My 1997 Blonde Dot re-issue ES335 is 'feedback friendly' live onstage.
I used a 1962 Fender Strat for 20 years, then a 1976 Les Paul Deluxe to save wearing out my Strat beyond repair. I traded the Deluxe for my current workhorse, a 1997 Blonde ES335.
Unlike my Strat and Les Paul's, this 335 offers feedback to use as a condiment, a compliment to it's
already super sound and tone.
I am keen to know if all 335 players manage feedback onstage, or if I have
just got lucky with this guitar and have gear that facilitates feedback.
My two main pedals are not available over the Music Shop counter.
They are handmade products I bought from Benjamin Craig, he builds amps and pedals
out of a small workshop in South Africa.
I use his Vintage 'G' pedal for rock rhythm guitar and a modded lead pedal from his 'stock' collection.
He titled the modded pedal the 'WoodMAUL Distraction' .....and this is the one that delivers
outrageously manageable feedback.
Comments
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
I remember the first time I played a 335, I got up on stage and borrowed the bands 335 and played F.Macs Dreams, the sustain and control was organic and sensational. I knew right then I would one day own a 335, it just took me 25 years to achive. Very happy bunny.
I use it like an effect.
Like ESBlonde, it took a few years for my 335 to find me
( how I came to acquire it was pure luck. Some might say 'fate')