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Guitar pedal problems

Posted on 1/5/20 at 8:00 pm
Posted by The Dunder Mifflin
Member since Mar 2018
924 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 8:00 pm
Got a couple pedals last week to build my first pedal board. Throughout the weekend I’ve been trying to figure everything out.

I have a voodoo lab power 2 plus, op-amp big muff pi fuzz, Ibanez mini tube screamer, trimonti wah, (coming in this week a flashback 4x). Running through an Egnater rebel 30.

When I Use the tube screamer there is a loud hum and the same goes for the fuzz pedal (fuzz pedal sounds horrible when the amp is in the dirty channel).

Is there anything I’m doing wrong?
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71188 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 8:58 pm to
Is the wah in the signal chain before the fuzz and the tube screamer?
It could be bad patch cables, bad power cables, signal cables too close to power supplies, etc. Hums can be frustrating to figure out.
Posted by RockAndRollDetective
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2014
4506 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 9:09 pm to
Don't know if this is related but I recently got one too many pedals for my power source so I got one of those eight plug daisy chains for my one spot plug in. It works great on everything except for my Boss ME-80 multi effects unit which gives a loud hum if placed in the chain. The chord for that one is heavier and probably has a built in ground. So I have to leave that one out and power it by itself. So, my guess is it's a grounding issue.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71188 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 9:14 pm to
If he’s using a voodoo, he shouldn’t have that problem since it’s a fully grounded and independent power supply, hence why they’re 5-10 times the price of a one-spot.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31940 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:17 pm to
Guitar pedal problems.. I put a whizzer motor on mine, I don't have to pedal anymore.
Got a sidecar amp and a disco lamp
Mounted on the handlebars.
This post was edited on 1/5/20 at 10:28 pm
Posted by TheFretShack
Member since Oct 2015
1383 posts
Posted on 1/6/20 at 9:47 am to
Disconnect the brick and run everything off batteries. If the noise goes away, you've isolated the problem(s) to the brick and its leads.

Make sure the +/- polarities and voltages sent match from each brick output to each pedal input. Mismatches will result in noise, poor performance, stuff not working, even stuff going up in smoke.

Just making sure ... you do realize adding OD and fuzz and wah to a dirty channel on an amp is going to add hiss, uncontrollable feedback, assorted white noise, etc., no matter what you do? Some of that stuff, even a good noise gate can't shutter it in functional fashion.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 1/6/20 at 1:51 pm to
I'd like to see a pic of your chain
Posted by LSUisKING
Edgard
Member since Dec 2007
3042 posts
Posted on 1/7/20 at 1:29 pm to
Could be the electricity too... Playing in many places, that makes more hum than anything else in my experience...

Posted by The Dunder Mifflin
Member since Mar 2018
924 posts
Posted on 1/8/20 at 12:40 pm to
I played around with the eq on my amp and I got the hum to go down when using the pedals, but the humming is still there.

I will try to get a noise suppressor off of reverb if I find a good deal.
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