Scott Henderson Discussion

[dizzy]

Hey Scott

Hope all is well!

I’m playing louder and higher gain in my band, and my guitar is squealing like a pig.
It’s not the good kind of feedback.
It only does it on my high gain sound and it’s making it really hard to control my playing.

How do you deal with this?
Do you stand farther from your amp if it starts to happen?

I’ve never heard you have that problem when I’ve seen you live.

Thanks
Dan

[Scott Henderson]

I have problems with that in loud, boomy rooms. For me, it usually happens when the sub-woofers are under the stage (what a fucking awful idea). Standing further away from the amp can help, but there's a point where there's not much you can do but turn down and ask the band to do that too.

That being said, there's a technique of muting the strings which aren't being played, not just with the right hand but also the left, and I've seen some of my students who haven't got that down, so they aren't in control of the unwanted noises guitars can make. I don't put you in that category because you're an advanced player, but just putting it out there - it's an important part of rock technique that some players overlook.

[dizzy]

Thanks Scott

Come to think of it, I am playing in mostly boomy rooms.

[dizzy]

I figured out what it was:

The louder I play the less gain I need to use.

I use an sd9 and when I play quieter I can stack it with my Jan Ray. But when I’m at high volume with rock level drums, stacking doesn’t work as well when I’m using a high gain pedal like the sd9.