BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: March 02, 2012 08:24PM

I was almost sure at least one of you would know what it is. Do ya need more hints?

Ok, one more hint for now... F_D was kind of almost in the ballpark sort of but too far off to count. It is a vibrator but it is not a sex toy (unless some one has a metallic piercing in the right place I guess). It is designed to vibrate something else using electromagnetic pulses.



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BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 01:17AM

What's the matter, all you are out of goofy guesses already? Say Uncle and I'll tell you what it is.



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Doomage Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 02:05AM

I believe it's an Ebow.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 02:45AM

Bingo! You're right. It is an Ebow. You must be a guitarist.

For those unfamiliar and interested see this link:
[www.ebow.com]

PW Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 05:23AM

i would have said its your wife's dog whistle.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 07:50PM

i thought you just slid and old glass jar over yer fangur to git dat stuf

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 09:03PM

An Ebow gives continuous sustain to a guitar string by creating an electro-magnetic feedback loop using two coils aligned with the guitar string and a small amplifier. The grooves on the foot of it are to help align the coils with the string. The input coil senses the vibration of the string (exactly like a pickup on an electric guitar), the amp chip amplifies the signal and sends it through the output coil which causes the string to keep vibrating. It "self-tunes" the amp to the amplified signal and becomes an oscillator that includes the string in the feedback loop. It works really well and is a very simple circuit. Is not anything like the slide guitar effect with a glass or metal slide. You can use them together though, and that's pretty cool sounding too.



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pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 09:03PM

never heard of them...kinda cool..

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2012 10:55PM

The closest tolerance problem in the design is the locations of the coils in respect to the string and a magnetic pickup on the electric guitar, which serves to GREATLY increase the signal to the point of very high distortion. It is a very simple design but impractical to home brew. Easier to buy one instead.