Feedback can be controlled by your stance with the amp.

For instance, it you stand right next to it, it might feedback like a muther****er, but take 3 steps away, and it dissapears.

The bad feedback, is a constant, same pitch squeal. Non wax-potted pickups will do this almost everytime.

Good feedback can be controlled by changing frets, and the note will vary depending on what fret you chose. Some, will not feedback, other will feedback like crazy, as soon as you fret the note. This is how you control the pitch. And......sometimes, if you move around a little, you can change the pitch of the feedback. Not always, but sometimes.

It takes some research. You have to find out what volumes your amp feedsbacks, and what positions makes it feedback.

Just as a helpful insight, my Dual Recto would not feedback unless I fretted certain notes, or I was within a foot of the head.

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All good points.

"Good" feedback is differentiated from "bad" feedback by the player.

You have to admire a guy like Ted Nugent who can play a semi-hollow in a stadium in the days where a wall of Marshalls were all actually on 10.

With that said, speakers play a huge role in helping control or creating feedback. Regardless of the amp, Greenbacks will make you work very hard in controlling feedback whereas V30s not so much and EVs hardly as much. Don't know why but I'm not the only one who has noticed this.

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...and i really am an ass

i forgot what happens when you get too close to a cranked amp. the pups go wild and uncontrollable.
just like what Tyler said (and i jumped on, hence me being an oversensitive ass).
it happend to me yesterday while at practice. lots of "bad" feedback.
lightbulb:
it comes from amp hum meeting the pups and sounds much like a mic going over the edge.

sorry jumping at your throat like that, Ty

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I love the "good" feedback. I get it when I put the guitar on an angle to the speakers about a foot away.

Add a healthy dose of bigsby and it's wonderful.

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Historical note:
I've seen in The Beatles' "Antology" DVD that John Lennon found out that the A on the 5th string (unfretted) had a nice sounding feedback when he was close to the amp. This good feedback can be heard in the beginning of "I Feel Fine".
That basically strengthens the point of Jubilee Man, that A is the easiest note to get feedback.

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