USING AN EBOW
This month Andy G Jones examines the use of the EBow sustainer for some legato fun. If you don’t own one, after this you might just want to!
Hold the EBow directly over the string you want to add sustain to
The EBow is a hand-held device that provides endless string sustain. Here’s what Wikipedia says: ‘The EBow uses a pickup in an inductive string driver feedback circuit, including sensor coil, driver coil, and an amplifier, to induce forced string vibrations. The EBow drives one string at a time, producing a sound reminiscent of using a violin bow on the strings.’