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Post subject: G-Dec 30 hisses above volume 3
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:38 pm
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Hi guys,
New to this forum... actually new to the world of electric.
Just made the leap from accoustic (14 years) to electric.

Anyway... got a shiny new Fender Highway One (MIA) and a G-DEC30 amp. The strat plays fine on other Fender and Marshall amps at my local store, so I'm thinking that the problem has got to be in the amp. I bought the amp on-line so swapping for another is not a simple thing.....

My amp has a loud hiss that starts being noticable at volume level 3 and gets MUCH worse as I crank up the volume.

I spun the dial to check out all the presets and found the hum is only evident on about 70-80 percent of the presets. A lot of the presets have a great tone with no noise.

I haven't done anything scientific-like, but it seems that the hum is worst on the British and DynoAmp settings.

Any ideas?

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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:48 pm
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The GDec's have presets that are way over processed. Try changing the amp models and turn down the gain. Personally I usually dump most of the effects and a lot of the gain.


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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:57 am
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Yes, the higher gain setting cause higher hiss. Some of this hiss is from you guitar. Don't sit real close to the amp (or any amp).

Another thing that will make your Strat almost completely silent, is having a guitar tech change to a star grounding system. This will eliminate a number of ground loops in the guitar's stock wiring. It will also bring out a lot more tone you are loosing through the grounds.


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