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The E-bow may be used to produce a variety of sounds not usually playable on an electric guitar. By varying the E-bow's linear position on the string, the player can produce different string overtones, and also fade in and out by lowering and raising the E-Bow. An early pioneer of E-bow playing was Bill Nelson , who introduced it to Stuart Adamson of The Skids . Adamson went on to use it heavily with Big Country , and it formed an integral part of their infamous " Bagpipe sound". Blondie , Tom Petty and Blue Öyster Cult were also early users. Guitarist Jimmy Page used an E-bow in the songs "In the Evening" and "Carouselambra" on the Led Zeppelin 1979 album '' In Through The Out Door '', to create a "droning" effect. Béla Fleck has used one on an acoustic banjo in concert, also creating a bagpipe like sound. While the E-bow is not normally used with the Electric Bass Guitar , which has heavier strings, Michael Manring (who uses light bass strings) has persevered, and it features heavily on his 1995 album ''Thönk''. He has even been known to use two at once. Steve Willett of Strange Boutique helped pioneer the use of bass E-bow in the 80s post-punk goth scene. Sigur Rós bassist Georg Hólm plays with one on the untitled sixth track of their 2002 album, ( ) (this song is alternately known as "E-bow"). Rachel's has also used bowed bass. . The E-bow is mentioned in (the title of) R.E.M. 's " E-Bow The Letter ". It is also used in the song. The alternative-rock band Smashing Pumpkins have also made extensive use of the effect, most notably on the interlude "Sinfony," which consists entirely of E-bow. Guitarist James Iha also added E-bow to several songs on Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness . The band Opeth have used the E-bow on many of their albums, such as on the songs Bleak and The Drapery Falls on the album Blackwater Park . This album was produced by Steven Wilson , whose band Porcupine Tree also uses it heavily on their albums, such as In Absentia and Deadwing . Solo artist Minutiæ Inertia of Portland, OR has used the E-bow on many stringed instruments to date: both electric and acoustic guitars, as well as fretless bass, and electric bass, often combined with keyboards and vocoder, creating an odd yet unsettling sound. The album "Munchausen Syndrome by President" (2006) features many E-bowed tracks slipping in and out of each other. The British band James have used the E-bow on several tracks, most notably on the top ten hits ''Sound'' and ''She's A Star''. In the former (when played live), the E-bow actually makes contact with the strings, producing a screeching sound. E-BOW AND THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR Although the E-bow is most commonly played on the Electric Guitar because of the ease of use and the responsiveness you get from the Pickup , the E-bow has also been used in applications with the Acoustic Guitar . Notably, this was used by Pink Floyd Guitarist, David Gilmour , in their 1994 song Take It Back on his Gibson J-200 acoustic. Generally an acoustic guitar gives you a limited response for varying reasons, including the pickup and both the density and spacing of the audio download © 2005 Michael Miles / Dock72 Music Group. Posted with permission by artist). EXTERNAL LINKS ACOUSTIC GUITARISTS WHO USE THE E-BOW
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