Guest Post: DIY Feedback Looping with Kevin Ian

Hello Kind Readers!

I've been experimenting with feedback loops for the better part of the last two years. In my band, The Common Men, I utilize feedback loops within the scope of an electric guitar. This yields some wonderfully noisy and melodically noisy passages that--in my humble opinion--make me stand out in my local scene.

I've been asked about experimenting with such techniques without having to invest in a feedback loop pedal.

 

Those of you interested in feedback looping can do so with your existing pedal collection and a basic mixer. The requirement is that this mixer has an FX SEND to it.

Before I continue, allow me to make this warning loud and clear:

Turn down the volume of your amplification source! Whether this is a PA or amp, make sure the volume is all the way off. Feedback looping causes sudden spikes in volume that can damage speakers--more on this later.

Let's get started!

Review: DMB Lunar Echo

The DMB Lunar Echo is an analog delay with a sweet, sweet tone and tons of modulation options from subtle to sounds you've never even heard from a delay before. Keep on reading to find out about this killer analog delay.

For all you noise fans out there!

Here is another track I made using a few of my favorite pedals. Enjoy!


Winter by EelFistNoise

This track was made using the following pedals:
Dwarfcraft Eau Claire Thunder and Robot Devil
smallsound/bigsound Year4545
Mid-Fi Deluxe Pitch Pirate
Dr. Scientist Reverberator
Frequency Central Atomic Clock Delay

Effects were used in that order. A little bit of noise came from the guitar in the beginning, the rest is all generated by the voltage-starved Robot Devil going in to the Thunder with the feedback engaged and the rest of the noise was created from the Year4545's oscillators. Other sounds are from the Pitch Piate and Atomic Clock self-oscillating. You might also here a very faint rattling noise at the end, that is the wind rattling my blinds.

This was improvised and recorded in one take, no post processing done.

Review of the Mid-Fi Deluxe Pitch Pirate coming soon!

Review: Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder

The unit I will be reviewing today is a custom Eau Claire Thunder/Robot Devil but this review will be for the Eau Claire Thunder side of the pedal but a Robot Devil review will be coming up as well. The Eau Claire Thunder is high gain, fuzzy monster, the name Eau Claire Thunder could not be more fitting. With plenty tonal flexibility, this fuzz works great on both bass and guitar and even has a built-in feedback loop for more insanity! Read on to find out how this massive fuzz/distortion stacks up to the other high-gain fuzz boxes I've reviewed in the past.

Review: Dr. Scientist Radical Red Reverberator

The Dr. Scientist Reverberator is an amazing little contraption considering it fits so much reverb into such a small stompbox. It bestows its user with many different reverb types (hall, room, plate and brighter or darker variations on each as well as a sweet sounding Leslie speaker simulator). With the ability to do anything from adding a bright shimmer to your chords to providing absolutely cavernous reverb, there is a reason the Dr. Scientist Reverberator is a favorite among many guitarists who love reverb.