I have an Epiphone Century 1966 Archtop. It's fully hollow, no center block. I'm looking to limit it's feedback when playing with my fuzz pedal. I like this band Mars Red Sky. The guitarist plays a hollow body as well. I saw in a photo that he tapes the f holes some of the time to limit or control the feedback. I was wondering if this really helps or not. I used to use Doug's Plugs on a semi-hollow and it worked great but I don't want to pay $60 if I can just tape over the f holes when needed with one or more layers of clear tape. The finish on the guitar is poly so I'm not worried about the finish peeling off. Another option I read about was using foam under the pickup. I could see this helping but I'm worried it may affect the clean sound too much and remove some of that acoustic characteristic when playing clean. I've also read the inflating balloons inside the guitar helps. Finally, any experience with noise gates/suppressors?
In short, has anyone tried any of these methods and how did it work?
I think for me I'd like to go with something that retains the hollow body sound the most but still limits some of the feedback. I think the Doug's Plugs helped in the past but did take away some of the character of the guitar and looks a little funky. I think clear tape would be less noticeable on my red guitar than black foam slightly protruding.
In short, has anyone tried any of these methods and how did it work?
I think for me I'd like to go with something that retains the hollow body sound the most but still limits some of the feedback. I think the Doug's Plugs helped in the past but did take away some of the character of the guitar and looks a little funky. I think clear tape would be less noticeable on my red guitar than black foam slightly protruding.
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