As we know, Bill is the undisputed master of the eBow. One thing that has always puzzled me. Seeing Bill play eBow live, he seems to switch to it with no change of volume, no pot adjustment, no pedal. You can see this (I believe!) in Beyond These Clouds The Sweetest Dream on the Rocketeers DVD (if you don't have this, BUY IT NOW). Yet in my own humble experience with an eBow, there is a MASSIVE increase in gain when you use it and the entire house starts to shake and crumble until you quickly hit the volume pedal! I should add that my eBow is the modern plastic-case version not the stainless steel original which I believe Bill has.
best wishes to all!
Toby
I am not a guitar player but watching Bills technique with the ebow on this clip is a revelation.... he doesn't move the ebow at all ... then slowly slides between the bridge and neck pickup and twice you see him changing strings without any audible clunk 😳 but apart from the technique what emits is pure skin tingling beauty as l was stood frozen to the spot and tingling head to foot while recording this .... a guy to my right was in tears .... an amazing moment ♥️