Heet Sound EBow Plus Electric Bow for Guitar

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Hold the EBow over a guitar string to create a focused feedback loop -- and infinite sustain. Like magic, your plucked string instrument becomes a bowed one.

Overview

The EBow is a hand-held electronic bow for guitar. The small, battery-powered unit replaces the pick in the right hand, letting the guitarist mimic strings, horns, and woodwinds with unbelievable sensitivity. The EBow produces a powerful infinite sustain, rich in harmonics for incredible guitar sounds.

The EBow Story

The Energy Bow is a totally unique guitar accessory. It's not just an effect like the many plug-in devices on the market. The EBow does its work on the string itself by producing an energy field that vibrates and sustains your guitar string (Direct String Synthesis). Infinite Sustain is just the beginning. Powered by a 9-volt battery, the EBow is held in place of your pick, giving you instant access to violin, cello, flute, and horn sounds as well as unique sounds of its own.

The EBow lets you play as fast as your left hand can scurry through a lick. Fade a string in from a motionless state for a reverse-tape effect. Run the EBow across the strings for gorgeous arpeggios. Add distortion for a screaming guitar sound. Playing the EBow directly over the pickup will increase your volume many fold and give you the crisp sound of super hot pickups. Moving away from the pickup gives you the mellow sound of a hollow body electric. The sounds you discover by experimenting with the EBow will amaze you. And like the best tools of the trade, the EBow will sound different for each musician.

How It Works

Welcome to the world of Direct String Synthesis. The principle… read more is simple: a focused feedback loop directed at a single string. This produces a powerful, infinite sustain, rich in harmonics for incredible guitar sounds. It's like amplifier feedback with greater control and predictability, at any volume, even through headphones. This handheld synthesizer provides an amazing variety of textures and tonal slurs - virtually an instrument in itself!

Direct String Synthesis

The Heet Sound Plus EBow is a synthesizer in the palm of your hand. Complete control over attack, decay, and dynamics, as well as a whole range of tones and textures, makes the EBow one of the most expressive tools ever designed for guitar. Whether sweeping smoothly from voice to voice or jumping from sound to sound, this device is responsive and personal enough to reflect your playing style.

Standing the Test of Time

Since 1976, the EBow has been making music. Groups such as U2, Blondie, Elton John, Van Halen, Phil Collins, Queen, REO Speedwagon, David Bowie, and Blue Oyster Cult, just to name a few, have thrilled their listeners with the sounds of the EBow. Buddy Emmons uses his on steel guitar. Chris Proctor EBows his acoustic guitar. Windham Hill's Michael Manring has even figured out how to use one on bass guitar! The applications for the EBow are diverse.

Player's Guide

The EBow now comes with a complete Player's Guide booklet and detailed cassette lesson by EBow virtuoso Lenny Walker. How does he get those sounds? Now, Lenny shares his secrets in this feature-packed personal EBow lesson...by the master of EBow technique.

It's been called the most revolutionary development in guitar technology since Leo Fender electrified the instrument in 1948. But it's actually called just plain fun.

Specs

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Base Item: Shipping Weight: 0.25 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 2 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): MIS EBOW

Things To Know

Heet Sound EBow Plus

Updated January 30, 2025 19:56 by Myles Bacon

Hello, this is Myles from zZounds with some things to know about the Heet EBow. In short, an EBow provides endless sustain for electric guitars. You can think of it as: what a bow is to a violin, the EBow is to a guitar. But unlike a violin bow, you only need to set the EBow on one string and hold it there to create infinite sustain. I like to use it to play everything from slow-moving lines, to fast single-string solos, and everything in between. There's a world of possibilities that the EBow allows for when you stack it with effects, too. How does it work? The EBow uses a magnet to add vibration to the natural vibration of your guitar string, creating infinite sustain or for as long as the battery lasts. So, check out the EBow for some out-of-the-box and out-of-this-world guitar effects, because it might just change the way you play guitar.

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 213-687-9946

Reviews

(102 ratings)

Submitted December 28, 2015 by Dean Bagdasarian in Franklin, MA

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I've had one for several years . I use it on Fretless bass . The sounds I can get are amazing. Anything from oboes to cellos to Moogs to haunted spirits . With a little practice , any one can use this with good results.