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  • January 11, 2010 at 1:25 am #79676
    piper
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    I’m not sure this has been posted, this is my first post. Does anyone with a HOG have issues with unwanted noise coming through your amp? When I run it through my big muff, which is obviously noisey itself, or any other distortion or overdrive, I can hear faint harmonics through the amp, even when my guitar’s volume is all the way down.

    Also, if I was to push a button, or slide a slider, or just tap lightly on the HOG pedal itself, that is amplified as well…anyone run across this?

    Thanks!

    May 12, 2010 at 11:52 am #103496
    beforewewerevoices
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    Hi,

    I’ve always placed my HOG pedal after my distortion boxes. The only reason I do this is because of the problem you describe.

    If the HOG is at the start of my chain, and I turn on a high gain pedal, I can tap the casing of the HOG pedal / move the sliders / engage the switches etc. and hear the mechanical sound amplified by the distortion box. There may also be a faint hiss that is also magnified by a high gain pedal.

    Does anyone have a solution to this? It must be something to do with the materials used to build the HOG casing (or some kind of electro magnetic problem) as this doesn’t happen with any other pedal I place before my distortion boxes.

    Granted, you wouldn’t normally hear the noise because you’d like to think that you’ll actually be playing guitar when your distortion boxes are on, but for a tone purist like me, I find this deeply disappointing for a product that costs so much money.

    Thanks

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