Bowed guitar
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A bowed guitar is a method of playing an electric guitar, in which the guitarist uses a bow to play the guitar, as if it were a violin or cello, or other member of the violin family.
One of the first guitarists to use a bow was Eddie Phillips. His bowed guitar can be heard on The Creation's "Making Time."
The bowed guitar is most famously used by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds. Examples of Page playing a bowed guitar can be found on "Dazed and Confused" and "How Many More Times" (both of which are from the album Led Zeppelin I.) It is also used extensively by Jón Þór Birgisson the Vocalist/Guitarist for the Post-Rock band Sigur Ros. Jeff Martin from the Canadian rock band The Tea Party plays a bow guitar on some of his earlier songs such as "Save Me" from the album Splendor Solis.
