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  • #197525
    dejan
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    Hello,

    Newly purchased pedal with original power supply gives me this disturbing high frequency sound when engaged. It’s like feedback but continuous and always same level and pitch.
    It’s subtle but audible. It goes away when pedal is off and when i set treble knob to zero. I used true bypass mode and now i’m using buffered mode. no difference.

    my setup is simple. I have les paul > polytune > soul food > jvm205h
    Tried even without polytune but no difference. Amp is set so it cleans up with dynamic picking and by rolling of volume knob on the guitar. e.g not so much gain.
    Pedal is set like
    Volume: 10 o’clock
    treble: 11 o’clock
    gain: 9 o’clock

    With soul food off it’s dead quite. Cables are of good quality and new.

    Is pedal picking up something in the room?
    Do i need isolated power supply?

    When i tried it in the shop i did not hear this but now i’m kind of unsure. Shop is far away from home so no chance to go back and try it there again.
    I guess i could try 9v battery but that’s not a longterm solution.

    #197534
    EHX STAFF
    Keymaster

    Are you daisy-chaining a power supply?
    It sounds like a power supply ground loop.

    #197546
    dejan
    Participant

    Pedal is using its original power supply. It si connected to a power strip that is daisy-chained to another power strip.
    Do you believe this is the potential cause?

    #197708
    EHX STAFF
    Keymaster

    Thanks for the info.
    Try running on battery and try the pedal by itself without other pedals connected.
    Also does the noise go away if you turn down the volume control on your guitar.. Just to rule out noise coming in the pickup.
    Also the obvious, try another set of cables.

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