E-Bow

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E-Bow

An E-Bow is not an effects box, but rather a little handheld thing that you use to hover over the strings near the pickups. It uses a battery- powered coil to produce a concentrated magnetic field that drives the string without your having to pluck or even touch it. It produces a bowed sound and can also provide infinite sustain on a single note. It can sound pretty good right out of the box and amazing with a little work. Great for textures and background noises and great when combined with other effects, especially distortion and delay.

They're about a hundred bucks new. Comes with a useful tutorial.

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