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  • June 10, 2011 at 5:45 pm #81688
    mikkel
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    Dear EHX users.

    On my Fender Jazz Bass – US-made) quality bass with single coil p/u’s – I have a problem of loosing very hearable tone quality (“volume” and “body”) in ONLY the deep G when I turn on the EHX Hum Debugger. It is as if the tone gets “thin” and weak.
    It “debugs” very well, but I am really frustrated about the loss of tone. Can’t really use it.
    Bought it second hand so I don’t have a warranty, but there shouldn’t be a problem like this or???

    Does anyone have similar experiences?

    I am asking here before contacting customer service as they are asking on the web page. Maybe you guys can help me?

    Greetings from Denmark – excuse any errors in my English :-)

    Mikkel

    June 21, 2011 at 9:45 pm #115986
    mikkel
    Member

    I asked customer service and got a very swift answer. Great service, but I’m rather disappointed in the answer. Seems to me, that the “take away the hum but leaves the tone” from the on-line informational material sounds a bit hollow – at least for bass. Maybe it’s different for guitar.?

    Here’s their answer:

    “Hello. That unit is working normally. We have
    noticed that on certain notes, depending on the
    effects used, can cause a doubling metallic effect to a slight loss of volume.
    That is because the Debugger is used to filter
    out certain frequencies and that note happens to
    be emitting those frequencies in the harmonics.
    Most players if they are going to use the Hum
    Debugger work around the problem as needed.
    Regards,”

    I don’t quite see how I can work around the deep G – so I’ll be looking for another product. Any ideas as to hum debugging from other manufacturers?

    greetings,
    Mikkel

    June 22, 2011 at 1:08 pm #115956
    Cryabetes
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    use pedals that don’t make ground noise.

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