Humming

[carpediem666]

hey guys

I have recently brought a NS2 Boss noise suppressor pedal. It works like a charm and kills all feedback plus unwanted noise!!

However on channel 2 i get a really bad humming noise. Its in the background but when the noise suppressor is switched on it makes it a whole lot worse!!

Any ideas??

I am using a Single Rectifier series 1 solo head through a mesa rec 2x12 and am using ESP guitars with EMG 81's in them.

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

How might are you running the preamp gain on that channel?

If you're running the NS-2 outfront, then it is only killing pickup and cable noise....preamp noise is still there....if you want to kill that, you'll need another suppressor in the loop of the amp.

 

[carpediem666]

The gain is about 3 o clock.

ahhhh so should i run the NS2 through the loop instead of in the input of the amp?

 

[Botch]

I feel your pain man. I have humming on the CLEAN channel of my Dual Rec and I have no idea why.

 

[carpediem666]

well i tried the NS2 through the FX loop but basically it did F***k All to my feedback problems.

I guess i just gotta live with the humming noise! its not too bad just when i kick in channel2!! lol

 

[Platypus]

I feel your pain man. I have humming on the CLEAN channel of my Dual Rec and I have no idea why.

Preamp tubes.

 

[domct203]

I feel your pain man. I have humming on the CLEAN channel of my Dual Rec and I have no idea why.

Preamp tubes.

+1

 

[Jak0lantern01]

Mine just started humming and crackling a few weeks after retubing with a set of JJ's from Eurotubes. Just out of curiosity, what would the symptoms of bad caps/resistors be? Output transformer?

 

[Platypus]

Mine just started humming and crackling a few weeks after retubing with a set of JJ's from Eurotubes. Just out of curiosity, what would the symptoms of bad caps/resistors be? Output transformer?

Caps going bad would give you ghost notes... humming/crackling is almost assuredly preamp tube related

 

[Jak0lantern01]

Ghost notes?

 

[Platypus]

Ghost notes?

Notes that can be heard on top of what you're playing that aren't harmonics.. it's very obvious once you've heard it but it's hard to explain in words.