mine. I never noticed much difference but never directly compared them
Who else learned the William Tell Overture-Call to the Cows bit with the cassette? That was a fun way to show off. Now I miss my old broken EBow.
Stu G is probably my favorite guitarist. He's so humble, kind, and chill, but that man can kill it on guitar.
I am not a guitarist but have at all tech and music. I've often wondered how the E-bow works. The early web finally gave answers, some of those dropped ones and a chisel gave up secrets but a look at Tesla's earthquake machine gave prior art. A pickup coil is amplified (9volt) and that small signal power is fed into a second coil which acts as the putdown and feedback is happening. The 2 coils are shielded from each other so no squeal as alone, the string adds the magic. Pickup and putdown all in a little module, that's what an E-bow is. I use a small car stereo amp instead of the tiny 9volt amp and the whole slide guitar is portable from battery to speaker with a digitech pedal in the middle. Lastly a volume lever is on the end of the steel slide. Portable Pink Floyd!
In my worship lead guitar days, I managed to use the same ebow for about 10 years by using a 3 foot piece of bungee cord from West Marine with a short section of velcro sewn on to wrap on a boom mic stand and the other velco wrap around the door to the battery compartment. It would just swing in front of me from the mic when not in use. I credit Stu G with making me fall in love with that sound for sure.
I like these short episodes, under ten minutes, keep ‘em going!
You guys made me cry laughing !!! 🤣🤣🤣
I love this thing. I used to rile tone off and use a wah pedal rocked all the way back. So great….
I've seen guys keep it on a string attached to their mic stand, with the mic stand wrapped with circular rubber padding. The padding was to absorb the force of the ebow when dropped after the guitarist used it for the song's particular part. Ross Childress - Collective Soul's original guitarist, had this setup, as I recall, during the Dosage tour.I have since since another guitarist use the same "string with padding placed at the right spot" method.
Thanks for the humor
My first (and only) time in a pro studio my buddy wanted me to add flavor to an intro. I’d just got an Ebow so I wailed something random out with it. Then the producer said “that was great, we should double it.” I’m like, ok great go ahead. Then I realized he expected me to play exactly the same thing again. It took me 20 minutes to reproduce a 10 second segment I had just played. Humbling.
I had an EBow for years...I need to get another one, they are too much fun. I always used the the "jazz" setting on my Jazzmaster for Ebow stuff, it was the one time that top pickup switch setting on the JM was actually super useful. Really nice, warm tone and it evened out the volume spikes a bit.
To reminds me of when I finally realised that finger picks for acoustic guitar go 180° round from the way I originally tried them. For years I desperately wanted them to work but thought they were useless. Then I saw an old blues guitarist using them and the penny dropped. I felt like an idiot. Now I swear by them.
Superglue a paracord lanyard to the back of the ebow.
Tie the lanyard to your belt so when you drop it, the ebow doesn't hit the ground.
If you need the ebow again, grab the lanyard at your belt and slide you hand along to grab the ebow.
Genius!