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I have read various stories about the P90 with archtops and their exploits with different musicians.

Supposedly BB King would carefully stuff hand towels in the F holes to stop feedback. Other folks would stuff foam. Paul McCartney said for the song "Revolution" they turned everything up and pegged the needles to the point that studio producers would complain but they ignored them. Yet "Revolution" is one of the heaviest rockers of all time and used an archtop Casino for the rythem guitar.

 

How did Lennon get away with this on an archtop with P90s? Anyone ever heard any tales on how he prevented feedback? You'd think he'd have had hand towels hanging out the F holes during that song?

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Knowing producer George Martin, he gave the lads a very loud guitar signal into the performing room headphones, but kept the guitar comparatively low in the studio mix and producer headphones.

That, and he kept the guitar amp at quite a distance from the guitar being played, and at an appropriate angle from the amplifier's speaker.

 

I have never read anywhere (over the years) where any of the Beatles stuffed anything into their Casinos.

 

If you own a hollow body or semi-hollow body guitar, you can actually play the guitar with fairly high stage volumes (out of the amplifier), but you have to be very careful about where you place the amp, re; your location on the stage.

The best answer is to keep your performing amplifier at a fairly low or moderate volume, and mic the amp to the PA mains for the desired room mix.

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There is mention of nylon(plastic) saddles in the bridge that supposedly Lennon stuck in. First I had read about that.

 

I had read this week in "Beatles Gear" book that the Beatles never liked the direct plug-in method. They attempted direct lines but never recorded using direct. Abbey Road Studio was not the most modern studio luckily for us. Their thinking was Direct did not accurately reproduce the sound the instrument made. From what I've read recently they constantly fought off modern tech. They went by sound they did not go by technology.

 

Anybody heard Joe Walsh and his latest album "Analog Man"? His aversion to digital is nothing new.

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