b rock

 
Electro-Harmonix Freeze

 
A superb pedal!!!! I have been building some Reaktor FX to try and emulate this, not as good as the real thing but getting pretty close.

b rock

With all the wacky emulators out there and fancy digital tricks there MUST be a way to fake this.

 
Well, there's the Fender Runaway Feedback pedal.

That looks cool. Also led me to find this one...
 
Boss Feedback/Booster pedal
 
Neat.

A superb pedal!!!! I have been building some Reaktor FX to try and emulate this, not as good as the real thing but getting pretty close.

 
This one has potential - Freezbee.  A freebie, and the ability to link a MIDI CC message to gating or latching.  It hasn't made it past the to-do list, though.
 

Electro-Harmonix Freeze ... A superb pedal!!!!

It looks so basic and simple in the product description, doesn't it?  I wonder if anyone ever realizes just how much you can do with it before they actually get it home and hooked up.  I certainly didn't.  A year or so later, I'm still discovering new applications.

markyzno
Also, you can play with the guitar head resting on the monitor, instant feedback - again achievable at low levels.

Yes! This works really well. I even do it live when going through an FRFR system, like a PA, which isn't really as suited to feedback as a guitar amp.
 
For leads an E-Bow is a really great little device, although it's not polyphonic. But the Sustainiac is, and it might be the ideal answer for what you want to do.

markyzno
Also, you can play with the guitar head resting on the monitor, instant feedback - again achievable at low levels.

 
An initial pick gesture and the rest is feedback, using nothing but a home made Strat and a 3 watt tube amp:
 
http://harmoniccycle.com/hc/sounds/mp3/singles/Dunkirk_128k.mp3
 

Anderton

markyzno
Also, you can play with the guitar head resting on the monitor, instant feedback - again achievable at low levels.

Yes! This works really well. I even do it live when going through an FRFR system, like a PA, which isn't really as suited to feedback as a guitar amp.
 
For leads an E-Bow is a really great little device, although it's not polyphonic. But the Sustainiac is, and it might be the ideal answer for what you want to do.

Cool. I've been getting sucked into the youtube hole of gear goodies again and found this one that seems to be based on a similar premise to that trick of filtering out guitar freqs with a multi band and processing the distortion for each band... except I guess this does it automagically.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvlPNYRh3qg
 
Not sure if the actual distortion tone is exactly what I'd use but man those full chords sound nice and clear. I really gotta start keeping up on new gear. So much drool worthy stuff... that I can't afford... yet. Cheers.

Hi, Mike. A small tube amp is on my short list of things to buy. I was thinking a Champ Junior but it's the time of thing I should probably haul my arse to an actual music store to try out.
 

Anderton

markyzno
Also, you can play with the guitar head resting on the monitor, instant feedback - again achievable at low levels.

Yes! This works really well. I even do it live when going through an FRFR system, like a PA, which isn't really as suited to feedback as a guitar amp.
 
For leads an E-Bow is a really great little device, although it's not polyphonic. But the Sustainiac is, and it might be the ideal answer for what you want to do.

I LOVE my Ebow!!! Its just diamond for screeching feedback based solos with plenty of delay, wah and distortion...I still have the original box with a "how to guide" on cassette of all things!!

This thread has made me start a new doom tune! Cheers Beeps! 
 

A good and classic guide to distortion/feedback and cool pedal mayhem by the utterly immense Adrian Belew of King Crimson can be found here.....

Comes in 3 parts! Enjoy Beeps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM5qTMXJkT0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWfxQ4QFM4M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cr_cB8-NVU

I personally come from a more noisy post Crimson upbringing such as Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Melvins, My Bloody Valentine... (Although I love Crimson - especially the album "Red", its pre grunge class!)