{"id":1288,"date":"2009-01-22T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2009-01-27T14:07:16","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:07:16","slug":"ask-the-expert-getting-a-cello-sound-from-a-bass-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/ask-the-expert-getting-a-cello-sound-from-a-bass-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Expert – getting a cello sound from a bass guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tiffany Reynolds asked this fascinating question:<\/p>\n

“I know this is going to sound weird but I’m serious. I play bass but sometimes you want the bowed sound of a cello or an upright bass during quiet passages of a song. I want to take up cello but sometimes you can’t switch back and forth … in the two seconds it would take to just press a button.<\/p>\n

My question is … is there a pedal out there that can make it sound like you are bowing a cello or violin? Or anything you can think of?\u00a0 I’ve heard of the ebow … “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andy replies:<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really know of a pedal that\u2019s designed to give you a bowed sound, but yes an ebow would do something similar as it\u2019s basically a hand held powered magnet that simulates the sound of a bow by vibrating the string without you having to touch it. You could also try using a volume pedal. Basically play a note nice and loud with the volume pedal in the completely \u2018off\u2019 position and then increase the volume straight afterwards. This technique masks the attacking sound of a finger plucking a string.<\/p>\n

This clip <\/a>will giv eyou an idea of the sound an ebow can help you create.<\/p>\n

Both will be interesting sounds but neither in truth will sound exactly like a bow, for that you need\u2026a bow \u2013 which you could try, the only problem being that the wax on most bows messes up guitar and bass strings pretty darn quickly\u2026<\/p>\n

But, experiment you might well find a new sound that works for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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