With or Without You(U2) E-Bow Unplugged

[geraldillo]

nice idea to use the ebow!

[fngrpckr]

@geraldillo thanks

[esplover100]

Is your guitar pluged into an acoustic amp, or is it completly unpluged?

[fngrpckr]

@esplover100 It doesn't even have a pickup! Completley acoustic.

[exitshow]

@fngrpckr awesome!

[exitshow]

brilliant! the best ebow demo ever!!!

[fngrpckr]

@exitshow Thank you

[guibr18]

Fantastic! You have talent my friend!

Cheers from Brazil!

[fngrpckr]

@guibr18 Many thank you's

[SOUNDsculptures]

Oh! Clever!!



[fngrpckr]

@SOUNDsculptures Thank you, I hope it inspires you

[pastyourhorizon]

Just brilliant, wonderful, fantastic, creative, however else I may put it. Sure the audio quality may not be that great, but I can sure hear it well and it's just a great cover. Makes me want to go out and buy an ebow even more now.

[fngrpckr]

@pastyourhorizon Many thank you's. I really appreciate that

[LUNDUNA1]

atta boy!

[bbking82]

i am surprised to see the first and only ebow video on here that was worth watching. every one can demonstrate how to use one but no one has found a use for it like this guy

[BalzMahoney]

Will do. I havent checked out any of your other videos yet. I wil do that asap. Thanks!

[BalzMahoney]

Sweet. I bought a couple thumb picks today too, just seems like it should be easier that way. Thanks for the help and inspiration.

[fngrpckr]

@BalzMahoney Thank you. I hope you enjoy working on this. I have a couple of lessons on here too. If theres anything I can do, let me know.

Darryl

[BalzMahoney]

I think I just figured it out. Your bottom 2 strings were tuned to D and G right?

[fngrpckr]

@BalzMahoney You got it! I use that tuning a lot. I just worked out Malted Milk by Robert Johnson in it. Thanks

[BalzMahoney]

Hey man, I know this is an OLD video, but it has fascinated me. I bought an ebow just so I could do this song, one of my favorites. Do you have any special tuning on it? I cant get the last note in the bass line. Any help would rock. Great job on this.

[siriusisastar]

Gutsy! Great job!  :)

[starrchild99]

That is very cool. Nice to see an ebow used on an acoustic.

[ajaxrulzz]

Never knew that thing would work on a acoustic,

[WOLVOSTONER]

freaking cool

[fngrpckr]

@WOLVOSTONER thank you

[fngrpckr]

Thanks!!!

[30NIGHTCRAWLER30]

@fngrpckr beautiful

[fngrpckr]

@30NIGHTCRAWLER30 Thank you very much

[mattsuzo]

sincere and beautiful! Well done

Matt

[fngrpckr]

Thank you Matt! I appreciate it

[valdoltra]

woohoo I like the idea! never thought about it that way :D keep up the good work :D

[fngrpckr]

Go try it! I saw Chris Proctor on Woodsongs do it first! Thanks

Darryl

[Nick56708]

YOU ARE AWESOME. Are you in a band? Cause that singing can take you places you realize that?

[fngrpckr]

Thank you very much! I don't realize it actually, but I'm starting to. Thank you

Darryl Chafe

Newfoundland

[TheMrRevell]

Awesome.

[fngrpckr]

thank you

[foootos]

do you need a electric acoustic to do this

[fngrpckr]

This is an acoustic guitar. No pickups or wires up my sleeve!

[solsaviour]

you don't have to use an electric but it does sound better on an eletric. Even then i use my bass and it works just fine.

[andrewtress]

you get such a good sound out of that with the ebow its got that perfect rawness to it

is it a cf martin?

[fngrpckr]

Thank you! It's a seagull

[JohnTheHater]

love the soft vibrato, sounds effin amazing. 5 stars and goin into my favorites.

@ MysteryBoxz, just watch him play it. You can see what he's playing. Unless the tuning isn't standard of course. ;)

[fngrpckr]

Thanks man! It's in open G

[slavek111able]

great

[fngrpckr]

Thank you

[nightfreakio]

loved it! just beautiful.

[fngrpckr]

Thanks!

[shossni]

Dude that's amazing, and the singing too!

[fngrpckr]

Thanks very, very much!

[MysteryBoxz]

do you have tabs?

[fngrpckr]

No, Sorry.

[userbinry4n]

that is really neat!!!

[fngrpckr]

Thanks!

[tomscotland]

brilliant - love it. 5*

[fngrpckr]

Thanks man!

[Tibbonds]

This is really awesome!

[fngrpckr]

Thanks!

[badwitnames]

bono once said that edge was like a one man orchistra. You are definitely a one man band!

[fngrpckr]

Thank you very much!

[SplinterCell37]

Hey mate, you said this is unplugged? Really? Can I get an ebow to work without an amp? Hold on, I'll ask in a note :)

[RLtherichman]

i love this.

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[Pelash]

AMAZING

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[billalem]

Haahaha...

[vancouverdude24]

lol, wow, keeping the e bow sustaining while playing its part while playing the bass while singing too. Nice.

[fngrpckr]

Thank you

[matheusbagli]

great job

[fngrpckr]

thanks

[strabbs1]

cool idea, i must get me a thumb pick for my ebow

[fngrpckr]

Thanks, you can do other songs well this way too.

[BlackAngusYoung]

The E-Bow is very cool and the playing style sounds great but the vocals impressed me most.

[fngrpckr]

Well I thank you very much!

[Chadfish]

Nice acoustic ebow! I'm the other guy that has an acoustic ebow vid. I'm making a new electric ebow vid with multi tracks. It will be a little daunting to edit that, so I'm taking my time.

Cheers!

[teflondon91]

thats so cool man... I have never seen it played like that before. I knew they used an ebow but the picking with the ebow is a nice touch.

[truemind]

Your voice has an honest quality. Beautiful, but I'd love to hear a longer version of the same song by you.

[fngrpckr]

Thank you. I just wanted to sing so the guitar part would sound better. I don't consider myself much of a singer but maybe I'll do a longer take someday. Thanks very much for the encouragement.

Darryl

[dajzilla]

should have left the "singing" out : /

[nachospl0x]

thank u

[MysteryBoxz]

wow i want one of those things and u sound great

[jollykap]

beautiful

[catchreboot]

good the bad sound sounds very good...

[AxTragicxRemedy]

very nice! where would I buy an ebow?

[BlackAngusYoung]

I just saw them on the website for pinupmusicparts, a very good online music shop I've dealt with a couple time through eBay (prices directly from them are cheaper than eBay, though.)

They sell it for $109 and I'll think I'll get one after this and a couple other demos I saw (Check out the "amazing grace" medley thing.)

[edster612]

The Ebow work reminds me of the early "The Church" recordings. Well done.

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[chuckawobbly]

Pachbel.

[cerko88]

haha. it is :D

[lowco23]

NICE!!! Good work man!

[fngrpckr]

Thank you

[hlaakso]

sort of reminds me of the effects of Thom Yorke's Eraser

[texasranga]

thats actually exactly what i was thinking.

[SirJackRyan]

Variax 700 acoustic! Sweet!

[SirJackRyan]

Or not. Sorry ;).

[daradaranainai]

nice!

[Coppertunes]

Great bit of work, but you have got to redo this on some half decent audio gear though.

Your excellent effort is all wasted.

[Leftyguitarplayer123]

Not a nice way of saying it, but, if your gonna work rly hard on something, which i could tell you did by the quality of your performance, you might wanna look around, to see who might have gear you can borrow

[TomdeArgentina]

Mr. producers, you can all grapple this one... I can tell what is effort, what is talent and what is music without your pretty sound.

[Coppertunes]

Read what i said.... "great Work" "excellent" I am not telling him to book a studio with Phil Spector or Steve lillywhite... You numpty. Anyone can hear that the recording is well below par. I am more than aware that the playing is excellent and would benefit with the lack of hiss. Tit.

[TATYSAURIO]

very creative!!!

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[lordc0ntyb0ll0cks]

did you have a pickup on your guitar or is it straight acoustic i am thinking of getting an e-bow but i mostly play acoustic

[GreatestDane92]

thats real zen. i enjoyed it.

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[scottie636363]

wow-thats ridic

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[rainwaterfall]

loved it :)

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[JohnnyWhismiller]

Quite nice guitar playing...

You're not a singer but we could say you're pretty much what would be a guitarist :P

[fngrpckr]

Thank you!

[mrstrypes]

That's way tougher than it looks! Good job, dude!

[fngrpckr]

Thanks and it sure is! lol

[Kubolski]

awesome

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[Lupus6]

fucking sweet dude, keep it up!

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[garrity18]

I love it

[fngrpckr]

Thanks

[kuhchicken]

That was very cool...this, people, is what YouTube is all about!

[moonlightbeams]

ebow is awesome

[webguitar]

very nice!!!

[Chochy8]

nice job dude :)

[Naxxx]

Great!!!! Loved the sound of the e-bow on the acoustic!!!!!! can anyone please tell me how much does an e-bow costs???? I need to have one!!!!!!

[420ALI3N]

about $100

[Naxxx]

Thanks man!! the only problem is that i haven't find anywhere in my country were i can buy one of those, i think i'm gonna ask for one in another country, i have been playing with a violin bow in some songs, please check my videos!!

[420ALI3N]

WOW..GETTING ONE NOW!! That was great bro!

[psychopomp88]

you should play a whole version. i like this

[ReaverKS]

Beautiful :) 5 out of 5

[blahman178]

That's amazing!!!!

[ShaneAVan]

Very cool use of the ebow to enhance, rather than supplement regular playing. Not many people can pull that off.

[BlipRamen]

After hearing this, I really want one of those. You rock!

[alanisbad]

Good work fella. Hard to get acoustic guitars to respond "well" to an ebow but to play bass part too, well done

[fngrpckr]

Thank's! I only "chattered" it a couple of times. lol

[matthew65]

nice teeny guitar.. how would it work unplugged? i thought ebow disturbed the strings in a way that only a pickup could recognize... hmm...

[fngrpckr]

This is unplugged! No electronics in my Seagull. I saw Chris Proctor on "Woodsongs".Com play a simalr style, different tune though. I also can play "Always On My Mind" by Willie Nelson using this style! Maybe I'll put it up someday. Thank's again

[ehsanul]

an ebow just vibrates the string... the ebow has a battery inside, which creates a magnetic field oscillating at the frequency required to vibrate the string.. and so the string physically vibrates and makes a sound.. the pickup just amplifies the vibrations, as usual...

[VideoVicious]

brilliant...I think Edge would really dig it ...right where that song lives...from the heart

[fngrpckr]

Thank's! Kind words indeed!

[zogeth]

you're very talented bloke

[fngrpckr]

Thank's! I appreciate it!

[deardito]

how much does an e bow cost?

[atkinsisadick]

Around $90 on ebay.

[askokin]

Blimey fngrpckr u r grateful - fair play!

I would also add though, that your vocal needs a bit've work i reckon. Myself, i can't sing for cat's shit, but if i were to give it a bash i'd def. go 4 lessons. R u?

Regards.

[fngrpckr]

I really just sing so I can play the song! lol Seriously, if there's a singer around I am much more content to sit back and play. That being said, I do enjoy singing and maybe if I took it more serious I'd improve, I'm sure I would actually! Maybe someday I'll go for vocal lessons.

Thank's again,

Darryl Chafe

[askokin]

That is very good.

[fngrpckr]

Much appreciated!

[simonchrist]

awesome

[fngrpckr]

Thank's

[MTorger]

Good job!

[0hael0]

Sorry vocals don't do it.

instrumet playing not bad - bit short though - what happened at the end

[Chasehead]

the vocals are nice imo

[fngrpckr]

Thank's I appreciate it!

[fngrpckr]

Thank's for watching!

[fngrpckr]

Thank's

[adrianjemond]

amazing

[fngrpckr]

Thank's!

[sirswedishmike]

groovilicious. I do a little youtube on my page on a song called, Noise.

[dilivui]

I´m gonna learn how to do it and then I´m gonna become the most popular girl in town! XD

[fngrpckr]

You go!

[bentsynth]

Is that the way he did the original?

[zachd009]

He played the album version with an ebow yes, not with an acoustic guitar. I think he had a delay on there too around 400 milleseconds. Its a clean tone.

[S3condari3s]

Sweet

[STEVEFINNERTY]

cool

[backtofitzgerald00]

thank you

[romeoandguitar]

pretty cool

[fngrpckr]

Thank's!

[pzamora27]

that was good

[fngrpckr]

Thank's!

[brothershock]

i never knew a thng existed as a ebow

its real cool thanks to you tube and all who do these to bring out real stuff

[vincentvaillan]

Great great GREAT!

I've got an eBow.

You're great! nice voice too!

Good luck man

[fngrpckr]

Thank's, I appreciate it very much! I don't have an E-Bow anymore, but I will get another someday!

[fireballharry]

Good stuff, man. Very creative!

[fngrpckr]

Thank's!!!

[JensHoorn]

Wauw very cool. I bought an ebow myself, but I'm still trying to play so cool thing. I tryed to play this, but I still need more time :) very cool. play some more with the ebow, you're good!

[fngrpckr]

I don't really own one,lol. I borrowed it from a guy I worked with. I will invest in one someday but for now I'm glad I did this video at least. Thank's for the kind words and if I ever get acess to one again, I'll post something for sure!

Darryl

[The1stFishBone]

the song is supposed to played with an ebow if you look at the ebow website it listed as a song that was played with an ebow.

[scarred2112]

The website actually lists the *live* version of the song, as The Edge has Typically used an Ebow or (more recently) a Fernandes with their Sustainaic system. Both work well reproducing the Infinite Guitar sound on the album.

[Zdravko7]

This is amazing. It's not perfect, but it's an awsome idea.

[AlexZvook]

Very good idea playing the bass line along the Ebow drone!

[farrows]

very clever cheers!

[DJHarrie]

Allright!!! I don't care for u2 myself, but your version is fuckin' good!! lofi dronecore 4ever hehe

[fngrpckr]

Thank's! It does work well with an e-bow eh. I had to give it back but maybe I'll spring for one someday!

[nmkmfotg2006]

WOW thats fantastic, could you post the tab of this?

[fngrpckr]

Thank's! Sorry, I did'nt tab it, I came up with this arrangement. I can tell you it's in open G, The bass notes are on the 7th fret_5th str,7thfret_6th str,9th fret_6th str,open_5th str,(notes are:D,A,B,G). The melody is entirely on the 2nd str, 7th,8th,10th,12th. I hope this is a little help. Let me know if you have any questions! Thank's again

[vicchavill]

cool , i didn't know that this song was played with that ebow thing