Distortion v. Overdrive, Sustain v. Feedback

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Re: Distortion v. Overdrive, Sustain v. Feedback

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stelligan wrote: If I had one complaint - it is that I have become so obsessed that my wife has been asking "So, are you gonna solder tonight, or can we do somethin'?" :wink:
So???? What do you tell her? This is a constant question around my house. Not always about soldering but about life. I think I was born for conflict.. :D :D
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Re: Distortion v. Overdrive, Sustain v. Feedback

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Not tonight honey, I just got a box from Mouser.......
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Feedback Generator for all amps

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I've found that my Les Paul just doesn't feedback easy unless everything is cranked... I can't always do that so I'm interested in various ideas to generate feedback at lower volume levels. I have to admit, I haven't tried the feedback generator listed on the website below, but it looks intriguing...

http://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/feedb ... ckgen.html

In another twist in engineering an amp... Doesn't it seem reasonable that you could feed a piece of the signal back into a previous spot in the signal chain and get feedback... I have succeeded at producing uncontrollable feedback by doing this accidentally. If a person was more strategic could you not send just the right amount of signal back to the right spot and get usable feedback?

Has anybody experimented with his?

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Re: Distortion v. Overdrive, Sustain v. Feedback

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... Doesn't it seem reasonable that you could feed a piece of the signal back into a previous spot in the signal chain and get feedback...
Making a stage feedback gain close to unity will guarantee feedback. OP amp gain equations here will help illustrate and understand how this is done. 8)
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