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Topic: Amp or Guitar Trouble? |
Jim Hofman
From:
Iowa, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 1:17 pm |
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I have a Fender Frontman 25R, a SX lap steel and a Sho-Bud Maverick. When I plug either into the amp I get a lot of loud buzzing, and popping, also when I touch the strings or the bridge cover on the SX. What is causing this? Amp is brand new, use GeorgeL premade cables. Also, on the pickup on the Maverick it is missing one of the metal circles on the top.
I'm a total newbie to this. |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 2:39 pm
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| Just a guess, but I would check the pickup gound, first. Does the buzz stop when you place your hand on the strings? |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 4:26 pm
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Since it happens with both I'd ignore the guitars for now.
It sounds like a bad input jack, but let's eliminate some things first:
Does it do it no matter what wall outlet you plug into?
Have you tried another guitar cable?
Does the "popping" change if you jiggle the cable near the jack?
If the answers to all the above are yes it sounds like the input jack is the culprit, a common problem on cheap practice amps. If not, we'll work from the answers given to narrow it down.
If the jack is the problem you can try spraying a little electrical cleaner/lubricant (NOT just cleaner - it'll ruin parts) and plugging in/unplugging a cable about 40-50 times...that often cleans off any corrosion. That's about all you can do yourself if you have no electrical experience...anything further, take it to a tech. Should be a cheap repair.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Jim Hofman
From:
Iowa, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 5:15 pm
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| On my amp, when have just the normal volume on, when I touch the strings the buzzing gets louder. When I turn on the "drive" volume most of the buzzing goes away and there is no snapping or popping. I hope I can find my reciept for the amp and return it. |
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Jim Kennedy
From:
Brentwood California, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 11:29 am
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Get a known good guitar, or plug your guitars into a known good amp. If a known good guitar works, or the problem travels with the guitars, you have a guitar problem. The Maverick is an older guitar, I don't know about the other one. I do know if your grounds are not good on the guitars, theynwill buzz like crazy. This is a fairly common problem on older instruments, especially in areas of high humidity. The good thing is that a little cleanig and tightening of ground connections will fix the problem, if that is the problem
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ShoBud Pro 1, 75 Tele, 85 Yamaha SA 2000, Fender Cybertwin, |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 5:05 pm
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Jim - from that description it does sound like an amp issue. If it's less than 30 days old and you bought it from a "big box" you can return it; otherwise, it'll be a warranty repair item.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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