Plus EBow Electric Bow for Guitar with 2 Batteries Included

Cool little device. Makes awesome sounds

A little tricky to use but it offers a unique effect once you figure it out. It's construction is not exactly robust and I worry about it surviving if thrown deeply into the ol' gig bag. Other than that there are few other options if you are looking to get that specific effect...

Had one of these before and regretted selling it. Glad I got another one. Add some delay and you can do some cool ambient noises and swells.

great product, arrived on time. The only comment is that the small button at the back of the eBow is a bit wobbly..which worries me..especcially since the product cost me $100 plus some enormous p+p..(which i happilly agreed to pay for..)...only that one would expect something more long-lasting...Other than that...great product, great supplier.

I've seen the EBow around for years but only recently decided to take the plunge and get one. Over the past several years I've been playing mostly acoustic guitar and other acoustic instruments, so I made a lot of inquiries as to whether this device would actually work with an acoustic instrument. I was assured that it would.And it does -- after a fashion. I tried it with 6- and 12- string guitar, mandolin, bluegrass banjo, tres cubano, and mandotar (a 6-string mandolin tuned like an octave guitar). I eventually got it to work on all of these instruments, though it worked a lot better on some than on others. The mandolins were the worst; I could only consistenly activate the top two courses -- the wound strings, not at all. 12-string and tres worked after I found the right spot on the strings for most consistent activation. The 6-string guitar worked moderately well, but the most consistent operation was obtained from the banjo.Overall, though, I was disappointed. Even on the banjo, it typically took anywhere from one to as much as five seconds before the string really began to sound, and playing a phrase on more than one string was impossible without significant gaps, while the new string built up momentum. Probably this could be improved somewhat with practice, but the sluggish response makes me think that this device will be of only very limited use to me in certain very slow and deliberate styles of music.Another thing I noticed was that the EBow tended to excite an upper partial -- usually the first overtone -- of the string, rather than the fundamental. This happened regardless of whether the switch was set in "normal" or "harmonic" mode, although it did happen faster in "harmonic" mode. Possibly this also could be improved with practice, but in three hours of working with the device I was still only averaging maybe one out of five times as far as getting any string to sound at pitch right off the bat.The enclosed instructional material tells us that, on an electric guitar, there is a "sweet spot" over the pickup pole pieces, where the EBow will work both most quickly and with the most intensity. Supposedly there is no "sweet spot" on acoustic instruments, but here I have to disagree. On acoustics the EBow will definitely not work equally well anywhere on the string. I found that certain harmonic nodes located between the bridge and the end of the fingerboard were most responsive and loudest; I couldn't get any of the instrument to sound with the EBow held near the bridge.The enclosed instructional materials include a small CD with examples of the many amazing things the EBow can do -- on electric guitar. Unfortunately, I can't see most of these happening -- rapid arpeggios, spicatto, "flute" sounds, etc. -- on an acoustical instrument. I don't want to take too much away from this device; no doubt it really can do all the various things demonstrated on the CD, provided they're done on -electric- guitar. Although it does techincally "work" with acoustic instruments, it doesn't work well enough with them for this to be an advertising point for the EBow.And one last caveat: for a $100 accessory, the EBow isn't really built that well. The plastic construction was expected, although something heavier-duty -- like ABS -- would have been better, and the battery compartment cover stays in place with a single plastic tab, that I can see breaking after the second or third battery change. I get the distinct impression that if one dropped this device while on stage, one had better have a backup, because I doubt it would survive even a fall from waist height, intact.Bottom line: If this had cost maybe $20-$30, or if I had intended to use it primarily on electric guitar, I would have given it a better review. But at $100 its usefulness on acoustic instruments is too limited to justify the cost.

He loves it, says it's great, wanted one for a long time. He supports himself solely with his gigs, so no extra money for toys. He was glad Santa brought this.

My son is rocking this tgung! What a sound! Well built, works great, came fast!

Only received the Ebow, yet the photo showed a whole kit with CD and more...