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  • November 10, 2010 at 4:41 pm #80983
    yorcel10
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    I bought the Germanium 4 Big muff and it showed up yesterday. I plugged it in and immediately began hearing the radio come out of my amp. After browsing the internet I came across many people who have the same problem. I took my set up into my basement today and did not hear any radio noise when everything was turned on. I hit the distortion pedal and it sounded very muddy and not like any other germanium muff I have heard before. So is there something wrong with my pedal or is there still some radio frequency being picked up and causing it to act this way? Or is there another explanation for this?
    My set up is:
    Bugera v22
    Epiphone Les Paul 56 Gold top
    Germanium 4 muff

    November 10, 2010 at 6:33 pm #112513
    julian
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    Probably just a one time incident.

    It happens to a lot of distortion pedals, as well as amps, but very rarely.

    November 10, 2010 at 11:31 pm #112514
    yorcel10
    Member

    I moved my amp and pedal around multiple times today to see if it was certain spots that caused the problem but had no luck. I cant believe that when I kick on the pedal it just sounds muddy and as if I was playing through a solid state amp. Im going to try for another 24 hours to find a way to fix this problem and if I cant fix it, im going to return it and get something else.

    November 11, 2010 at 3:48 am #112515
    julian
    Moderator

    Keep fiddling with the settings, I haven’t tried out the G4BM, but it’s pretty hugely tweakable. Or it might just not pair well with your amp. I find that pedals fair differently with different amps.

    November 11, 2010 at 10:46 pm #112526
    Ned Flanders
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    I have a silicon fuzz, the Ultra Lord, one of the very first editions (old big box) and it picks up radio everytime I use it.
    When I play the radio is gone, when I stop I hear horse racing or murder investigations or church sermons. I have accepted it as part of the pedal!

    November 12, 2010 at 5:21 am #112532
    Cryabetes
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    this used to happen when I used 3′ hosa cables on dock 4 of my patch bay. for whatever reason, it was the right length to pick up radio. then I wrapped the outside of the patch bay [except the patch points] with aluminum foil and it went away.

    December 1, 2010 at 12:26 am #112840
    efilho
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    Quote:
    this used to happen when I used 3′ hosa cables on dock 4 of my patch bay. for whatever reason, it was the right length to pick up radio. then I wrapped the outside of the patch bay [except the patch points] with aluminum foil and it went away.

    I’d love to see a photo…

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