Re: Re: Another NAMM Report

["Michael P. Hughes, Ph.D." <pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk>]

>>> The New E-Bow has an octave-up switch...
>>What? E-Bows set up a magnetic field which excites the string. It's the
>string
>>length and taughtness that controls the pitch not the magnetic field. Or
am I
>>missing something?

That's what I used to think, but I gather I too was missing something...
someone around here dirrected their EBow and found both sensor and exciter
coils, so the EBow principle is not dissimilar to the way a Frenandez
Sustainer works - picks up magnetic field, generates much bigger version of
same.

To those with whom I discussed building a sustainer system - I've built the
trian cct, and am waiting to get the cash together to get the pickup 
built....

Michael