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| Originally Posted by one_of_my_turns I believe that whole bow & guitar thing was started by Syd Barret, actually. I'm just basing this on another thread we've had here....don't take my word on it (let's wait for Botley or someone to confirm it  ). |
I don't know his name, but a guy from The Creation was the first to do the bow technique. Jimmy Page used to be a studio session man (he's worked with The Who, Kinks, Pretty Things, Creation, Donovan, as a session man) and he picked it up from them. Syd Never used a bow on a guitar, but he used a zippo lighter which produced entirely different results.