well i just read through it all. I have everything that guy did too. I isolated it from my chain, the noise was still present. I dont have a very trebely setup, im using monster cables (tho i tried a cheapy too, it sounded a bit worse but nothing drastic), and it makes noise on every channel, unbearably so. I also tried it on my cheapy practice amp- god that sounded awful. In that thread they do say that the fx loop would help, and i believe it. When i put the pedal through the front, it makes the noise, even at low volumes. Now when i put it in the fx loop, the volume decreases but he nois disappears almost entirely, in fact i thought it was gone until i rrreeeallly listened. Now if i put it back up front and lower the volume on the amp to try to get it the same as the previous scenario, i still get the noise.

So…im pretty sure this pedal has a bit of noise. I understand that its analog and stuff thats all fine, its not making me dislike the pedal. Any place with reviews will tell ya over and over again it has a lot of noise, i just want it gone.

this thing hums way to much when i used it up front, what else would i do about it?

ive just been told it goes before the chain. this is starting to look like a solution.

Slightly unrelated note- is it just my ears of does the pedal really color my tone?

im sorry, whats an lpb-1?