rats
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wow this is a weird thread.
electric currents running rampant through my signal chain silenced by my Midas touch
rats
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wow this is a weird thread.
Anyway, this is my question.
This is a question for all you effects geeks. I've recently acquired this nasty hiss in my signal chain. It's the result of something not grounded, and I know this because the hiss goes away when I touch either my guitar strings or my Lexicon effects unit, thereby grounding the current. So how do I abolish this hiss once and for all without having stand around with one finger on my Lexicon or groping my strings? Do I need balanced patch cords?
My signal chain goes like this
strat>pedal board (consists of)>Boss distortion pedal>Arion compressor pedal>Fender chromatic tuner pedal>Ibanez modulation delay pedal> input on Marshall head.
THEN through the Marshall head effects loop send>lexicon vortex input (mono)>lexicon vortex output (mono)>Marshall effects loop return.
The hiss just started when I added in the Fender tuner, oddly.
So what gives?
Anyway, this is my question.
This is a question for all you effects geeks. I've recently acquired this nasty hiss in my signal chain. It's the result of something not grounded, and I know this because the hiss goes away when I touch either my guitar strings or my Lexicon effects unit, thereby grounding the current. So how do I abolish this hiss once and for all without having stand around with one finger on my Lexicon or groping my strings? Do I need balanced patch cords?
My signal chain goes like this
strat>pedal board (consists of)>Boss distortion pedal>Arion compressor pedal>Fender chromatic tuner pedal>Ibanez modulation delay pedal> input on Marshall head.
THEN through the Marshall head effects loop send>lexicon vortex input (mono)>lexicon vortex output (mono)>Marshall effects loop return.
The hiss just started when I added in the Fender tuner, oddly.
So what gives?
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littledog
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Simplest solutions:
1) Tune your guitar, then unplug your tuner.
2) Borrow someone else's finger.
1) Tune your guitar, then unplug your tuner.
2) Borrow someone else's finger.
drstawl
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>I've recently acquired this nasty hiss in my signal chain. It's the result of something not grounded,
Back up the train my dobbsian homerecording freund:
A Hiss is a significantly different chain of events than that sacred noise that monty hears in his head, which is "the Hum".
And grounding problemos are definitely more attributable as the cause of "the hum" than the cause of any "hiss".
But call the noise what you will- unplug one POS at a time until the noise disappears!
Back up the train my dobbsian homerecording freund:
A Hiss is a significantly different chain of events than that sacred noise that monty hears in his head, which is "the Hum".
And grounding problemos are definitely more attributable as the cause of "the hum" than the cause of any "hiss".
But call the noise what you will- unplug one POS at a time until the noise disappears!
rats
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It's kind of a cross between a hiss and a hum, say a huss or a him, what have you. I suppose I will attempt to narrow it down more...
jeap
Banned
are you a whuss or a whimp?
the "touching the strings" thing is normally a shielding issue associated with strats with single coils and it is 60 cycle hum.
which marshall head do you have? since you didnt specify im thinking maybe solid state or toob. mg or avt. if i had a tsl or a plexi i would specify!
try putting the tuner in a different place. like the trash can. or 1st in the chain.
try it with a Y cable out of one of your other effects. this will take it out of the signal chain where it doesnt belong anyway.
i use a morley aby box for my tuner.
i hope this helps...
the "touching the strings" thing is normally a shielding issue associated with strats with single coils and it is 60 cycle hum.
which marshall head do you have? since you didnt specify im thinking maybe solid state or toob. mg or avt. if i had a tsl or a plexi i would specify!
try putting the tuner in a different place. like the trash can. or 1st in the chain.
try it with a Y cable out of one of your other effects. this will take it out of the signal chain where it doesnt belong anyway.
i use a morley aby box for my tuner.
i hope this helps...
Even
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The Juice Goose is your friend. When you string a gang of units all together (in a power strip) you push the envelope of how the house was wired. Not to mention that the quality of your cables can play a role here. Cheap or poorly insulated multi-strand cables can strongly mimic an antennea. Use the shortest possible lengths for power supply and patch cables.