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Post subject: PEDAL STATIC HELP!!
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:50 pm
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Hi guys I have been having a problem lately. When I plug my guitar through my pedals through to the amp i get a lot of un-wanted static and buzz, also if im singing as well i seem to get what feels like a 9 volt electric shock through my microphone on my mouth which is rather off putting when trying to belt out a tune.

My rig is as follows:

Guitar (60th Anniversary Sunburst Strat) - Boss TU-2 Tuner - Cry Baby Wah - Ts-9 Tubescreamer reissue - MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe - Line 6 DL-4 Delay modeler - Fender Bassman 59' reissue

All Pedals are powered using a DC-Brick!!

I'm not worried so much about the hum through the amp more so worried about the electric shock on the mic.

Has anyone had this problem? Or does anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? Im in Australia and we run of 240V 50HZ if thats any help! And I had the same problem at home and at a gig!! So yeah any help would be greatly appreciated!!


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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:31 am
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If you're getting shocked by your mic, STOP PLAYING. What it means is that something in your rig, either your guitar or your mic, isn't grounded properly. When you're simultaneously touching the mic and your guitar strings, you're completing a circuit and, as a result, getting shocked.

As far as pedal hum goes, you have to realize that some pedals -- particularly overdrives and distortions -- are noisy. There's not much you can do about that. It might be worth checking your cables. Moreover, your pedals might not want the 240V current!


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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:38 am
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Sounds to me like you have a grounding issue.

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cool thanks guys so a grounding issue! Do you know a few things that it might be (more precisely)? would it be in the dc-brick or in the pedals or the cables??


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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:41 pm
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Process of elimination.

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Post subject: Re: PEDAL STATIC HELP!!
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:26 pm
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Check the compatiblity of the power brick to the pedals and check your grounding on the setup. Some pedals have reverse polarity and you run the risk of serious shock. You're jolts are from not having a solid ground contact....


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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:38 pm
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It's definitely a ground issue, the question is where? Perhaps a tiny nick in one of your 9 volt power supply wires from your DC Brick? Does your amp have a ground lift switch? There are several simple things you can check, wiring quality being the first thing I'd check. Also, if you could plug your gear into a power conditioner that would probably eliminate your problem.

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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:05 pm
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Yeah man, " the process of elimination." How,s it doing with just the guitar, amp, and PA? Not familiar with the pedal power supply(DC Brick), but that's where I'd start looking for failure. Everything was fine up to a certain point in time, right? How are the guitar and mic cables? ART

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Post subject: Re: PEDAL STATIC HELP!!
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:41 pm
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DetroitBlues wrote:
Check the compatiblity of the power brick to the pedals and check your grounding on the setup. Some pedals have reverse polarity and you run the risk of serious shock. You're jolts are from not having a solid ground contact....


either that or someones pumping phantom power threw your sm58 trying to kill you

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