In addition to the above and in the absence of a notch filter listen to the pitch (frequency) of the feedback and decrease what you think the level of that frequency is ( gradually) on your EQ, tone control on your amp or the desk (whatever you're plugged into ). And the best time to do this is when the feedback is occurring because the point it at which it ceases is the point you leave your level. In other words, If the feedback is a high pitched "whistle' try rolling off some of the highs or if its a low rumble roll off some bass. Same for mid range if you've got it.
Buy one of theses stossy and expensive Bose L1 systems - you sit in FRONT of the speakers!!! Seriously, I know someone who just bought one of these systems (cost him an arm and a leg though) - the sound quality is quite unbelievably good... and, no feedback. But then again, as suggested above, turning the volume down may be a bit more cost-effective.
WTF "stossy"????? I typed in S W A N K Y, which has nothing to do with doing something naughty. I think it's actually an old Scot's word for something fancy, though I may have spelled it incorrectly....
Oh, you got a different word but I only got an asterisk. I feel short-changed. Hmm - has anyone been to a gig, or played one, with one of those *swenky* systems Ron mentioned? I've looked at pix and it looks like big stick
KML & Bren - this stuff really cracks me up sometimes (or should that be craics me up?). So, what happens with the word crack - which in some usages, might be considered crude? Or what about hole - as in hole in the ground of course? Also, prick - as in to prick one's finger with a thorn? Let's see....
Goodness me - here you go boys, some rude words which are left unchanged... Oh, oh, I think I'll be in trouble now and be getting an e-mail from Jeremy...
KML's posts reminds me of the problems this unfortunate town (Seejithorpe) suffered in the early days of the Internet where most of the software filtering packages rejected any mention of it!
This is crazy - I didn't type "(Seejithorpe)". I thought the unsophisticated software of yesteryear couldn't differentiate between this well known town and a rude word but it's got much worse in that the system now substitutes this nonsense title for the place - If it was April 1st it might make some kind of sense!
Surprisingly S- (+ word that sounds like ruder word for vaj) -thorpe isn't too bad a little town in reality -- nicer than it sounds. Ok , it has or had steel mills, but quite a lot of it is a not unpleasant Yorkshire... or is it Lincolnshire these days? ... little town.
An idle moment of surfing brought me to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seejithorpe_Problem
...so it isn't just a problem on here.
BTW it is and always has been in Lincolnshire.
Now let's see is it filters the wiki link......
But why "(Seejithorpe)" - couldn't they have settled for Skunthorpe which would have been a bit more meaningful. Typical of the thinking of these software boffins I'm afraid as anyone who's ever grappled with computer handbooks will be all too well aware!
Yeah bannerman, but even with a K in it, it still has the See You Enn Tea sound. Anyway, as you probably know, Eegit is replacing the naughty word, and that's Jeremy's choice, I imagine.
Interesting thread RichardB; don't know how I missed it first time around. KML's 0ne about that "remote canal" reminded me of an oriental waiter shouting at one of the patrons lining up for his take-away "Far Queue". Seriously though all this is a bit inconsistent as why don't we get into trouble for writing "we've reheARSEd a couple of tunes" and nothing gets automatically subsTITuted. I still think the citizens of S****horpe are being unfairly discriminated against!
I got pointed left and told "far queue" at Immigration last time I entered Dublin airport, when I showed them my non-EU passport. "Far queue 2" I said but she didn't even crack a smile
Is this software also changing our tunes? I mean, if it was programmed to find certain tunes offensive, is it going to start changing them? I think we should be told!
I does smack of the early American thing of getting rid of the word c o c k, hence their words "roach", "rooster" etc
I think it was in Trainspotting the novel when someoone phoned up a busy pub and asked the barmaid to put a call out for Mike Hunt, so she did:
"Has anyone seen Mike Hunt!?" she shouted, without realising quite what she'd just said....
Mandolin feedback
Mandolin feedback
i recently installed an internal pickup in my mandolin and at high volume I recieve alot of feedback, any suggestions?
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by stevequincy
Re: Mandolin feedback
Turn down.
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by yhaalhouse
Re: Mandolin feedback
Or have the speaker(s) further away and certainly not pointed at the mandolin.
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by Trevor Jennings
Re: Mandolin feedback
In addition to the above and in the absence of a notch filter listen to the pitch (frequency) of the feedback and decrease what you think the level of that frequency is ( gradually) on your EQ, tone control on your amp or the desk (whatever you're plugged into ). And the best time to do this is when the feedback is occurring because the point it at which it ceases is the point you leave your level. In other words, If the feedback is a high pitched "whistle' try rolling off some of the highs or if its a low rumble roll off some bass. Same for mid range if you've got it.
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by chuneboi slim
Re: Mandolin feedback
A simple EQ pedal may help, if you don't have one already
I use one like this:
http://www.interstatemusic.com/wcsstore/InterstateMusic/ims/ipt/EFFGE7.jpg
I got one about £35 off eBay
Then do what chuneboi says
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by Bren
Re: Mandolin feedback
thanks alot i appreciate it
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by stevequincy
Re: Mandolin feedback
I get instant feedback whenever I play the mandolin - my friends say "that's not the way that tune goes, ya eejit"
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
Re: Mandolin feedback
If you are using a foldback system, try turning down the foldback ( monitors ) as well as placing the main speakers further away from you.
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Mandolin feedback
Another trick is to stick some gaffa tape over your sound hole.
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by ...
Re: Mandolin feedback
Isn't there a little rubber thing to stick in your sound hole; there is for guitar. Unless you're using an F-Style mando.
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by camwebby
Re: Mandolin feedback
Buy one of theses stossy and expensive Bose L1 systems - you sit in FRONT of the speakers!!! Seriously, I know someone who just bought one of these systems (cost him an arm and a leg though) - the sound quality is quite unbelievably good... and, no feedback. But then again, as suggested above, turning the volume down may be a bit more cost-effective.
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by On Sabbatical
Re: Mandolin feedback
WTF "stossy"????? I typed in S W A N K Y, which has nothing to do with doing something naughty. I think it's actually an old Scot's word for something fancy, though I may have spelled it incorrectly....
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by On Sabbatical
Re: Mandolin feedback
So what happens if you type in Seejithorpe?....
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
....That was supposed to be S C U N T Horpe
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
Don't Matsush*ta make a good system?
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bren
Re: Mandolin feedback
Oh, you got a different word but I only got an asterisk. I feel short-changed. Hmm - has anyone been to a gig, or played one, with one of those *swenky* systems Ron mentioned? I've looked at pix and it looks like big stick
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bren
Re: Mandolin feedback
You could try playing it at this session:
http://www.thesession.org/sessions/display/1940
I found, upon submitting it, that the town was not called Seejithorpe. How strange.
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
KML & Bren - this stuff really cracks me up sometimes (or should that be craics me up?). So, what happens with the word crack - which in some usages, might be considered crude? Or what about hole - as in hole in the ground of course? Also, prick - as in to prick one's finger with a thorn? Let's see....
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by On Sabbatical
Re: Mandolin feedback
Goodness me - here you go boys, some rude words which are left unchanged... Oh, oh, I think I'll be in trouble now and be getting an e-mail from Jeremy...
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by On Sabbatical
Re: Mandolin feedback
KML's posts reminds me of the problems this unfortunate town (Seejithorpe) suffered in the early days of the Internet where most of the software filtering packages rejected any mention of it!
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bannerman
Re: Mandolin feedback
This is crazy - I didn't type "(Seejithorpe)". I thought the unsophisticated software of yesteryear couldn't differentiate between this well known town and a rude word but it's got much worse in that the system now substitutes this nonsense title for the place - If it was April 1st it might make some kind of sense!
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bannerman
Re: Mandolin feedback
Surprisingly S- (+ word that sounds like ruder word for vaj) -thorpe isn't too bad a little town in reality -- nicer than it sounds. Ok , it has or had steel mills, but quite a lot of it is a not unpleasant Yorkshire... or is it Lincolnshire these days? ... little town.
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
An idle moment of surfing brought me to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seejithorpe_Problem
...so it isn't just a problem on here.
BTW it is and always has been in Lincolnshire.
Now let's see is it filters the wiki link......
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
hmmm.....
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%63unthorpe_Problem
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Ramiro
Re: Mandolin feedback
Aha!
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Ramiro
Re: Mandolin feedback
Wiki also mentions that Penistone in South Yorkshire and Lightwiter in Surrey experience similar problems. Let's see...
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Ramiro
Re: Mandolin feedback
Maybe I spelt Lightwiter wrong?
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Ramiro
Re: Mandolin feedback
No, I didn't
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Ramiro
Re: Mandolin feedback
creativity
undermines
namby pamby
trite
sanctimony
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by ...
Re: Mandolin feedback
But why "(Seejithorpe)" - couldn't they have settled for Skunthorpe which would have been a bit more meaningful. Typical of the thinking of these software boffins I'm afraid as anyone who's ever grappled with computer handbooks will be all too well aware!
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bannerman
Re: Mandolin feedback
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/7811#comment167929
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by RichardB
Re: Mandolin feedback
Yeah bannerman, but even with a K in it, it still has the See You Enn Tea sound. Anyway, as you probably know, Eegit is replacing the naughty word, and that's Jeremy's choice, I imagine.
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
Interesting thread RichardB; don't know how I missed it first time around. KML's 0ne about that "remote canal" reminded me of an oriental waiter shouting at one of the patrons lining up for his take-away "Far Queue". Seriously though all this is a bit inconsistent as why don't we get into trouble for writing "we've reheARSEd a couple of tunes" and nothing gets automatically subsTITuted. I still think the citizens of S****horpe are being unfairly discriminated against!
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bannerman
Re: Mandolin feedback
"See you next Tuesday"
Will often say that to each other at the end of our session.
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by yhaalhouse
Re: Mandolin feedback
"Not if I see you first"
I got pointed left and told "far queue" at Immigration last time I entered Dublin airport, when I showed them my non-EU passport. "Far queue 2" I said but she didn't even crack a smile
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Bren
Re: Mandolin feedback
Is this software also changing our tunes? I mean, if it was programmed to find certain tunes offensive, is it going to start changing them? I think we should be told!
I does smack of the early American thing of getting rid of the word c o c k, hence their words "roach", "rooster" etc
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Mark Harmer
Re: Mandolin feedback
I think it was in Trainspotting the novel when someoone phoned up a busy pub and asked the barmaid to put a call out for Mike Hunt, so she did:
"Has anyone seen Mike Hunt!?" she shouted, without realising quite what she'd just said....
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Rudall the time
Re: Mandolin feedback
I thought that was in the simpsons?
# Posted on April 19th 2008 by ...