Re: Acoustic guitar looping and feedback problems

[Tim Nelson <tcn62@ici.net>]

This reminds me of a beat-up, warped acoustic I once had set up to play
like a lap steel a la Weissenborn (sp?).

I cut a hole in a CD, mounted a P-90ish pickup in it and duct-taped it over
the soundhole. It had a somewhat unusual tone, but helped cut down some on
the runaway feedback. At REALLY high volumes, though, the whole thing would
shake and oscillate; it was great to use as a drone, with EQ changes
accenting different overtones, especially in open tunings with a ton of
delay and a volume pedal to keep it just this side of chaos! 

Tim

At 03:39 PM 12/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
>find a way to to close the hole (sorry I forgot the right word)
>its a sort of plastic disc that closes the hole with a spring system
>there are several companies that do that Ovation and Yamaha (your local
>dealer or a newsgroup can help)
>
>As I play a real beaten up Ovation I just use two or three layers of
>gaffer tape