Too much feedback???

[burythemisery]

hey guys have a question. when i'm playing a live show for my band I use the Ibanez PD7 Tone Lok pedal for heavy bass overdrive/distortion. but I have this annoying feedback problem. because I play pretty articulate riffs on bass and whenever I pause for a moment there's that loud squeal. is it the pedal or my bass (Yamaha rbx a5) or my bass head(fender bxr)? if its either of these, is there a pedal out there that can help remedy this problem without loosing much of my tone?

 

[Bartimaeus]

It might well be the bass combined with the high gain. An active (and therefore loud) bass going into a pedal that's clipping your signal will make it clip even more. This can be a nice sound, but it improves the chance of feedback. Maybe turn down the gain a little and see if that helps. If you're getting feedback even at the lowest gain settings available on the pedal, then it's the pedal's fault. Otherwise, it's probably the bass.

 

[burythemisery]

if you mean by the pedals fault, as in there is something wrong with it?

 

[JesterR]

Try to dump strings when you stop playing. Basically, when you play live, you have to deal with sound and overall play-ability. Something, which works great on rehearsal or recording, just do not work for live situation. So second thing, that I would suggest: turn gain down. It's always useful for bigger sound.

 

[burythemisery]

alrighty i'll definitely give turning the volume on my bass. which sucks because the LEDs on the bass are brighter with the volume turned up. looks cooler lol