It's most definately your gain. There is never need to crank the gain up that far. You'll lose all definition, and I'm presuming you're using a solid state amp? Personally I find there's little definition on those things anyway, it all just turns to mush. (Valve purist, sorry)
Trust me, I turn my gain up to six at the most. In a live situation I tend to turn the volume on my 50w valve head up to 7, which is very loud...yet I never experience feedback problems, ever!
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