feedback is a good thing

[a_goodlett]

hey people i 've been tryin to experiment with incorporating feedback into my playing & to make it sound musically good. how the hell do you do this? do you just turn the amp up really loud so when you take like a half second brake the feedback comes in or what? & also why does feedback happen really well on some notes but not others? later kids

[Krystof01]

Henrix, the master who was in control of feedback. For someone who can't control it the results can sound terrible; out of control, unless you are one of those bands.

You gotta experiment and use your ears. Get up close to your amp, go behind it; try all you can think and some will work, others won't.

[Nate]

Get some distortion on, then play a note or chord, and put the tip of the headstock against the cabinet-- usually can give you a little more control over what you are doing, but like Krystof said, experiment-- certain angles or distances between you and your speaker will give you different results. Have fun!


Nate

[teknomike]

Try using a hollow body electric (especially a deep body) - you won't have to work very hard to get feedback with that setup. It's the bane of my existence (and the main component of my tone...).



Mike

[Emeric]

Try a wah wah pedal as well, they can be useful for inducing feedback.

[enemyofthesun]

all you do is get your volume and most importantly your gain right up to a setting where you can play fine but if you stop muting it starts to feedback.

perfect use of this is demonstrated by a band called eyehategod