DeadPool2099
Active Member
Has any tried playing their guitar with Violin or Cello bow?. I have tried it for fun after seeing Sigur Ros a couple years back. I just use a Violin Bow and play with regular wound strings. I find its easier to use a six-string les paul to bow. I tried bowing my 7-string Ibanez and it didn't quite work The body gets in the way.
I usually put on flatwound strings on my Jay Turser Les Paul and find it works really well. I Turn up the reverb and play with the neck pick up on clean. To me it sounds more like a violin/cello. I found I can only bow the 6th string and 1st string. I can bow Chords too it sounds alright really gives the guitar sustain like a keyboard. Distortion or Fuzz with delay sounds cool too. I combine my Fuzz, Digital Delay and Wah-Wah and it sounds similar to the sounds like the youtube video "Strange Sounds in Terrace, BC Canada August 29th 2013 7:30am (Vid#1)."
Does anyone else have experience with bowing an electric guitar? Advice, Tips?
I usually put on flatwound strings on my Jay Turser Les Paul and find it works really well. I Turn up the reverb and play with the neck pick up on clean. To me it sounds more like a violin/cello. I found I can only bow the 6th string and 1st string. I can bow Chords too it sounds alright really gives the guitar sustain like a keyboard. Distortion or Fuzz with delay sounds cool too. I combine my Fuzz, Digital Delay and Wah-Wah and it sounds similar to the sounds like the youtube video "Strange Sounds in Terrace, BC Canada August 29th 2013 7:30am (Vid#1)."
Does anyone else have experience with bowing an electric guitar? Advice, Tips?
