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Guitar Feedback.
Beastmouth:
I was engineering a little gig a month ago, and one of the guitars started howling.
I was digging it, but the owner was frowning. And when this lady frowns, you do what you have to to change the situation.
Did I mention that the owner is notorious for stabbing her husband to death?
Needless to say, I cut a lot of treble.
Caspian:
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--- Quote from: Patrick on 11 Mar 2008, 06:26 ---Standing strategically in front of your amplifier + holding a chord + striking the strings with a drumstick + feedback = Oh fuck yes
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Ah, the ringing bell method. I do love that one.
Once - and this is another 'wish I recorded it' moment - I set everything on my amp to full, and found a preset on this old FX pedal that had a panning effect and left my guitar feeding back. This meant I had a kind of walking feedback in rhythm. I went to the other room, found the feedback's note on my organ, and set the organ playing itself as well. And then I stood and played acoustic guitar in the doorway between the two rooms. I did this for about half an hour. It was fucking epic and I really wish I'd recorded it.
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I do that fairly often, but it's normally with a keyboard set to heaps of patches all at once connected to my computer speakers and my guitar feeding back with some acoustic and harmonica action. Once I got really stoned and did it for an hour- an recorded it. Sounded cool but unfortunately the acoustic wasn't really audible over the drone guitar and keyboard noise, and the harmonica had the same problem. I'll do it again soon with a better microphone.
Also: Must try that wah trick sometime.
TheFuriousWombat:
As far as bands that use feedback to wonderful effect, Tarentel from their album 'We Move Through Weather' onward have done some of the most amazing guitar manipulations and finaglings I have had the pleasure to hear. Truly amazing, semi-improvised awesomeness. Guitars in this band almost never sound anything like guitars and they absolutely love feedback and distorting feedback and the like. Well worth listening to for anyone interested in this kind of stuff.
Patrick:
I borrowed my friend's Sheraton for a gig last night. I still have it and will probably have it a good part of this week. Oh FUCK yes doesn't even start to cover it.
It really is a shame my laptop had to die on me like it did, because oh my god it will be so fun to stick a mic in the hallway and just fuck around with feedback and effects all day. I am going to be rocking the Ted Leo like a motherfucker.
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