Gibsonnewby

Thanks for the reply. I think I have come across incorrectly when saying "the guitar feeds back at a low volume". What I meat to say was "the volume on the guitar doesn't have to be loud before an almighty bass feedback (which is much louder than the guitar is set at) occurs"

Guys, thanks so much for all the replies! This is a very helpful forum. I have tried EQ pedals which do get rid of the feedback but make the guitar sound very thin. Feedback buster didn't work either! I have now a choice of shelling out on a third party pickup and pre-amp or going for another guitar. Will need to do a bit more research. Thanks again.

The problem occurs on both small pa with no DI and large pa with DI. Has anyone else encountered similar issues with this guitar?

Also, sound hole cover made no difference to the problem but made the guitar sound thin.

Hey, thanks for the replys! I'm sure yours will arrive in full working order... I have only used a mic in recording situations where there wouldn't be feedback anyway. I play in a touring band here in the uk playing mostly theatres and clubs alike - the guitar has the same issue whether through a large expensive pa or small guitar amp. The interesting thing is that the low feedback can't be stopped by muting the strings. I'm no expert on this just wanted a second opinion I guess. Perhaps an external preamp or over-the-sound hole-pup is the answer? Thanks again. x

Hi all, this is my first post so here goes - I purchased a Gibson Songwriter Studio from local store in April 2013. As a purely acoustic/recording guitar it has no flaws. However, when plugged in to any size of pa and turned up to less than performing level it produced a feedback of around 80Hz. This couldn't be stopped like other feedback by muting the strings, you have to either turn the volume down or apply pressure to the bridge to kill the feedback. The fact that applying pressure to the bridge stops this indicates either that the transducer is not set flush under the bridge or the whole guitar begins to resonate at a low volume thus producing the noise. Guitar tech in shop looked at levelling out the seat of the transducer a couple of times and after he was satisfied that it was flush he then put the problem down to the rosewood back and sides of the guitar being lively and recommended a third party over-the-sound-hole pickup. Wasn't too keen on this and eventually went back in November 2013 when the shop offered to send the guitar back to Gibson. Gibson admitted there was a fault (although they did not specify what it was) and sent out a replacement which did exactly the same thing - fedback when turned up through a pa. Also the replacement does not play or feel nearly as good as the original. The shop advised that this may be due to the material of the guitar and the problem is common in many high end guitars? The shop also demonstrated a J45 model which fedback at around the same volume but this was due to the strings vibrating and could be stopped by muting them. I loved the original guitar and would settle with that and an external pickup although I am a little uneducated in this field. Any support would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks. x