Using an E-Bow on an Acoustic Guitar

This is Ken Wagman aka Kenbjammen, using an Ebow on an acoustic guitar. Triggering an acoustic with an Ebow can be a little tricky, but when you get it, it is pretty cool. The anti-pick Ebow is a cool toy. The effects loop includes a Visual Sound H20, Marshall Digital Delay with tap tempo and Boss CE-20 on Dimensional D. The guitar is an Ibanez Artwood acoustic, with Elixer 13's.

The loop is done with a Digitech Loop Station.

Ken Wagman is a guitarist for the band Xylem from South Beloit WI. Ken has been playing guitar for over 25 years. This video has been produced by Ashley Wagman.

For a little more information of Ken, you can check out burlapandblues.com, xylemrocks.com or myspace.com/kenwagman

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ebow
• Ibanez
• Ken Wagman
• Kenbjammen
• Visual Sound H20
• Marshall Digital Delay
• Boss CE-20
• Dimensional D
• Xylem

[suzsnooze]

I'm thinking about getting one since I saw Sungha Jung use it xD but how much is one? =|

And how can you tell the difference of your guitar strings if their steel strings or not? Awesome vid btw, didn't expect sucha sound.

[kenwagman]

@suzsnooze this one I paid a little over $100. If your acoustic is a classical (nylon) this will not work at all.

[WhiteLakeDan]

Something I don't get here. Isn't the ebow supposed to be used very near the pick up? I don't see one anywhere near the ebow.

Also, does anyone know if the ebow works (to its full extent) with the Taylor Expression sytem?

[kenwagman]

That's what makes it a little tricky with an acoustic guitar, instead of using the pickup magnet with the ebow to drive the string, you have to drive the string with a combination of a very subtle hammer on and the ebow

[0713mas]

I attempted this a while back on my acoustic, I could only get a few of the sound the demonstrator gets here. (he is pretty good). I was disappointed and ultimately traded it back and got an Ernie Ball mono volume pedal!!

Add some echo and delay sounds like a pretty sick bowed instrument. I prefer it over the sound to that of the E-bow.

[kenwagman]

Yes, I agree the sounds of volume swells are pretty cool. I do like the harmonic variances that you get with an ebow. They are really a few different tools!

[OneFalseMove]

yes but does it works with out an amp or pick up?

[TamboresDeJaykub]

not artwood -_- exotic wood

[monthlyguitarist]

Trippin out duuuuuuuuude

[TheKanshi]

cool bro...firts time that i watch something like these

[tkdrummer95]

I'm not real familiar with ebows... but I'm very impressed with the sounds here. Nice playing!

[TheJoeyTaylor]

@jman99110 YOU suck.

[lo0nyto0ny]

@suzsnooze 133$

[Keepmovin2000]

love the jam!



[jman99110]

EBOWS SUCK!!!

[AZEAQ]

great sounds, so thanks for the advices : i'll try it on my accoustic bass - just ordered one, can't wait much longer!