Derrick1642607670 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Ok so i'd like to be able to use feedback every now and then for assorted things but how exactly is it achieved? is it purely volume related? I play through the new ac30 that vox makes and i've never gotten feedback from it, i've only gotten feedback from ss peavey amps (at practice esque volumes) with gain at no higher than 1 o clock. How do you guys use feedback when and or if you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I use it in a controlled way all the time but that is in a live playing environment at high stage volumes http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdrs Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 The amp needs to have a certain level of power to effect feedback. You may have to "crank it up" a bit. Try it, you'll like it!! Also, try putting the amp on a table and standing so that your guitar (specifically it's pickups) is right in front of the amp's speaker. That'll help. Oh, and WEAR YOUR EAR PROTECTION. Don "There once was a note, Pure and Easy. Playing so free, like a breath rippling by." http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=574296 http://www.myspace.com/imdrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A String Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Try it, you'll like it!! God damn, The Pusher God damn, I say The Pusher I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man! Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sauce Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Yeah you can go the route everyone said and crank it and that'll definitely give you some feedback. But at a lower volume, I usually use something high gain, like a good fuzz. That should get results. Try it, you'll like it!! God damn, The Pusher God damn, I say The Pusher I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man! Is it bad that that's what you thought of but when I read it I went the complete opposite end of the spectrum? http://www.leucht.com/seuss/images/GreenEggsDetail.jpg Then you'll never hear surf music again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampdog Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 The amp needs to have a certain level of power to effect feedback. You may have to "crank it up" a bit. Try it, you'll like it!! Also, try putting the amp on a table and standing so that your guitar (specifically it's pickups) is right in front of the amp's speaker. That'll help. Oh, and WEAR YOUR EAR PROTECTION. I gots me one a dees' Doc... Using my LP through the Peavey Classic 30 I can get good feedback without cranking the volume to loud... I am a firm believer in stands... I don't mean to hijack your thread Derrick but these point the amp right up at you...(and your geeetar) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/Rampdog/Ramps/AmpStand.jpg If it ain't fun...why do it...? http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=778394&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 And of course, you COULD save some money and just bend down to the amp. Derrick: I'm surprised that you could get feedback from one amp and not from another? Presumably you play both at reasonably similar volumes? I get my feedback from standing in front of the amp and hitting a long note. Mind you, I play acoustic, so it's a bit easier than with a solid body. Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdrs Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 The amp needs to have a certain level of power to effect feedback. You may have to "crank it up" a bit. Try it, you'll like it!! Also, try putting the amp on a table and standing so that your guitar (specifically it's pickups) is right in front of the amp's speaker. That'll help. Oh, and WEAR YOUR EAR PROTECTION. I gots me one a dees' Doc... Using my LP through the Peavey Classic 30 I can get good feedback without cranking the volume to loud... I am a firm believer in stands... I don't mean to hijack your thread Derrick but these point the amp right up at you...(and your geeetar) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/Rampdog/Ramps/AmpStand.jpg LOL.....yea, I got some of them..... They are nice. Another thing that promotes feedback, as eluded to by Kramer, is a hollow or semihollow body axe, like this; http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/CIMG0537.jpg Only, that's gonna cost ya a bit more than the amp stand. Don "There once was a note, Pure and Easy. Playing so free, like a breath rippling by." http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=574296 http://www.myspace.com/imdrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejeeber Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 How do you guys use feedback when and or if you do? I'll tell you how I do it at low volumes (even with volume completely off): With a sustainiac pickup. I think I might've liked the sustainer pickup on a Fernandes guitar I used play more though, because with this sustainiac the sustained "feedback" note actually wants to sustain too loud, or if the settings are set to a lower sustain volume, not at all. There's no middle ground. And the problem with too loud is that it tends to go right into 80's mosquito tone over saturation. So it can be great to have that controlled sustain/feedback, but it can be so easy and consistent to use, that sometimes I feel like it's too consistent and tamed, and there isn't that sense of unpredictable danger and havoc. Just a pinch between the geek and chum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Wouldn`t a Hotplate or something like it let you do that at lower volume? Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Yep. THD Hotplate, Weber MASS, MiniMASS, etc. and Dr Z Air Brake should all help get you there too. Then you'll never hear surf music again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickygclef Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I use controlled feedback all the time. Had fun using an insane amount the other night at a gig and this is with a small amp- Fender Princeton. I think I had it maybe on 6 or 7, it was elevated too(on milk crate not stand) as others have pointed out it does help to have amp off the floor. As indicated by others too, if you pump it up with a fuzz, overdrive or distortion box it's even easier to achieve. You should have no problem with a loud amp like AC30. Play around with standing and holding notes in different positions in close proximity to the amp. Unless you are really cranked you have to be somewhat near the amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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