What is Guitar Feedback?

Question

Im want to buy and Epiphone dot.

One word i always hear in reviews is "Feedback"????

What is that!!?

Does it only apply to when i use distortion?

Sometimes i hear its bad, sometimes i hear its good?

is it something i should be afraid of if im buying the dot? (if i'd like to play with some distortion)?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Feedback is when a sound is put into a microphone, and the microphone picks up the speaker playing that sound, causing a loop that's noisy. You can hear this phenomenon for yourself by holding a phone to another of the same size when they're calling each other.