RE: feedback WAS Preamp tube substitutions

["Smith, Richard" <rismith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have played guitar for almost 40 years, and always placed
my amplifier behind me.  But, I have almost no experience 
playing amplified, so please excuse what may be a silly 
question.  When you say "put your amp in front of you", do 
you mean that the amp faces the audience? In that case you 
only hear yourself out the back of the amplifier?  Or do 
you mean that the amp faces you, like a monitor?  In which 
case I guess you have to mic the amp through a PA or something
so the audience can hear.

Richard J. Smith, R.A.



- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of maurice richard libby
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:55 PM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: feedback WAS Preamp tube substitutions


I know Richard is making funny here, but I play guitar as well as harp and 
everybody is always telling me to turn up. I Always get overwhelmed by the 
bass ad drums--always--if it weren't fro the fact that we usually mic 
everything noone would ever hear me play--if you don't believe me check out 
the live cuts on my web site.

as for the second piece of advice, I'm for that, I always put my amps in 
front of me--great sound (in that I can hear what I am doing directly, no 
feedback, and it's a great gimmick--no one else around here does it.

all the best,

maurice
maurice richard libby
aka Whiteboy Slim
"twenty-first century blues"
whiteboy_slim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.whiteboyslim.com

At 10:18 AM 7/15/2004, you wrote:


>Regarding feedback, Jim Jordan wrote:
>"I want to share my opinion that preamp tubes substitutions are not as
>useful to me as numerous others have expressed."
>
>A player's sound is a very personal thing, and every player should
>always use equipment whose sound inspires that player.  Period. That
>said, this is probably a good time to review some of the low-cost ways
>to reduce or eliminate feedback.  In order of low cost to higher cost:
>
>1)  Get the @#$%^&* guitarist to turn the #$%^&*( down.  On second
>thoguht, this is a high-cost option.  Never mind.
>
>2)  Make sure the amp is in front of you, not behind you.  The amp
>placed directly behind you is the worst possible arrangement for
>feedback. If you need the amp somewhere behind you, move it to the side.