Re: Was Walker Bros Elegies now Ebow and technique

["Jeff Duke" <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>]

I didn't know Fripp ever used an Ebow actually, is this true? I always 
thought he got that sustain with a Les paul, a pair of fuzzes and amp in 
the 
early days and then moved to a Fernandes sustainor. I would imagine that 
he 
has tried one.
I am one of "those" and don't mind a bit if I am derivitive of Fripp 
(although nowhere in the realm of imagination as good). I (over?) use a 
sustainor now and still use my ebow on acoustic. I just love to drone what 
can I say. Delays, drones and loops, yes!

peace out,

j


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Was Walker Bros Elegies now Ebow and technique


> "Problem is that I was using looping and an ebow before I'd ever heard of
> fripp. I remember listening to "no Pussyfooting" and being astonished by 
> how
> similar to my music it was. Frankly I was pretty gutted. You have to be 
> true
> to your inner muse though so I won't change for the sake of it. I'm 
> digging
> my shoeless heels in..
>
> G"

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 8:51 PM, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> 
wrote:
> I here you and I understand that feeling,

I've never been a fan of ebow or Fripp but I did experience that
feeling ten years ago when I first heard one of Terry Reilly's early
tape loop concerts where he played saxophone. "My gosh, it sounds
exactly as me when looping on the sax"... or rather the other way
around, it now appeared. A weird feeling to suddenly realize that
something you have discovered and developed actually has been done
already by someone else before you.

My mechanical vibrator Sustaniac has stopped working, due to a bad
magnet, so I may be using ebow more with my fretless guitar in the
days to come.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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