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Lou Reed

Reed's amplified acoustic set centered on an Olson guitar with a Sunrise magnetic pickup, a custom two-channel Feedbucker and a Tone King guitar amplifier.

Board
Perfect Night acoustic feedback-control path
Context
Royal Festival Hall, Meltdown Festival, London
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 3 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Core signal path
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
1 unit · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Perfect Night acoustic feedback-control path

Artist-described acoustic effects path

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Serial path

In the September 1998 Guitar World interview, Reed describes the Olson, Sunrise pickup and Tone King combination, then explains that Pete Cornish built a two-knob Feedbucker after the same setup fed back at New York's Supper Club. The interview presents that device as the solution that enabled the subsequent amplified-acoustic project, while Cornish's client register independently records both a two-channel Feedbucker and acoustic-guitar preamp in 1997. The Royal Festival Hall recording date comes from the Perfect Night archive. Only the source-described feedback processor is drawn: the separate preamp is omitted because the interview does not establish whether it was in this concert path, and no source exposes the box's internal filter order or exact frequency settings.

Cited sources

  1. Guitar WorldLou Reed talks about the Velvet Underground, songwriting and gear
  2. Pete CornishPete Cornish client list: Lou Reed 1997 systems
  3. AllMusicPerfect Night: Live in London - recording date and location