Anywhere to buy Ebow besides Swee Lee

[trowaclown]

As above, fellow softies. The price I was quoted this evening was 30% higher than the price I was quoted 8 weeks ago, when they were out of stock.

Swee Lee has lost my business on this product, because a price increase is totally uncalled for, in light of the very weak US dollar. If not, do you guys want to organize a mass buy of some sort?

 

[kahuna]

how much is the ebow?

 

[dir]

last i heard, it was 180 for the ebow plus at swee lee. I'm very interested in purchasing but alas, no cash at the moment. Maybe you should try ebay first.

 

[zullio]

what is an ebow used for?

 

[trowaclown]

Wah cow! You don't get 3 replies within 8 minutes in the bass forum...

Haha anyway the price was 170+ before the increase, but now nearly 225, from what I was quoted just now.

Zullio: Check out The Amazing EBow Basically it's a handheld replacement for finger/pick styles, and holding one over a string will cause the string to vibrate and sustain indefinitely.

 

[zullio]

okay thanks for the info..

but i dont think i need one.. not now at least.

 

[dir]

trowaclown: so you're planning to use an ebow on the bass? That's interesting! what kind of music do you play?

edit: also maybe you should have asked them for a discount? Don't SL have some sort of 40% discount on certain gear?

 

[trowaclown]

Errrr. It stemmed from a need to play ANYTHING on Here Without You by 3 Doors Down. IIRC, I counted 22 bars of nothing at the start of my score sheet, and it's mostly whole notes thereafter.

Since the bass doesn't really provide any rhythmic backbone in the song, I thought I'd use an ebow to emulate some of the strings parts.

 

[Xypher]

Can buy ebow on ebay?

 

[dir]

Errrr. It stemmed from a need to play ANYTHING on Here Without You by 3 Doors Down. IIRC, I counted 22 bars of nothing at the start of my score sheet, and it's mostly whole notes thereafter.

Since the bass doesn't really provide any rhythmic backbone in the song, I thought I'd use an ebow to emulate some of the strings parts.

hahaha. you could try playing keyboards or a glockenspiel perhaps? also if somehow you wanna sell the ebow do let me know!

 

[trowaclown]

dir: Awww man. I'm already psychomotor-ly challenged already! But it sounds good I'll check it out next time I meet my band.

Xypher: Yes you can! I just did. With the slowest (and cheapest) shipping method, it costs SGD$80 less than Swee Lee, thanks to President Bush and the weak US dollar! With the fastest shipping method available, the cheapest I could find will cost around SGD$30 cheaper than Swee Lee.