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For good feedback you need the interaction of mid frequencies from the speakers and the guitar pickups. Traditional guitar amps and speakers can deliver those glorious mid frequencies easily. This is something I never found the FRFR set ups I tried to be able to deliver anywhere near as easily or effectively, neither the Atomic CLR or Yamaha DXR10. You can push those frequencies with EQ from a modeller but there is still something lacking in my opinion.
It's that lovely mid range that keeps bringing me back to a valve amp pushed by a good drive pedal.
Personally I like to play below feedback levels. When I need it there's the old trick of touching the guitar head to the cabinet.
When I've needed feedback in recordings I've sent one output to my poweramp and traditional cab and stood right infront of it, holding the pickups towards the speakers. I'm still taking the recorded signal direct via IR (and taking the DI). For whatever reason this just worked better than trying to get the feedback through the studio monitors.
I use a Helix into a Yamaha DXR10. The DXR10 is effectively being used as backline and is mounted on a short speaker stand at the back of the stage where my guitar amp would previously have been. Because of the stand, the speaker in the DXR10 is around waist-height and therefore roughly level with the guitar.
I never have any problems getting controllable feedback at rehearsals or gigs with this setup. I do use a fair amount of gain with plenty of mids, but certainly nothing over the top.