Members Shadyhall-800 Posted March 4, 2006 Members Share Posted March 4, 2006 So I played a gig last night and I decided to bring along my stock Epi Casino for the first time. I plugged it in for one of our softer songs and right when I unmuted the signal bam! super high pitched feedback. I immediately switched guitars and continued with the song. And for the record, my amp (ampeg reverberocket) was set on clean and the volume was only on 3. The amp was also mic'd and I had a floor monitor in front of me.I know these hollowbody guitars are pretty squealy but seriously man? What can I do to play this guitar live? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sambora#2 Posted March 4, 2006 Members Share Posted March 4, 2006 Dodgy pups??? Or could it be the fact that you could have been pretty close to the amp/monitor and getting a feedback loop (it can happen at low volumes you know!)??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aerorockjax Posted March 4, 2006 Members Share Posted March 4, 2006 Sounds like pickups are microphonic and perhaps poorly grounded wiring on the guitar. I don't know if the epi pu's are wax potted but getting them wax potted or swapping pu's with ones that are would get rid of the unmusical microphonic feedback but leave the musical harnomic feedback whichmost of us love. Regarding feedback in general, there are ways to reduce how easily they will feedback. However, some of these will also cut down on the guitars natural resonance too. Search the forums and google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted March 4, 2006 Members Share Posted March 4, 2006 Wax potting the pickups would probably take care of the feedback if microphonics is the prob and sounds like it may be. Wax potting will also change the sound to a degree.If it's resonant feedback (where the guitar's body resonates like crazy), the low growl type, I've heard of guys stuffing foam rubber to stop that.You may want to get as far away from any amp/monitor as possible. Not really practical though for most club gigs.Sometimes it's just simpler to say some guitar just work better in studio than they do the stage.BTW, I've never taken a guitar to a gig without first trying it at rehearsal. You're a brave man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shadyhall-800 Posted March 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 4, 2006 haha yup, it actually did the same thing at rehearsal but I figured it's cause I was like 1ft. in front of my amp. . . guess not. I had a feeling you guys would say it was the pups so I'll have to check that out more. Maybe this guitar will be strictly for the studio (sheds tear). Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Originally posted by Shadyhall-800 haha yup, it actually did the same thing at rehearsal but I figured it's cause I was like 1ft. in front of my amp. . . guess not. I had a feeling you guys would say it was the pups so I'll have to check that out more. Maybe this guitar will be strictly for the studio (sheds tear). Thanks. I love the sound of the Epi alnico P90 but they are a bit microphonic. That's probably one of the reasons for their lively sound. In your case,you want to make sure what type of feedback you are getting before deciding what to do. Get away and turned away from your amp,and any speaker reproducing your guitar tone,then bring your volume up on the guitar. Do you kill your guitar volume between songs/playing? I do with any guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Treborklow Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 I have a Gibson ES330 which is the same as the Casino. When I used it live I wanted some feedback effect for a certain song and I had to get right up on the amp and twist myself around to get it. I don't recall the Beatles having feedback problems and they stood in front of hundred (or was it 150?) watt amps cranked to the max. So there must be something not right with your pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hondro Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Originally posted by Treborklow I have a Gibson ES330 which is the same as the Casino. When I used it live I wanted some feedback effect for a certain song and I had to get right up on the amp and twist myself around to get it. I don't recall the Beatles having feedback problems and they stood in front of hundred (or was it 150?) watt amps cranked to the max. So there must be something not right with your pickups. they were AC-50's, although I think they were using "Super Beatles" by the end of 66, they were solid state they were also a good 20 feet from their amps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboCop00 Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 That kind of worries me. I was planning on bringing out my Casino to gig in the next few weeks. I'll try it out at rehersal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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