That sweet feed back!

[stoo]

You know the type EC got on some old Cream stuff..... Do you need an "unpotted" pup to get that or just tons of gain. I remember reading somewhere that unpotted pups are not recommended for high gain (100 watters). Do you thinh my pair of '59s are capable of that stuff if I mess with a booster or sumthin'?
Thanx All
Stew

 

[Voxman]

Re: That sweet feed back!

I can do pretty controlled feedbacks with my 59`s thru my vox ac30.Don`t need too much gain

 

[jeremy]

Re: That sweet feed back!

the 59's are probably very close to what clapton had in his gibsons. you dont really need loads of gain but it may help if you arent playing loud. crank up a tube amp and let it wail

 

[aleclee]

Re: That sweet feed back!

IME, it takes a bit of volume and depends a lot on your position/orientation relative to the speaker(s).

All my pickups are potted but it's not too hard to get controlled feedback.

 

[stoo]

Re: That sweet feed back!

the 59's are probably very close to what clapton had in his gibsons. you dont really need loads of gain but it may help if you arent playing loud. crank up a tube amp and let it wail

Do you suppose his pups were of the unpotted variety ala' the Seth Lovers?
thanx
stew

 

[sufferinrewind]

Re: That sweet feed back!

Do you suppose his pups were of the unpotted variety ala' the Seth Lovers?
thanx
stew

He used Gibson PAFs. Those were indeed unpotted.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: That sweet feed back!

The SG that Eric used in Cream had pickups that are very close to 59 but they were for sure unpotted, the pickups in the Les Paul he used on Fresh Cream were more than likely Alnico II (like a Seth or Ant) and were also unpotted. I much prefer unpotted and covered buckers due to the slightly microphonic character they have but can get controlled Feedback with potted pickups as well.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: That sweet feed back!

You know the type EC got on some old Cream stuff..... Do you need an "unpotted" pup to get that or just tons of gain. I remember reading somewhere that unpotted pups are not recommended for high gain (100 watters). Do you thinh my pair of '59s are capable of that stuff if I mess with a booster or sumthin'?
Thanx All
Stew

I just need to crank my amps up to 7 or more and with the way I play, the endless sustain thing takes care of itself. I can do it with my guitars with humbuckers or even with my Tele with the Barden pickups. But it's all in the touch, the finger vibrato which coaxes the string into sustaining longer and the volume. Clapton played through cranked Marshalls....but I can get the same kind of sustain from my tweeds or blackface Fenders if they're turned up loud enough. Lew

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: That sweet feed back!

The SG that Eric used in Cream had pickups that are very close to 59 but they were for sure unpotted, the pickups in the Les Paul he used on Fresh Cream were more than likely Alnico II (like a Seth or Ant) and were also unpotted. I much prefer unpotted and covered buckers due to the slightly microphonic character they have but can get controlled Feedback with potted pickups as well.

The pickups Clapton used would've been most similar to a 59B...but the 59N is underwound compared to what Clapton used. But you knew that! :laugh2: Lew

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: That sweet feed back!

The pickups Clapton used would've been most similar to a 59B...but the 59N is underwound compared to what Clapton used. But you knew that! :laugh2: Lew

True, but I did know that:27:

I guess if somebody wanted to be even closer they could put 2 59 bridges in the guitar but Im not sure I'd care for that myself...

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: That sweet feed back!

True, but I did know that:27:

I guess if somebody wanted to be even closer they could put 2 59 bridges in the guitar but Im not sure I'd care for that myself...

Yep. That'd be the way to do it...if you like muddy neck pickup tone! :laugh2: Truthfully, IMO, modern pickup sets (like the 59N & 59B or PGn & PGb) sound better balanced than a pair of old pafs where both pickups are the same output. That muddy neck pickup tone my old Gibsons used to get because they had two identical humbuckers is what made me switch back to Fenders around 1970. Lew

 

[User_name]

Re: That sweet feed back!

The musical feedback is the sound coming out of the speakers and causing the strings to vibrate, the microphonic feedback which no one can stand is sound coming out of the speakers causing parts in the pickup to vibrate. I read that Steve Morse would at sound check find out where he needed to stand to get a certain note to feedback and mark it with tape. Can't remember where I read it though.

 

[aleclee]

Re: That sweet feed back!

I read that Steve Morse would at sound check find out where he needed to stand to get a certain note to feedback and mark it with tape. Can't remember where I read it though.

I've read the same about Nugent and Santana.