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| I have a Crafter TC035 Electro-Acoustic which is a great guitar to play with a good action and nice acoustic sound. The problem I have is when I plug it in! I seem to always suffer with feedback problems at fairly low volumes (much lower than other semi-acoustics that I have played). I have tried a 'feedback buster' to cover the hole, this improves a little but it is still way off what I need to be heard during a gig etc. The problem exists if I use the PA or a guitar amp.
I guess the question is what else can I try doing?? Is there an optimum EQ that would help reduce the feedback? Are these particular guitars known for this problem? Should I think about changing the pick-up?
Sorry to have so many questions but it is getting to the point of trading the guitar in for something else which would be a shame.
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| If it's got a piezo pickup system (built into the bridge) then it's going to be a pain to try and change... you could try a magnetic soundhole pickup (I recall using a Dean Markely one many years ago that was surprisingly feedback resilient, if not very pure-sounding - you could always run it through an acoustic simulator pedal (such as the Boss AC2 - I have two of these, and they tend to go for not very much money used) to improve the realism). An alternative may be to use some kind of preamp or pedal with a feedback eliminator. The Zoom A2 seems to be about the best buy for acoustic effects that I've seen, although I'm not 100% sure if it features this (and I'm at work so can't look it up easily at the moment), but there are certainly feedback eliminators / destroyers on the market that would be worth a go if you want to keep the guitar. You could use a graphic EQ, but these tend to be rather inaccurate and can affect your sound in a big way. A parametric EQ would be much better, but they are awkward to adjust. Good luck!
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| | I used to work for the company that imported Sabine products. Their feedback exterminators work like magic, they make even parametric equalisers look like sledgehammers. I see that good old Canford Audio sell them CLICK HERE Although it's not cheap it does mean you'll never have to worry about feedback again... ever... not at all...
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| For reference the guitar in question is this one and it does indeed have a piezo
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| Thanks for your replies. I'll take a look at the piezo and pre-amp system thats fitted as I looked at another tc035 earlier today and it appeared to be different. Mine's just over 5 years old so maybe they changed them. I'll get to the bottom of it  Cheers |
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