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Using a bow on a guitar...a REAL bow.


ericZahn
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ericZahn
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07/08/2011 11:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c89Po0sdZLI
here is some great bowing, just ignore the first bit, it gets much better
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Paul Moliukov
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07/30/2011 6:14 am
Originally Posted by: imalrdynumI was just curious if anybody in here has ever used a bow with their guitar, a`la Jimmy Page/Sigur Ros. I have a cello bow that I use, but my technique, well, my technique sucks! I know the bow is not made for steel strings, so I was just curious if anybody else had any luck. Peace.


Just checked out Sigur Ros's band... Cool:) Before I knew only JPage's experience of bowing electric guitar.
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Violaman
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Violaman
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01/23/2012 11:12 pm
I must admit that I have since I have easy access to one I don't think it sounds good at all to fret board is wrong for it on a Viola or other classical viol derivative its curved so you can hit strings without touching other ones, guitars as I'm sure you all know are flat so the most you could do is chords also I'm sure the rosin gunks up the strings which isn't as much ofaproblem in the case of a Viola because its almost exclusively bow, it would be interesting to see a guitar with a curved board for bowing, I can't however recommend a bow for guitar
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01/24/2012 1:29 am
This thread always randomly gets resurrected from the dead.....
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metalaxe92
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metalaxe92
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05/23/2012 10:18 pm
Hi I'm not quiet sure somebody else has said this already but I use just a violin bow which cost me about 10 euros. And with a lot of rosin, some delay, reverb and a little distortion or overdrive you can get a nice sound out of your guitar.
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