How To Use An EBow The Right Way
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- Josh has used an Ebow for over twenty years, and he's just found out he's been using it wrong. Thankfully, Stu G was here to show him how to actually use the device. Have you ever used an Ebow? I bet you figured it out right away.
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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.
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??
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.
The Seinfeld drop was hilarious
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.
It's an electric bow!!! 😂😂😂 03:07
That one got me going on a pretty good roll of laughter 🤣
It's a junior mint!
*slap bass line*
Editors need a raise for that one haha
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.
Never underestimate the power of a "this side up" logo. Lol
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 CZcams 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.
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.
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
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
I know he’s busy, but can Stu please become a permanent installment on the JHS Show? He’s just the best
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
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.
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
The E-bow changed my life! Went from not owning one to owning one.
Keaggys been doing all these tricks since the 70s
Keaggy, ironically, is God.
Why is it that when I watch a JHS video, all of my stress just melts away? Thank you for posting, Josh.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
It was Phil Keaggy in 1979. I saw him using an "ebo". He was and still is brilliant.
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!
Be careful, I had a friend with a 1958 strat, the ebow demagnetize the magnets on his neck pickup. So he moved the middle one over and the same thing happened... It actually works like a demagnetizer if you pull it away slowly.
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!
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!
Stu G is such an underrated guitarist. Glad to see him having a moment here.
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 the longer videos but whenever you guys enjoy making them it shows, so do what you love!!!
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.
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!
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!
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
Oh Josh. Poor Josh. Just remember. A day without learning is a day without living.
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.
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!
GLORIOUS!!! I AM CRYING TEARS DOWN MY FACE!!!
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..
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.
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!! 🤣🤣🤣
fricking sienfeld almost spilled coffee all over the keyboard rofl
Back in the 1980s "The Edge" (from U2) was already using an E-Bow on his guitar riffs and song parts.
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.”
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
I watch Phil Keaggy use one. That's how I concluded that was the correct way.
4:29 "I'm a broken man" segment with that time warp editing... Hilarious! 😂🤣
Stu G on "Take Off My Shoes" 🔥🔥🔥
This man needs to watch a chords of orion video
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
How great is this. Thank you so much for sharing. No matter how much we know we can still learn. Priceless.
I remember that cassette and I've not heard it in 35 years! Still have it, the bag and the no pick button
At this point in life I'm down to my Ebow and smoke detectors using 9V batteries...
That's pure ebow-core
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.
This was fantastic to watch. Humility comes in all shapes and sizes. What a champ, Josh.
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?
Ive been in the r/letstradepedals looking for an Ebow for i cant tell you how long
Ebow on ebay
Thank you Josh. God bless you.
Great vid. The Seinfeld thing was absolutely hilarious. It's not that you weren't using an ebow "the right way", you were just using it in a very limited capacity, as was I... just not backwards LOL. Solidarity.
I like these short episodes, under ten minutes, keep ‘em going!
I did enjoy this format. Short easy to digest and I learned something cool I didn't know. I will be getting the ebow out tomorrow and trying this. Thanks
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!! ;)
I would love to see more content like this ,for sure!
@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
Loved that short episode a loooooot ❤ I was using it the wrong way too 😅
Thx Joooooosh !
The licked battery 🔋 and the DNA 🧬 clone 😂😂😂😂
This makes me smile to no end.
I tripped out at first because I read it wrong. I thought oh no, I have been using my elbow wrong. Suddenly, elbows are gonna quadruple in price on the used market, and I'll have officially slept on full use of my elbow.
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!
Brilliant!!!!! So, rich! if anyone is looking for me, you know I'll be "lost" in my Ebow ... for a long time to come...
Great job! Yes more short form things like this.
LOL!!....fun episode. Thanks for sharing with us Josh...we've all been there 🫂
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
The look of realization on your face and in your eyes was a priceless moment - as far as the shorter video format, I can only say this one was on point, whether or not you can dredge up more eureka moments like this, that is another thing all together ... but if you can, I want to see them!
Hell yeah to posting this learning moment! Both hilarious and educational.
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
That was great, some funny edits and I love the modem SFX when you had your "aha" moment lol.
Oh jeez man, Josh! For someone that hangs onto boxes I would have taken you to read manuals. Lol. 😂
Stu G just kilt your ego. I'm sure you are delirious with a mix of shame and elation. MAGESTIC video, Sirs.
This is THE GREATEST episode of JHS Show EVER!
This video is packed with clips I loved every second of it
Daniel Ash from Bauhaus/Tones On Tail/Love and Rockets fame is another master of the mighty Ebow! Great vid guys! 🎉❤🎉
That was fun! I hope you're enjoying your newfound ebow playing technique
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.
I enjoy both your long form and short form content. A healthy mix of each I feel will get me to watch every video
Josh probably ate soup with a fork until he met Stu.
"They know not what they do, for they live in their shoes." - Mr. Natural, Robert Crumb comics
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
I am not a guitar player and have never heard of 'EBow' but this video made me laugh out out a few times :) lol
Shout out to the editing on these videos, it is extremely good and funny
Never used an Ebow. But that arpagio trick is intriguing.
I love this thing. I used to rile tone off and use a wah pedal rocked all the way back. So great….
I treated my ebow like Eddie in that clip, and still have my original one that I got for Christmas in 1999 but much duct tape holding it together. Years later I met Ed Roland of collective soul through a friend and he looked at me like I was brain damaged and said “we just use a shoe lace tied around it and let it hang from the mic stand…” 😮
How to re-purpose a single shoelace😂