My guitar amp keeps making a really annoying buzzing sound all the time and i dont know how to stop it. It is only when the overdrive is on. My lead doesnt plug into the amp properly it has to sit half out for it to work could this be causing it?
2006-10-18 01:46:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
I should note that every single lead does this so i think its the jack in the amp thats faulty.
2006-10-18 01:56:14 · update #1
OK I'm a Professional guitarist and you will get some noise on the dirty channel especially with chorus etc that will sweep the earth noise through the mid range .
The way we used to get quiet amps in the old days was to drive a copper spike really deep into the ground and earth your building to it improves the electrical earth and therefore reduces the earth noise you hear!
Les Paul's will give you less noise and if you got a Strat wired up the old way (middle out of phase) the position 2 and 4 on the 5 way switch will cancel out a lot of the noise.
Hope this helps !
2006-10-19 00:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by coulditbemanilow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People ask this often. Here's the problems, starting with the most serious: Blow the amp. That's right, it takes more excursion (speaker cone movement) to make a bass note than a guitar note. Can literally tear the cone over time, but more likely just makes the amp sound terrible, getting worse over time. Improper EQ - guitar settings don't voice bass notes well. Under Powered - it takes 3 bass watts to do 1 guitar watt, solid state to solid state (tube is a different story). You'll have no head room, and have to crank it, making #1 above happen faster Cab issues - guitar cabs aren't made to help bass notes. Plug into a Fender Rumble 15 (cheapest Fender bass amp), and then a vocal or keyboard amp. Listen to the difference. In short, YES you do. Also if you want effects, many of them need to be bass effects (although not all)
2016-05-21 23:15:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have an open ground. The faulty plug could very well be the culprit.
2006-10-18 01:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by delujuis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats feedback which you pretty much can't entirely avoid you may have a loose jack on your guitar/bass which may need adjusting you could get a distortion pedal which may decrease the noise slightly but overall i have yet to find a way to completely eliminate feedback
2006-10-18 01:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by fearb4themarch815 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it a fender amp? Coz mine has a fuzzy noise button.
2006-10-18 01:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by siany warny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is still under guarantee then call the manufacturer first, because they should sort it out. if it is not, i would try a new lead. hope this is useful!!
2006-10-18 01:55:46 · answer #6 · answered by Klick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your guitar has single coil pickups this is perfectly natural.
2006-10-18 11:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by hazzagess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's your lead.
Take it to a friendly guitar shop and they should be able to fix it for you
2006-10-18 01:50:11 · answer #8 · answered by bizangofish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its your lead
2006-10-18 01:55:12 · answer #9 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋