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ah, feedback...one of my favorite things. the first and best feedback generator for me has always been a semi-hollow/full hollowbody...my (broken) ES-335 was marvelous for Neil Young feedback that went on forever. amplifier volume always helps, simply because you need the electro-mechanical vibration of the guitar by the amplified tone to generate the system loop that creates resonant feedback. i recommend using as many speakers as your amp will power adequately. 2 12s is better than one 10", and four 12s or two 15s better still. lately i've found that running two fuzzes in series can make my Laney VC30 feed back at bedroom volume level, especially if one is the 3-knob Great Wall which has a massive amount of gain on tap. generally, the fewer effects i'm running other than fuzz and reverb the better my feedback will be; i haven't yet had the opportunity to try running my big board at feedback-generating volume, so i don't know how my array of mods and filters will affect feedback potential. one other thing: i've found that Fender Strat and Tele pickups don't do as well in the feedback area as humbuckers or larger single coils like P90s or Dynasonics. the small Fender PUs seem to squeal more and howl less, in my experience.

kbithecrowing wrote:Since you're talking about a ambient/drone setting, EHX Cathedral. Grail flerb in the filter matrix mode, there are a couple sweet spots in the sweep where the verb will get really resonant when you play a note and it will be harmonically consonant with the pitch you're playing. It's fucking fantastic.

I've been wanting to grab a cathedral pretty dang badly. What you describe sounds sick

I'm going to have to grab a few different guitars other than my strat, it seems.

that's not necessarily true...i was just stating what i've experienced. there are folks out there who get/have gotten great feedback from Strats. i've just found it easier on other types of guitar. if you utilize some of the other strategies i and others have mentioned, you should be able to generate good feedback whatever sort of guitar you're playing. after all, Hendrix preponderantly played Strats, and he to a fair extent invented (or at least epitomised) the feedback-and-noise thing in rock music.

octave down fuzz, volume/gain, od, cavernous reverb, delay set on the cusp of self oscillation....lean guitar on amp, give it a little bump and let that fucker howl. walk away and go read your emails and drink your coffee whilst enjoying the sounds of SHTF That's how I do it anyways