[Assault Bacon]

Hey guys -

I've been playing the gold top a lot, lately. One thing I've noticed is that the higher the gain on the amp / the louder I'm playing, the more my G-string (get that picture out of your head) seems to ring out and want to feed back. I can do a gentle vibrato on that string - after hammer-on, etc - and get that fucker from softly moaning screaming inside a few seconds.

If I'm just playing, I find that I have to mute that string to keep it from feeding back.

Am I just too loud or too close to the amp? Works on both pickups, bridge and neck, so I suspect that but I thought I would ask.

Signal path: guitar > tuner > amp. Pickups: Gibson Super '57 bridge and '57 Classic neck. Amp: Mesa Lone Star 2x12 at 50W on drive channel.

 

[Elysian]

Maybe it matches the natural resonance of your guitar?

 

[Assault Bacon]

Yeah... I'm clueless, man. It's not unwelcome, entirely. There seems to be some interesting stuff I can do with it. It's just not ALWAYS welcome. :lol:

 

[146]

Could something like a Fat Finger fix this, i.e. adding mass to change the resonance frequency?

 

[Rocka_Rollas]

Hey guys -

I've been playing the gold top a lot, lately. One thing I've noticed is that the higher the gain on the amp / the louder I'm playing, the more my G-string (get that picture out of your head) seems to ring out and want to feed back. I can do a gentle vibrato on that string - after hammer-on, etc - and get that fucker from softly moaning screaming inside a few seconds.

If I'm just playing, I find that I have to mute that string to keep it from feeding back.

Am I just too loud or too close to the amp? Works on both pickups, bridge and neck, so I suspect that but I thought I would ask.

Signal path: guitar > tuner > amp. Pickups: Gibson Super '57 bridge and '57 Classic neck. Amp: Mesa Lone Star 2x12 at 50W on drive channel.

Hmmm, unless I missed what guitar it is (couldn't find in the thread) I suppose it's a Les Paul or someting because you say it's Gibson pickups.

That rules out floyd spring noise. If a spring is "tuned" to the same pitch as a string, it can ring out quite a bit.

Are you dampening strings beyond the nut? <---- try it, but may not work...

Something wrong with the saddle? <--- even tho I cannot see how this would make it feedback but you could alsways check...

Could something like a Fat Finger fix this, i.e. adding mass to change the resonance frequency?

You can sort of try this for free by putting headstock towards a wall or a table (hold it hard against)

I had Fender HM Strat which had a completely dead note at G-string 14th fret (IIRC), and when putting against a well, I moved that dead note up a couple of notes.
I suppose a Fat Finger could do the same.

But try against a table or wall first!

 

[budda]

I'd agree with the resonant frequency suggestion.

Time to learn how to mute it :lol:

 

[Assault Bacon]

I'd agree with the resonant frequency suggestion.

Time to learn how to mute it :lol:

Yeah - well, and that's what I'm doing, with both both hands alternately, depending upon the circumstances. :lol:

Hmmm, unless I missed what guitar it is (couldn't find in the thread) I suppose it's a Les Paul or someting because you say it's Gibson pickups.

You are correct, sir - Gibson Les Paul Traditional.

Are you dampening strings beyond the nut? <---- try it, but may not work...

No - I'm actually trying to avoid that. Learning to mute, as Budda suggested.

 

[Randy]

Misleading thread title.

 

[Phil]

No - I'm actually trying to avoid that. Learning to mute, as Budda suggested.

Is it ringing out behind the nut a lot? My Tele had that - I was getting so much sympathetic vibration behind the nut that it was coming through the amp. It was about as loud as the actual notes sometimes.

I added a second string tree and that solved it.

Is it a Les Paul? If so, make sure the nut is cut properly. They're really finicky about nuts, especially for the G and D.

Edit: Missed the part where you say you've been playing the gold top a lot. Was trying to bang that post out quickly before a meeting. :lol:

If it's a new LP, it will almost definitely need some nut work. I worked in a guitar shop and most Gibsons need more angle filed to the back side of the nut to accommodate for the side-to-side break angle of the D and G strings.

 

[Rocka_Rollas]

No - I'm actually trying to avoid that. Learning to mute, as Budda suggested.

You cannot "learn to mute" ringing strings beyond the nut
Unless you really talking about putting your fingers on the strings all the time...

You really need foam/tape/jimmy clip/whatever you can find to mute the strings, to really mute them. No other way around it

 

[RevenantSpectre]

I had real problems with the plain G on a heavy gauge set recently. Made a video about it

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TL DR - I vastly prefer the sound of a wound G-String over the plain.