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Albert Svenddal
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2 String E-bow Steel Solo

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I am using a 2 string E-bow on this rendition of a Christmas song "What Child is This".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-2IZox9tYc
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Post by Tom Stolaski »

I have a two string Ebow, but it looks a little different than yours. Mine is chrome all the way around except for the bottom section. I did not know that there was more than one model for the two string job.
Nice version of the Christmas tune.
I use the same technique except I play single notes on the bottom instead of strumming.
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Great arrangement, Albert! Very cool!
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Post by Albert Svenddal »

Tom, it is actually the same model as yours. My aluminum cover had a crack in it and I covered it with black tape to keep it tight.

I wonder how many of these TWO STRINGS model were actually made and who else has one and uses it. I have about two or three other songs that I use it on.

Thanks Jack for the kind words.

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Post by Jim Smith »

Soundin' good Albert. I had two of those two string E-bows at one time, and hearing this kind of makes me wish I had kept them.
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Very nice rendition. It sounds like a Theremin.
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Albert Svenddal wrote:

I wonder how many of these TWO STRINGS model were actually made and who else has one and uses it.
Only 200 were made, and 15 of those were defective and not sold. I have one that used to belong to Winnie Winston.
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This is very clever

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So what is the string spacing on the two string ebow?
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Post by Matthew Warman »

that's what I call sustain! :)
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David Hartley wrote:So what is the string spacing on the two string ebow?
It sits on 2 strings that are 5 strings apart, and activates the 2 nearest the legs. Typically, it sits on strings 3 and 7, and activates 4 and 6.
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Greensleeves with different lyrics on an instrumental.
What's not to like? :)

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