1 Topic by Big E (edited by Big E 2010-11-19 16:03:05)

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Topic: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

So I rebuilt my pedal board and have a gig tonight. My Vox tonelab has been giving me problems with patches sticking so I rebuilt a temp board.

Hendrix Wha>MXR Phase 90>Yamaha Magic Stomp> Digitech Timebender> Carl martin Hot drive and boost >PV Classic 30

That is what I used at practice last night, all the effects sound great but I have one huge problem. IT’S NOISEY! Radio stations and anything else, it’s not bad when I am playing it but when I stop It’s loud. I think I need new patch cables, but don’t have the cash to change them out by tonight. I also think it’s the one spot and wall wart for the magicstomp. Right now the one spot powers the phaser, wha and time bender, I am thinking of putting batteries in the phaser and wha tonight and only run the power to the time bender hoping it will reduce noise. Everything is pluged into a power strip to the wall. So if anyone has any ideas to quiet the beast down other than replacing the cables let me know.

By the way the effects sound great and the Time Bender that I just got last week is just flat out amazing. I am a delay freak and love that thing.

Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0bZsXmKWEA

  • From: Burlington, Ont Canada
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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

I recently had noise/radio stations etc as well at the rehearsal space and feared the worst, but when I got to the gig it was dead quiet. The next time I hooked up the rig at the rehearsal space the noise was gone...weird. Grounding issues maybe?

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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

The board is noisy at my house to, not as much but still noisy.

4 Reply by macg1 (edited by macg1 2010-11-19 17:42:02)

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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

anything i play at home or the studio will hum like a mother, unless i plug into a furman;  old buildings put together in the 40's... what you need is some clean power that the power strip is obviously not giving you.

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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

My rig always sounded noisey with the 1 Spot, not a huge fan of that one.  Also, running your Hot Drive and Boost will boost the noise floor of all the pedals in front of it, especially when used that far down in the chain.  I'd put all your boost pedals up front.

My signal chain would be:

Hendrix Wah
Carl Martin HD&B
Magic Stomp
MXR Phase 90
Digitech Timebender

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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

StratPaul,

I might try that but strangly enough I have the most sound problems with the Amp distoration and not the Hot Drive and boost, the Hot drive is mostly quite, except for the clean boost side then I run into problems. But I mostly use the amp OD and add the drive for more gain. I will play with the positions tonight before I screw the pedals down.

I have looked for power conditioner power strips don't think I will find one on short notice, and I hate the one spot once I commit to the board I will get something better. The other guitarist uses a one spot but has no noise, then again he plays mostly clean and I don't. The search goes on. Should be a fun gig tonight small bar and I think we will have a good crowd been a few months since the band has played.

E

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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

Hey guys I changed the board to this mostly because I didn't have long enough cables to route it like Stratpaul said.

Hendrix Wah
MXR Phase 90
Carl Martin HD&B
Magic Stomp
Digitech Timebender

After doing that and using batteries in the Wha and the Phaser the nosie was greatly reduces almost to 0.

We also had a great crowd at the show it was a lot of fun. Wish we could play more than once every couple of months.

E

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Re: Rebuilt my pedalboard and need some help

Glad the gig went well Big E!  cool

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