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?