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I bought a violin bow and tried it out on my bass guitar. A little shaky and scratchy at first but it's getting better.
The audio might be a little out of sync because I recorded it separately to try to improve the quality.

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[tjhungj]

great stuff man, really liked it.. is there any diffrence between using a violin bow and cello bow?

[Adrian1037]

I'm guessing not. I guess a cello bow might be better since it's longer, so it might be easier to get a smoother sound. I just went with the cheapest thing i could find.

[eiphonebassplayer]

wat effects did u use?

[Adrian1037]

a reverb, a delay, and an EQ to take out the scratchiness

[SupersticiousPotatoe]

Better than a bowguitar :3

[ZenAndAnger]

at 1:37 it starts to sound a bit like the Mass Effect theme.

[Zombieslag]

I did something similar but had an old Rogue bass to mess with, you can check it out in my channel. Doesnt sound as good as yours but i was just using a crappy marshall practice amp (guitar) with distortion. I'm going to my bands practice tonight to steal my drummers bass effects pedals and get a better sound. Yours sounds awesome!

[stgodd]

haunting! i just bought a bow for myself and this is exactly the kind of effect i'm after.

awesome!!

[Thetallywhacker0]

You may want to just use a upright bass bow, I have one and it is better suited for a bass

[Eragon326]

i just bought a bow for 5 bucks dude and rosin for 3-4 bucks only :)):)):)):))

[ltdbassplayer]

Are you using a standard 4/4 size violin bow or something smaller? The reason I ask is because I've been going back and forth between choosing to buy either a cello or violin bow (I like the higher pitch your getting) and wanted to see what you were using. Love the vid (its my fav of the bowed bass videos on Youtube), keep up the great work!

[akm5176]

A little known fact is that....violin bows and cello bows are different, and bass bows are even more different. The bigger the isntrument the rougher the hair is on the bow and the more hair is on the bow . For this guy I would suggest buying a very inexspensive HORSE HAIR, most generic bows(usually made by glassel) use synthetic hair, its only very slight cheaper(about 10-15 bucks less)but real horse hair will last much longer and will work much better for getting sounds out strings that thick

[BlueMac11]

Yea, it should be a bit deeper..