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Location: Scotland | In my experience supershallows have a slightly higher feedback threshold than deep/midbowl guitars but produce a less accurate and convincing amplified acoustic sound. I've been down every possible route there is trying to get a loud, accurate, natural feedback-free acoustic sound and my conclusion is pretty much that if you use a guitar that sounds great acoustically you will only get a great feedback-free representation of that sound if your are prepared to invest a shit-load of money in a quality sound system and state of the art processing, and be prepared to invest the time in learning how to use it. Otherwise use a guitar which is compromised acoustically but relatively hassle-free amplified. Personally I go for the first method.
All of this is dependant on the situations in which you play, the volume levels you need to play at, and of course your own concept of what constitutes an acceptable amplified acoustic tone. For the most part I work on the principle that you can't polish a turd, and generally if a guitar doesn't sound good to me unplugged I will not use it amplified. You can't EQ in what isn't there in the first place.
Now take an "acoustic" Viper. Those guitars unplugged sound better balanced tonally to me than most supershallows, just a lot quieter. If you need to be really loud and feedback-free the Viper is an option worth considering. The downside is they have no usable acoustic volume. No pain, no gain. |
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Location: Chicagoland | You should be able to adjust for feedback if your running through a PA. |
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Location: Scotland | Wow! Really? Please explain |
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mid or shallow bowl for Low End w/o Feedback
