Ultimate Guitar Feedback Lesson

[Ezay0000]

thanks man!

[punnu5997]

This vid was great & U rock. I love Joe satriani and I have till now only played his licks on acoustic guitar, but I wanna but electric guitar and amp. Please suggest a good beginner electric guitar and amp for getting joe's tone. I know that in the early days joe only used Boss DS-1 and Marshall amp to get his tone, He is freaking awesome. I want to play Hendrix and satch stuff, I like ibanez guitars for their design, but I am a novice in this field, pls suggest something.

[DirtySteve232]

@punnu5997 Hey man thanks for the kind words. I'm not a fan of beginner guitars. I understand people don't want to invest and commit at first, but you should really try to get as much guitar as you can for the money. Ibanez is a fine guitar company where even the affordable models play great and sound great. I'll message you for more on this.

[CrystalSkiesMusic]

You have lovely hair

[DirtySteve232]

@CrystalSkiesMusic thank you

[gianpietrocollavini]

sei un grande! awesome!

[DirtySteve232]

@gianpietrocollavini Muchas Gracias amigo!

[Twowas]

I wanna try this so much, but we have like paper-thin walls a cop living across the street. :(

[DirtySteve232]

@Twowas Hey man just be respectful to them and try to give them a few days notice and limit your loud time to an hour or two - like go over and tell them "Next Saturday from Noon to 2pm I will be making some noise." They might respect that and let you do it more often. Good luck and remember the musician earplugs!

[panagiotis123454]

thanks a lot...really really helpful...

[DirtySteve232]

@panagiotis123454 you got it brother - glad it helped

[Thejaycefish]

I know another way to create feedback. My amp is pretty crappy. It just came along with a guitar I bought. All you need to do is turn up your gain knob. Turn the gain knob up until you can start to hear the feedback (mine is at 8 or 9) You don't really need your volume loud to create feedback. My volume is halfway between 0 and 1 and I can create feedback. And i don't face my guitar to the amp, I just simply slide my fingers softly on the strings and then the feedback starts. Hope this helps!

[gwaponggwaposinico]

thanks man !! you helped me alot

[DirtySteve232]

@gwaponggwaposinico sure man you got it!

[Bojangulz87]

Sound advice about the earplugs, people should take that shit more seriously

[cavenagy]

any other tip? I'm trying to do it and I just get the usual annoying feedback sound no matter what I play, it always sound the same :(

[DirtySteve232]

@cavenagy hmm..I'll pm you for more info on this.

[ceager2]

I did it without a distortion before this video. I used my ibanez bass amp (which is about 1 ft squared). I got my guitar then played on the 2 bottom strings and then turned around, then there was this loud EEEEEEEEEEE! It scared me and hurt my ears, but it was fun as heck! The Chariot does alot of feedback by the way.

[Bohja1]

doesnt this ''destroy'' your amplifier? because my amp just got broken, if i turn it on its just giving me a buzz sound, no guitar sound at all. i dont know what caused it but my dad said it was because of the feedback :( can anyone help ?

[DirtySteve232]

@Bohja1 The sound of feedback is harmless - its just notes, but if you're pushing a small practice amp to 10 all the time just to get some feedback, then eventually you may blow something. BUT - most amps are powerful enough to safely create feedback BEFORE you push your amp and speakers to dangerous levels. I'm not being sarcastic, but they are called amplifiers....so creating loud volume is thier job. 

[armandmadewnus5]

hey .. do i need humbucker pick ups ??

i use a fender telecaster with Single Coil pick ups ..

can i get feedbacks using that guitar ???

[DirtySteve232]

@armandmadewnus5 great question! The answer is No - you don't need humbuckers to create feedback. Jimi Hendrix popularized the use of feedback with a single coiled Strat. So yes you can get your Tele to feedback just fine - just follow the three steps and let us know how you do!

[armandmadewnus5]

@DirtySteve232 Yes !!!!! thanks so much !

[Izraador]

That totally taught me everything, thank you! And I love your teaching style

[DirtySteve232]

@Izraador right on - you got it and thank you!

[jma111000]

Hello! Hey search up the BOSS BF-2 petal, it has boost, distortion, and if you hold it in it has feedback! It costs like $190, but at guitar center and sweetwater for like $120, and less for used.

[Dns2080]

Are there any dangers of feedback for your amp? i mean, is it bad for your amp if you use it or something like that?

[DirtySteve232]

@Dns2080 The sound of feedback is harmless - its just notes, but if you're pushing a small practice amp to 10 all the time just to get some feedback, then eventually you may blow something. BUT - most amps are powerful enough to safely create feedback BEFORE you push your amp and speakers to dangerous levels. I'm not being sarcastic, but they are called amplifiers....so creating loud volume is thier job.

[tomiclav]

hey man i use the exact same amp at my rehearsal room, i also play alice in chains, can u please tell me your amp settings please? :)

[DirtySteve232]

@tomiclav Sure man - On the distorted Red or Ultra Channel - Treble -5.5, Mid - 6, Bass - 6, Channel Volume - 1, Gain - 5.5, Presence - 8, Resonance - 6, and Master Volume - 5 and Noise Gate - 10.

[tomiclav]

@DirtySteve232 tnx a lot man! :)

[ReneeNme]

Yes ... But shouldn't you also acknowledge that Satriani, as well as Vai, use sustainer's to help implementing feedback a tad bit easier ?

[ChicagoBoomBoom]

"Clean the top of your dick off with a wet cloth, preferably with a warm towel. Gently rub it up and down til it gets cool just like I am class. Ok, do it once more, then get the towel hot again."(sarcasm). Who the hell is going to take a stupid class on feedback? I've been doing it for 25 yrs now and just started with Ted Nugent records so ppphuk yu poser 1st graders. Duhhhh, i dont know how to turn it up. JZ listeners. HA!

[CarpForFun]

omg you have a face!!!!

[Evilwhiteclownpunk]

If this doesn't work, get a Gibson Byrdland and a Fender amp...

[ZhoM6]

Nice hair dude!

[Kebabsters]

I have a request for which i hope won't be too hard for you to show us, it's about a rock song from a game called Hard Truck 18 Wheels of Steel. The soundtrack name is Lay That Hammer Down. For now it was one of my dreams to learn to play the song with the guitar ! Anyways you play epic

[thespecter2]

Fact: Eddie Van Halen is a douche.

[kartman74usa]

man your are awesome!!

[punknap]

that was awesome, thanks so much.

[DirtySteve232]

@punknap thank you man

[robertball13]

i think it also works if you tap on the body of your guitar repetitively with all of your fingers.

[77Hyutsume77]

I listened to 2:08 Joe tribiani o.O

[PyroDemolition]

thanks man this helped alot

[DirtySteve232]

@PyroDemolition I'm happy to help brother -

[Frip36]

This guy knows how to explain things fully and clearly, unlike most meat head musicians.

[thedaniel0010]

Stomp on that distortion pedal!!!!!

[thedaniel0010]

@TheChondriac I feel your pain

[TheChondriac]

This is a really good video. Thanks for the tips. Too bad I can't turn my amp up loud without someone throwing a fit..

[ace41r]

u can alternatively duct tape a vibrator at the back of your guitar, vibrating dildos works fine if u have one :P

[MrRcheek]

I am impressed...you weren't that cranked for the feedback. The guitar with humbuckers DIRECTLY MOUNTED TO BODY helps a lot too.

[hackerwacker4]

i love that guitar!

[suddhachittabtl]

Thanks man.



[lschu23]

thatnks, all the other feedback vids are gay or how to prevent it :)

[jraddtp89]

Cobain could control the shit out of his feedback, watch Nirvana play love buzz live at Tree's in texas and you'll see what i mean

[doom696mented]

cool !

[UnforgetableGoat]

i tried this but got a very loud, almost like a scream kind of thing. any suggestions to get to the type of feedback like in the video?

[JohnGreenfield420]

@UnforgetableGoat back away from the amp more and try switching to the middle and back pickup if you're only on the back pickup. (if you have a middle pickup too i should say) mess with your tone knobs too.

[233Runner]

Cheers for the education! Getting my ears smoked by J Mascis's guitar work @ the Dinosaur Jr show tonight!

[DirtySteve232]

@233Runner Thanks man! Enjoy the show!

[opiansage]

great lesson man, everyone is teaching how to avoid feedback, sometimes it can be a great sound

[Commiteee]

This guy is awesome.

[DirtySteve232]

@Commiteee thanks man - you are too kind!

[22Bryan1995]

you win a subscriber =)

[whatisFsubi]

I'm pretty positive hendrix was doing this way before satriani...

[DirtySteve232]

@whatisFsubi You are correct, sir! And George Harrison before Hendrix too, but my intention here was to explain how Satch uses feedback as an tonal undertone to a progression, not to convince people that Satch invented feedback...which he did not do.

[CWRobinsonMusic]

@whatisFsubi and Angus. just thought id throw that in.

[clipbrowser]

@whatisFsubi my grandma was doing this before they invented the toilet

[valourforever]

If feedback happens because of guitar strings then how is it that mics create feedback?

[DirtySteve232]

@valourforever Great question! Feedback from mics and PA is different from guitar feedback but similar in concept. When you speak or sing into a mic and that sound is amplified by very loud PA speakers, sometimes that sound will bleed back into the microphone and is subsequently amplified a second time which causes squeals or shrieks that we have all heard. The sound is behaving like a dog chasing it's tail and one would need to move the PA speakers away from the mic to solve the problem.

[peterhopqk]

Is it much different when you do this with a solid state amp? Or does it work the same as with tube amps?

[DirtySteve232]

@peterhopqk Not that different brother - loud volume is the important key here - solid state or tube driven...just make sure it is loud!

[peterhopqk]

Youre great teacher, thanks

[onimusher]

It could work with pc speakers and guitar rig?

I managed to try long time ago and I got a nasty feedback noise that is not a tone or an harmonic...

[DirtySteve232]

@onimusher This I'm not sure of man - just don't blow your computer speakers!

[TomAndDanCushnie]

Here's some feedback: thanks so much you LEGEND!

[DirtySteve232]

@TomAndDanCushnie thank you brother!

[Thejaycefish]

Umm it doen't seem to work for me. Is there a specific volume and gain volume level? Or maybe an amp size? Because my amp isn't big. Any advice? :/

[DirtySteve232]

@Thejaycefish Yes try more volume and more gain...and if they are turned up all the way and it still doesn't work, then yes anyrhing larger should work for you. Good luck -

[ghostinthesnow11]

@Thejaycefish you can also get a sustainiac pick up. it actively sustains your strings and gives you infinite feedback. its really cool

[palsby22]

Very nice lesson, but I have to point out that you don't always need to crank the volume. I'm able to get feedback using my Fender Frontman 212R, which is a solid state, with the volume knob only around 2,2 or so. I do however have the gain turned all the way up and there is a "More Gain" knob which boosts the gain a lot. I tried getting feedback from holding the C-note on the 3rd fret on the A string, and I was been able to get an E note, a D note an octave up and I also got a C octave.

[DirtySteve232]

@palsby22 right on man!

[palsby22]

@DirtySteve232 I must admit I got the chills when I listened to Flying in a Blue Dream afterwards:b Joe is such an amazing musician!

[DirtySteve232]

@palsby22 Yes Joe is amazing!

[lalapeanutbutter]

This is WAY better than those other shitty things. I'm subbin to you.

[DirtySteve232]

@lalapeanutbutter thanks brother!

[jamesha175]

"wear earplugs for cranked volume"

best advice ever!

[FreakMusik10]

very nice i just tred it and it works :D.... thx mann..... my neighbors gonna hate u though ;)

[TheLeftBehindful]

It helps me a lot! thanks a lot dude and it's a nice video to watch :D

[DirtySteve232]

@TheLeftBehindful Thanks brother!

[Sebrewer32]

this helps alot but how loud does it have to be exactly? like loud enough to hurt your ears if you werent wearing ear protection?

[DirtySteve232]

@Sebrewer32 It changes from amp to amp - so my advice is to play one note or chord, and HOLD IT while you turn up the volume and you will find that sweet spot where you have enough volume to feedback - good luck!

[educassiano]

That's gotta be one of the best lessons on guitar techniques I've ever had, I'll be back to check other stuff from you. Thx.

[DirtySteve232]

@educassiano Thank you brother!

[evenflow1329]

wow.. nice video..helped a lot !! :D cool guy :DD

[DirtySteve232]

@evenflow1329 Hey thanks alot! Glad it helped!

[NICKWAPPERER117]

i love feedback,. Kurt cobain, hendrix, etc, made it beautiful

[DirtySteve232]

@NICKWAPPERER117 Word -

[MrNirvanerd]

I found out about this for myself, I love this technique!

[DirtySteve232]

@MrNirvanerd Right on man - and yes this one is a crowd pleaser!

[HBK1337]

dude your hair is too straight

[dr4life027]

Awesome vid man.. Ans nice hair too lol

[DirtySteve232]

@dr4life027 lol - thanks brother!

[IgnacioIF]

You're an awesome teacher :)

Thnx for the lesson, it's great

[DirtySteve232]

@IgnacioIF hey thanks for that, man!

[prisionnerofsociety]

1:58 YEAHH! Feedback, bitch!

[lleonidas004]

You explain it very well man!!!

[MadM4X939]

I thought Hendrix first displayed the pitch manipulation technique before Satriani even began playing guitar! Have a look at Hendrix playing 'Wild Thing' at Monterey, in the intro to the song he has a feedback frenzy and swings his guitar around; changing the pitch.

[DirtySteve232]

@MadM4X939 Hey brother - you are totally right - Jimi introduced musical feedback to the world back in the 60's, and had he lived past 27, there is no telling what more he could have brought us with it. Satch, however simply took it to the next level of incorporating it into a song as a key-driven, melodic under tone with calculated control. This takes nothing away from Jimi - the original innovator of feedback. The old phrase comes to mind: "We stand on the shoulders of giants" -

[wwemmy]

@DirtySteve232 Well.... Actually the beatles did it on "I feel fine" and "it's all tu much" before hendrix

[DirtySteve232]

@wwemmy thanks man - you're right!

[SupernalOne]

@DirtySteve232

John Lennon once said that he in fact was the first to include feedback in a song, i.e., the intro of I Feel Fine - admittedly it's not much compared to what Hendrix did

[MCDOCHOUSE]

Thx alot for the tips. My lead sound works quite good, after pushing up the mids a little bit, but had probs with the pitch change during the feedback.

Now Problem solved. Thx man

[DirtySteve232]

@notseymour Thanks man - glad it helped!

[Recals]

if i would wear earplugs i would die anyway, morbus-neighbour

[SNESkelly]

NOW I understand why it wasn't working, not enough volume.

Thanks very much, good lesson.

[joelthefrog1]

Is that Floyd Rose or Hardtail?

[DirtySteve232]

@joelthefrog1 Floyd Rose

[slowhand633]

yo real nice vid man- so when you were doing the '"flying in a blue dream" feedback thing, you weren't actually moving your fingers on the fretboard ?

The pitch of the note would change depending on how the guitar was oriented relative to the amp ?!!??!

you can actually play roots, thirds, sevenths, etc... without moving your fingers or even bending a string ?!!??

can't wait to try this !

[DirtySteve232]

@slowhand633 Right on brother - you got it exactly right! I did add a tiny bit of vibrato though.

Good luck!

[abrahamaho]

fuck my neighbors

[JeremieGalan777]

what about feedbacks by only doing vibrato?? like if we'll take a look on their videos.. they're too far from their amps but still, whenever they sustain a note and mixed it with vibrato, feedback occurs... like john petrucci on the ending of the song as i am on their budokan 2004/2005...

so how do you do feedbacks like that without facing the amps??? is there any technique upon doing it?? :D

[DirtySteve232]

@JeremieGalan777 It's still just about volume - there will be a volume level that you have to find(with the help of a friend standing by the amp slowly turning it up) and you walk away and face away, sustain your note or chord and wait for that critical point w/volume....because alot of times the volume is loud enough to feedback w/ any sustain, but not the entire time that you play. Good luck!

[JeremieGalan777]

@DirtySteve232 ok ok ok.. thanks.. totally, thanks dude.. hhehe.. great teaching.... thanks again.. :D

\m/(-^_^-)\m/

[MrKaZyakaProfessoras]

Man your vid is awsome but i followed all of your tips but nothing worked! :/  I think my guitar is to blame! I have a fender squier standard telecaster..... :(

[DirtySteve232]

@MrKaZyakaProfessoras thanks man - try more distortion and volume - you'll get it.

[MrKaZyakaProfessoras]

@DirtySteve232 I did it! ;) Thnx for all! Rock on! :D

[KillVision133]

This dude rooooooooockkkkkks !

[ManiacSerialKilleR]

man that was fucking cool, now im gonna spend most of my time doing feedbacks instead of praticing...this is the best video on feedbacks though , good job!!

[DirtySteve232]

@ManiacSerialKilleR thanks man - rock on

[punkiassjunki]

can feedback damage your gear? lyk will it damage or blow a sound system,p.a. or amp?

[DirtySteve232]

@punkiassjunki no

[TheAPC91]

Hey man nice video! But i had a qouestion: Im sure u heard of adam jones from tool. Like listen to sober by tool.....Do u had maybe a few answers how to get feedback like that? I tried to turn the volume up, with different amps. And i never had results like adam live! Would be awesome if u would have answers man, im pretty desperated for that sound. Hahaha

[DirtySteve232]

@TheAPC91 try adding a subtle phaser -

[barkingAT]

Really great vid man!

[Laotraorillaman]

You're great man. Thank for your job I appreciate your love rock mate!!!!

Rock your town!

[hiwassup1000]

The Best Video for feedback! \m/

[DirtySteve232]

@hiwassup1000 thank you brother

[PinkPinkie2000]

thank you so much man this really helped!

awesome playing by the way.

[DirtySteve232]

@PinkPinkie2000 thanks alot!

[Thunderbollocks]

Great vid...such a change from most of the guys on here who make a lot of pointless noise.

Jimi would approve IMO!

[DirtySteve232]

@Thunderbollocks thanks man!

[skoozeroni]

Sweet, Steve!  *hug*

[DirtySteve232]

@skoozeroni thank you my friend

[Linescrew1]

Nice work, yet again! Only problem is...I'm gunna get kicked out of my apartment now practising these tricks AT FULL VOLUME! Cheers.

[DirtySteve232]

@Linescrew1 thanks brother and tough luck for the neighbors!

[D4rkL3610N]

@Linescrew1 i know what you mean and its sucks i cant try this out to the guy that lives under me bitches when i watch my tv at a normal level

[ClipemAll]

great lesson man I never know you looked like this!!