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sigur ros-ish sustain

El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
edited January 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
how do they get that nice sustain like that?
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    My guess is compression and delay, with either volume swells or an E-Bow...

    At least, that's how I copy them... ;)
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • goto_lgoto_l Posts: 1,189
    He plays with an actual bow, simply just drives the cabinet with the head, very basic set up. The have some live video on their site you might check out. Sings through his p/u's also.
    You men eat your dinner
    Eat your pork and beans
    I eat more chicken
    Than any man ever seen




  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    ohhhhh yeah, now that you mention it i remember a friend telling me he saw them and he used a bow...thanks!
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • DirtLikeMeDirtLikeMe Posts: 91
    Yeah, he uses a cello bow - which is longer. Additionally he has special pickups that are extra sensitive. Live (I have see them twice) he actually sings through his pickups.

    He probably no doubt uses delay.
    And if hope could grow from dirt like me, it can be done
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    DirtLikeMe wrote:
    Yeah, he uses a cello bow - which is longer. Additionally he has special pickups that are extra sensitive. Live (I have see them twice) he actually sings through his pickups.

    He probably no doubt uses delay.

    yeah, i can hear delay on their second album

    i read somewhere when you use a bow on a guitar you can really only use it on the top and bottom string, is that true? he seems to get a lot of range from just 2 strings
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    El_Kabong wrote:
    yeah, i can hear delay on their second album

    i read somewhere when you use a bow on a guitar you can really only use it on the top and bottom string, is that true? he seems to get a lot of range from just 2 strings


    It's hard to isolate just one string in the middle of the guitar, like the D or G strings, with a bow. So, if you only want one string at a time, you can really only bow the high and low E strings by themselves... unless you get a really curved bridge (which would most likely have to be custom).

    You can bow chords, or groups of strings....

    The other option is to mute strings you don't want to bow with your fretting hand. You'll still bow them, but if you mute them they won't vibrate.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
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