How To Get Infinite Sustain With Controlled Amp Feedback | Guitar Tutorial | Quick Tips

In this video we will take a look at how to do that "infinite sustain" trick you see your favorite guitarists sometimes do live or in the studio - and it can be done with (almost) any guitar - be it a bolt-on neck, set neck guitar, etc. You don't need a 1959 Les Paul to do it, contrary to what Nigel Tufnel might lead you to believe.

0:00 Intro
0:16 Here is one example
1:05 How it sounds when you try to play it normally
1:13 How they do it
1:40 Demonstration 1
2:14 Explanation part 2
2:31 Why it's harder with hollow body guitars
2:53 But It still works with almost any guitar
3:07 Demonstration with a Stratocaster
3:43 A few more tips
4:55 A few more examples of this trick in actual songs
5:25 Ending - have fun with it!
6:14 End screen

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[thisislogout]

Another great example is Santana's "Europa" live on the Moonflower LP (1978). Thanks for a great presentation on how it's done!

[TriGrutt]

That’s the best one note solo I’ve ever heard (plus a free class). Thanks a bunch m8!

[julianandrews]

In the words of the great Sir Jimmy Page, It might get loud!!!
Cool videos, Andre, particularly liked yur Rock n roll led zep breakdown discussion too.
Hendrix was also a master of this. Also the early live Oasis, Noel uses this, saying there main sound came from cranked tube amps, ideal!! When I first started learning guitar many years ago, i can remember someone saying to play behind ur amps to avoid feedback, upon discovering that my guitar was always close to front of speaker to experiment with feedback, poor neighbours as i usually did it when alone in parents house..headphones weren't reallya thing then .

[smoothsavage]

I went thru multiple videos to find out how this works and yours is the first one that actually showed it lol. I ended up just getting a Game Changer Audio Plus pedal. I wish I'd seen this first 😅.

[RamsesAngeles]

albert collins' montreux performance - he held a note for a dozen seconds by switching to the middle position having the humbucker and single coil of his tele feed into the note. he's pretty much playing on edge of uncontrollable feedback the whole show on his twin reverb

[LordLares]

So this is how it works, god damn. Thank you!

[Escudeiro]

Another great lesson and video! Tks a lot!!!

[pinkrudy]

andre if you want to play something cool with this trick. check out pink floyd shine on you crazy diamond prt1-5 live in 1977. the first intro solo dave uses sustain to the fullest. performances to check out are may 9 1977, july 2 1977, july 4 1977, june 27, 1977.

[dhilan]

How did get the feedback to keep going? For mine, it just fades away like 3 seconds later I don't know but it fades away know why?

[noobynoob]

I feel like you could do that at extremely low volumes by putting a small speaker up to your bridge, like physically touching it.

[thedeafguitarist]

Cool stuff. Educational and fun to watch. Learned something new. Thanks!

[racecar]

Do you want a lot of sustained dialed in on the amp?

[flammablemilk]

Slash does this but a little different

[eemelivenho]

i fhink the best example of this is rory gallaghers solo in isle of wigth live performance of whats going on

[sohamsarker]

I think another great example would he Peter Green's The Supernatural.

[andreasfetzer]

No, my tele does it at bedroom level!