I've noticed over the past years that ever since I got my phone, and it was on me at the time, I was playing guitar and whenever I recieve a text message it interfers with the amp, it makes a very annoying, beeping sound, its driving me crazy.
Anyone know why?

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riley

Is your phone a Razr by any chance? I had one and it did the same thing. Whenever I was close enough to anything electronic with a speaker it would cause interference right before I received a call.

No, its a samsung, great phone. I wonder why?

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riley

It's the ping signal that the cell towers and phones use to locate each other. My television, amps, clock radio, and anything else with a speaker I'm near when they ping each other does the same thing. The signal is so strong that it gets picked up by other electronic devices. I got rid of the Razr and bought the iPhone instead and haven't had that problem since.

So does that mean we need Pingbucker pickups now to block out the ping signals?

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We have that problem with someone where I work. Whenever she gets a call, the phone makes a rasping sound in nearby speakers. Annoying, but so we were told, there's nothing we can do about it.

I'd hear that annoying rasping sound on and off all day long and had no idea what it was until someone told me. In our case, it gets picked up in the speaker (for the company PA) out in the main room.

That and a funny aluminium hat to protect our brains.

I envy you - I have an iPhone and still have the problem. The only thing that helps with mine is to either move the phone further from the speaker or turn it off completely.

A lot of electronic equipment will interfere with the signal to the amp,it's usually the guitar not the amp that's the root of the problem.The pups especially single coil pick up the impulses caused by the device.When I was using a TENS machine(a device that emits small electrical shocks to stimulate nerves and reduce pain) I was a long time trying to figure where the annoying buzz in my speakers was coming from.I finally put 2 and 2 together one night when I switched it off while holding the guitar. The only thing that you can do to remedy this is to keep the phone as far as possible from the guitar.

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You might want to try wrapping your fingers and the headstock of your guitar in aluminum foil.....then when you are playing and just before and anticipated call or text, strum an e-minor chord and quickly lean to the right while standing on one leg. This should solve the pinging problem without any issues. If this sure-fire solution does not work then I suggest turning off your phone during the ever important guitar practicing session.......

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I Can't Explain

This also works using an a-minor

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Here is what I do to cut down on external noise. Turn everything off, cell phone either off or across the room. Only use one or two outlets for Amp and Pedals, nothing else plugged into the surge protector.

When I was younger, I had a guitar that would pick up everything. I could hold it up to my mouth and talk through it and hear myself. Learned back then to unplug the phone (dating myself) and no other electrinics on but the amp.

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RK

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2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Turn on phone off while playing?

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"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."-John Wayne

Haven't thought of that....*sarcasm

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riley