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Fullmental Alpinist

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  1. Ooohhh. Now I get it. I'm a bit distracted; I've been trying to find some Chanel No. 5 to spray on my guitar like BBG said. LPguitarman! Sorry! Congrats on your new guitar! Glad to hear it doesn't have any problems. Why don't you start a new NGD thread so you can get a proper welcome from all the guitar rats here? Pix and a sound file would be welcome. FMA
  2. So you solved your feedback problem by getting a new guitar? What was the problem with the original? FMA
  3. 80 hz is the absolute bottom of the freq range of an acoustic guitar. And really, most guitars probably have something of a problem producing that low of a signal very loud. Guitar Freq Sounds like (nice pun) you're correct when you write "the whole guitar begins to resonate at a low volume" and at low frequency. It undoubtedly gets worse with loud volume. That's a problem with most acoustic guitars: they act like a big vibration collector--especially if they have rosewood back and sides. In other words, your acoustic guitar is doing what it's suppose to do: pick up and amplify sound, it's just your guitar is made for playing an acoustic set without all the noise of a band around it. If the feedback can't be stopped by muting the strings, then it's the tonewood that's vibrating. That means you have a really responsive guitar and in most situations that's really, really good news. Trying changing where you stand if possible. If you're right in front of the speaker, that's bad news for feedback and for your ability to hear. (Seriously, just start a thread on hearing loss and you'll get the story from a bunch of people here who played in bands.) I'd try a high pass filter at around 80 or 90 hz. Your guitar isn't producing much of anything in that freq so it won't make it sound "thin." But it'll cut out all the lower freqs that basically just eat amplifier power and do nothing but make your band's total mix sound muddy. High pass filters are found on pedals and on mixing boards and in software like Pro Tools so you might already have one. Of note, you purchased a guitar called a "Studio." That's probably where it was designed to sound good, not in a loud band situation. You might have to save this guitar for recording and get another that isn't so responsive for band work. On this forum, it's good news when someone gives you justification for buying another guitar. FMA
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