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  • September 14, 2010 at 10:20 am #80728
    souljah671
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    So I’m trying a new effects-chain, and I want to know where I’m getting this hiss sound from…I lowered my distortion pedals from their high-gain setting (because I don’t have a noise suppressor/gate).

    First, in the effects loop of my amp are MXR Micro Flanger -> MXR Carbon Copy (set for slapback delay) -> EHX Deluxe Mem. Boy (set for long delays for solos) -> MXR Wylde Chorus -> Digitech Hardwire Reverb (stereo out) -> Line6 DL4 -> Fender JazzKing EFX Loop return (right out goes to another combo to split the signal into stereo)

    In front of the amp, I have my EHX Black Finger Tube Compressor -> LPB-1 Boost -> Boss OC-3 -> Q-Tron+ -> EHX Signal Pad -> Boss LS-2 Line Selector (Effects loop A Send -> Digitech Hardwire Tube Dist. -> Digi-Valve Dist. -> Digi-Metal Dist. -> Morley Bad Horsie II -> Effects loop A return) -> EHX GraphicFuzz (used only for EQ) -> BBE Sonic Stomp -> Input of JazzKing

    I think I’m getting the hiss from the Boss OC-3, but I’m still unsure…

    September 14, 2010 at 5:26 pm #111414
    Barra Rock
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    Have you tried each pedal on its own?
    Perhaps just one is the culprit

    September 14, 2010 at 6:13 pm #111415
    Cryabetes
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    are you using the power out of the LS-2? that can cause ground loops and hum, depending on how the rest of your chain is wired.

    September 14, 2010 at 9:39 pm #111421
    souljah671
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    I was using power from the LS-2, but I stopped that. With the pedals in the effects loop, I’m using a 1-Spot power supply daisy chain. And all my pedals in front of the amp are powered by either their specific power supply or my DC-Brick.

    Barra Rock, I haven’t tried each pedal on its own kus that’s just too time-consuming. Also, I feel I know enough about pedals to get me by without having to test-run each pedal by itself. I just have to figure out if it’s a bad cord or a routing situation.

    Thanks for the feedback

    September 15, 2010 at 4:35 am #111427
    Mr.Grim
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    i see your running a compressor and many od/distortion pedals. i know its normal to use the compressor before OD/distortion, but once in a while you will find that a specific fuzz/OD/dist/boost just doesn’t like being after and actualy needs to be placed before the compressor.

    in my case it was my Double Muff, it had a loud airy hiss all the time, and for a long while i thought thats was just the nature of the beast. but i found that it did not like being after my tube Black Finger compressor.

    so this could be another thing for you to try out, remove your fuzz/OD/dist/boost pedals one at a time and see if thats the problem.

    you problem could be one or more of many things, this is just one idea.

    September 15, 2010 at 4:38 am #111428
    Mr.Grim
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    plus you may want to try your setup in another location, sum equipment like yours (and sum of mine in the past) pick up a hiss from other items near by. its catching electro magnetic interference from other items, like florescent lighting, heaters, washing machines, electric panel boxes, and many other items that have a rotating motor.

    September 15, 2010 at 6:00 am #111429
    souljah671
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    Thanks…I was thinking of doing that with the distortion pedals awhile back, but I got high and kept jamming some jazz pregression over and over, hehe. Also, thanks about the electrical interference feedback. I’m about to slowly switch out each distortion one by one to see what’s hissing, thanks a bunch…

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