Re: OT Ebow casing degradation

[chaz worm <chaz@earthwormandfire.com>]

I electrify (via Dean Markley condensor mics) all my banjos and Dulcimers and 12 string. I'm always searching for something different which has led me to utilize my old nylon strung fretless minstrel banjo a lot of late. 

Very interested in seeing what sounds I can get out of my dobro or dulcimer. 

Chaz

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On Jan 23, 2012, at 10:07 PM, william middlemiss <billymiddlemiss@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, Chaz, heed Ted's clarification!...The ebow will work on any ferrous stringed instrument. 

Ted, the cardboard box thing is fantastic. That should be a standard technique taught in recording schools!

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Ted Killian <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote:

Well, the metal has to have some iron/steel content to it too . . . so not just any metal.

For instance, the bronze wrapped lower strings of an otherwise nylon stringed guitar are not suitable for Ebow.

And the instrument ought to be amplified somehow (the Ebow is too quiet for general acoustic use).

The first guitar I ever used on on was an acoustic 12-string (Yamaha FG360) with a Bill Lawrence soundhole pickup played through a tiny PigNose amp.

I remember putting that amp and a mic in a closed cardboard box with a mic -- it sounded waaaaay huge.

The ebow will work quite successfull yon a lot of steel-stringed, amplified instruments.

It'll even work pretty well on bass, but begins to have trouble moving the massive lower strings.

On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:16 PM, william middlemiss wrote:

> anything with metal strings. Ive used one on a piano before.
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> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:25 PM, chaz worm <chaz@earthwormandfire.com> wrote:
> I do not play guitar (well, some 12 string acoustic). Just banjo and bass. Can an eBow be used on either of those?  What about a dulcimer?
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> Chaz
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:19 PM, RP Collier <skeptikalist@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Jan 23, 2012, at 5:02 PM, <mike@michaelplishka.com> <mike@michaelplishka.com> wrote:
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>>> Anyone else have this happen? Off gassing from the battery?
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>> No, had mine for years thru longs periods of non-use with battery loaded.
>> What brand of battery were you using?
>> Could it have been heat from being on continuously for so long rather than battery vapors?
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