What is the Infinite Guitar that Michael Brook uses?
It’s listed on the albums that he released on 4AD, Colbalt Blue and Live at the Aquarium. Jeremy Orr answers this question: “Brook invented the infinite guitar himself, probably because he loved the sound of the E-bow, which magnetically vibrates a guitar string without actually touching it (a well-known example of this sound is that high-pitched “whistling” melody line at the beginning of U2’s “With Or Without You”). Perhaps he was frustrated at its relative cumbersomeness and/or because the player can only use the device on one string at a time. I believe he took a Stratocaster, removed one of the pickups, and replaced it with a pickup-sized device which works the same way as an E-bow [an extra pickup in the guitar’s neck]…supposedly, there are [possibly] only three other infinite guitars in existence, which are owned by (I think) The Edge, Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno.
It’s listed on the albums that he released on 4AD, Colbalt Blue and Live at the Aquarium. Jeremy Orr answers this question: “Brook invented the infinite guitar himself, probably because he loved the sound of the E-bow, which magnetically vibrates a guitar string without actually touching it (a well-known example of this sound is that high-pitched “whistling” melody line at the beginning of U2’s “With Or Without You”). Perhaps he was frustrated at its relative cumbersomeness and/or because the player can only use the device on one string at a time.
