guitar effects pedals

Post by **Ron** » Monday Aug 11, 2008

The overdrive channel has more preamp gain than the clean channel, so it is normal to have noise on one and not the other. I doubt if there is anything wrong with your amplifier.

webmiztris · Post by **webmiztris** » Monday Aug 11, 2008

Well, that's good to know....a guy told me over the weekend that there should be no 'noise' coming through the amp on either channel, and that seemed unlikely to me....because even on my old amp, you can hear some noise through the amp on overdrive.

onegunguitar · Post by **onegunguitar** » Monday Aug 11, 2008

webmiztris wrote: onegunguitar: Up until about a month ago I was completely happy with just having my footswitch and tuner, (I played all of my shows for the past year with no more pedals than that), but it DOES sound pretty sweet to have a distortion pedal for some songs and the mellow sound of the tremelo and vibrato pedals on some songs....now that I'm using them, I don't think I can go back!

So basically, if buying an NS-2 or Hum Eliminator will solve my problem, I think it's worth a shot.

Thanks for all the help, as usual, guys!

I hear what you're saying for sure,I used to do the effect thing and they do sound sweet for certain tunes, and if you're playing covers they may almost be a "must have",but I do 99.9% originals and decided to run dry. It's all a matter of personal taste in the long run.

As for the Boss NS-2,I use one and it works great,some guys run them in the loop but I run mine between the guitar and the amp. Just give both ways a try and go with what works best for you.

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Thursday Aug 14, 2008

Ron wrote:The overdrive channel has more preamp gain than the clean channel, so it is normal to have noise on one and not the other. I doubt if there is anything wrong with your amplifier.

Ya, absolutely. Some amps just do have a hiss/hum/something whenever
the gain channel is kicked in. One of the gates may alleviate, may not, may
depend on hom much you're used to. Ex: The gain side of my Tubeworks
is REALLY noisy. It's just one of their traits. When I use it, I roll off the volume
ped when I switch to it just because I know it's going to be there.

It's kind'a one of those things that when it "Dawns" on you, it's hard to
ignore.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Aug 15, 2008

webmiztris wrote:However, even by just plugging my guitar straight into my head, bypassing ALL pedals, I still get a hum on the overdrive channel (the clean channel creates no sound whatsoever when I do this), so it's my understanding that maybe something is wrong with my head?

A little noise on an OD channel is normal. How much noise can also depend on your guitar pickups and even the cables.

What kind of pickups do you have?

webmiztris · Post by **webmiztris** » Friday Aug 15, 2008

I have Duncans in this particular guitar that I use most of the time....

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Aug 15, 2008

webmiztris wrote:I have Duncans in this particular guitar that I use most of the time....

That shouldn't be a problem then.

When it comes to regular amp rigs, I kind of like Ted Nugent's philosophy:

“There is nothing between the guitar and the amp to fuck up the signal.”