ciel Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I've got an electro-acoustic bass, which does nicely for most stuff I play, however, I need to play something with a bit more power to it and wondered if anyone has ever used pedals with this type of guitar? I was thinking of a chorus and overdrive pedal. Would it work (I realise that the guitar doesn't really look the part for rock music, but I can live with that if it means I don't have to buy an additional guitar!). Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 It will work but any gain pedals (OD, distortion, etc) or delay (and possibly others) will increase the chance of feedback with an acoustic instrument- the other night I put my girlfriend's acoustic guitar through distortion/delay to sound like a cranked 5150 amp and it just fed back constantly, through nothing more than my hi-fi speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciel Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 Thanks for that - however, it may not be worth buying the pedals if it's likely to feedback. It's looking more like borrowing or buying and electric one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Never used an electro acoustic, and I'm not very gizmo-savvy in this context, but I always use a preamp (fishman pro-eq platinum) with my acoustic upright - if it's just more punch you're after, maybe something like that would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 If you're plugging it in and putting it through fx that might make it feed back, you could try reducing the feedback by sticking a CD over the soundhole woth blu-tak. Also might get a better sound by fitting a magnetic pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskimoBassist Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I borrowed an Electro Acoustic for a few performances. With it I used: TU-2 Tuner MultiComp Compressor CEB-3 Chorus DD-6 Delay M-80 Pre/DI I got some great, really natural sounds that really complimented the acoustic bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I've done it, but I think blocking the soundhole would have helped. I had to angle myself away from my amp, turn it down, and put my noise gate on. At lower volumes it shouldn't be too bad. We've recently done a lot of guitars on an album i'm making by playing an electro acoustic into a distorted practice amp and we've had no feedback issues (standing very close to the amp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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