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In Need of Special Pedal

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7/21/2000 2:57 PM
Frank01	In Need of Special Pedal Hey All, I am looking for a pedal so when I activate it, it automatically turns my signal into feedback but without the boost in volume. Has anyone heard os this? I have a few songs written that would be greatly improved with this effect. Can anyone help me? Frank01

7/21/2000 6:28 PM

This is the BOSS DF-2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion. They are currently out of production, but not all that rare in the second hand market. I have one, and while it has some things you have to work around, and the distortion is nothing special, it does exactly what you want reasonably well. The controls let you mix how much the "feedback" is at the same note or an octave above what you are playing. Unlike "real" feedback, you can hold the note by steeping on the pedal, even though you are playing something different. This is NOT a sampling effect, merely a oscillator locked into a frequency.

Expect to pay between $40-$80US for one.

7/21/2000 6:41 PM
Andy Dolan	Where would you find one like that? D

7/21/2000 6:55 PM
Don Symes	www.gbase.com ?

7/21/2000 7:51 PM
nic	what about an ebow? I have heard the boss feedbacker sounds synthetic. nic

7/21/2000 8:36 PM
Mark Hammer	It sounds surprisingly like feedback, although tracking can be tricky, whereas the E-Bow plays what you fret. On the other hand, the E-Bow requires you to fret what you want feeding back, where the DF-2 lets you hold a note electronically and keep playing other stuff.

7/21/2000 9:42 PM
JaySG	Re: In Need of Special Pedal Adrian Belew does this. I'm not sure what he uses, but I've seen/heard it. I think he has a momentary footswitch instead of the normal latching thing. He may be using a BMP with the treble maxed.

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