Feedback?

Rancidmaniac13

Hey.
Does anyone what the best way to reduce feedback is? It's really starting to piss me off!

feylya

Less gain, less stage volume. stand away from your amp.

Doctor J

Better pickups help too.

Your position relative to the amp is also hugely important. Some areas are more prone to feedback than others.

Rustar

And if someone offers you a hollowbody or semi-hollow.....Just Say No

John

If you want to pass some of your feedback over to me, I'll use it.

jcoote

maybe try setting your eq to zero and changing them as u like until the feedback starts to come thru...in my experience its pickups or a long effects chain that have caused noise or feedback...as well as what the lads said

-=al=-

noise supressor

make sure ur pickups are wired properly or shielded, stand further from your amp, dont let strings resonate, less volume, Gain, treble and u shud be on ur way

Rancidmaniac13

Thanks for the suggestions. Do single-coils make a lot of difference? I'm also rehearsing in a pretty cramped place so there's not much room to move around.

Paladin

Single coils are generally noisier than humbuckers (hence the name). On the flip side humbuckers usually have a higher output, which if not compensated for (ie lower the pickup) can overpower single coils on a guitar. So both can cause feedback problems with maybe high output single coils being the worst case.

So short answer, yes single coils make a difference, but it can be compensated for with the suggestions the lads already gave. It could be a ****e pickup. Quality pickups can make a huge difference.

EQ can help also. Its often high frequency feedback that guitarists get so lower treble/mid (cost of tone I know but whaddya gonna do )

Gain is obviously the biggest culprit, so tone trade off again if you wanna turn it down.

Remember when not playing to turn off overdrive and/or mute your strings.
We have a guitarist/singer with a nasty habit of stopping playing to sing whist in overdrive and just leaves his guitar hanging, feedback screaming. Think he has learned to stop that now,

Maccattack

I bought a BOSS AD 3 recently which is made for acoustic guitar but i reckon it would work for a leccy.

A soon as feedback appears you jump on the pedal and no more feedback.

The AD 3 also has reverb and chorus - but again its built for acoustic so you may not use them.

Perfect pitch an Music maker both have them cheap in their sales at the mo.

jtsuited

just turn down the gain. and stand away from the amp. And use your volume control on your gee-tar!!