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NeverNamed068NeverNamed068 Posts: 118
edited December 2007 in The Porch
This has been bugging me for a while, I've been wanting to play this song with my band, and just picking Ed's intro doesn't do the justice.

I seen him use a mystery object various times. It appears to be a ball shaped object. I will now refer to Youtube:

Here we can see the ball shaped object used by Eddie his intro part:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3y0yZpmKw6s

I have almost no idea what it is he is using, so any help would be appreciated.
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  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    its an ebow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebow
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  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    haha it looks like a hacky sac.


    looks like some sort of an ebow though
  • LesbelgesLesbelges Posts: 434
    Ok guess I was wrong, it's an ebow !
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  • NeverNamed068NeverNamed068 Posts: 118
    LeatherMandi wrote:
    haha it looks like a hacky sac.


    looks like some sort of an ebow though

    I thought it was a hacky sac at first too!



    But, ya. It must be an Ebow. And that company must get half of their sales from Eddie because he always throws it when he's done using it. :P
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  • LedZepFanLedZepFan Posts: 1,009
    NeverNamed068 wrote:
    I thought it was a hacky sac at first too!



    But, ya. It must be an Ebow. And that company must get half of their sales from Eddie because he always throws it when he's done using it. :P


    that must be why every where i go theyre on fucking back order!
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    NeverNamed068, you should watch Single Video Theory - Ed and Stone have a discussion about using the ebow.
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  • Lost_ClayLost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    i'd say that intro/riff's been kickin around since 2000 tour at least, can hear it during the middle sections of rvm on various boots
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  • FitzFitz Posts: 169
    NeverNamed068 wrote:
    This has been bugging me for a while, I've been wanting to play this song with my band, and just picking Ed's intro doesn't do the justice.

    I seen him use a mystery object various times. It appears to be a ball shaped object. I will now refer to Youtube:

    Here we can see the ball shaped object used by Eddie his intro part:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=3y0yZpmKw6s

    I have almost no idea what it is he is using, so any help would be appreciated.

    Yeah deffo an Ebow, the late great Stuart Adamson always used it from memory on nearly all and his bands Albums.
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  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    nevermind
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  • MohabMohab Posts: 310
    The start of the 80s 'Tranaformers' theme song uses the same technique, the old movie has it at the start.
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