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Topic: Echo Pedal Problem! |
Cameron Kerby
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Rutledge, TN
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Posted 17 Oct 2016 4:08 pm |
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Recently I got my hands on a Wampler Faux Tape Echo pedal and have been experimenting with it. It does everything I need it to do but creates an amp hum once engaged. After checking all possible problems, it seems to be the combination of the pickup in my guitar and the pedal.
When I use the pedal with a friends telecaster, it works fine.
I'm sure there is an incredibly simple explanation to this but I'm not very tech-savvy. Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks.
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Sho Bud Steel Guitars
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 17 Oct 2016 5:22 pm
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Try different cables?
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Cameron Kerby
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Rutledge, TN
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Posted 17 Oct 2016 6:11 pm
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Lane, Yes I have tried a few different kinds that all work without it. The George L's I have decrease the hum the most but it is still noticeable. I've tried to isolate it as much as possible.
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Sho Bud Steel Guitars
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Oct 2016 4:39 am
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Pedal steel pickups are far more sensitive than guitar pickups. Try moving the unit away from the guitar and amp, and see if that makes any difference.
Are you using a battery or a power supply? If you're using a power supply, it might be a ground-loop issue, or a defective power supply. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2016 5:06 am
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Recently I heard a hum when I hooked up my TC Electronics reverb pedal and found that the input jack was lose. It wasn't lose to the touch but when I tightened it up,the hum was gone.
Also, if you have florescent lights over the guitar,turn them off and see if it goes away. I've seen those lights cause problems with microphones in Ham radio many times.
Good luck.
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Carl Mesrobian
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Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2016 6:30 am
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With the pedal plugged in (and humming) hold another guitar cable by the ground or plastic part of the plug and touch one end (tip) to the endplate of your guitar (where the jack is) and one tip to a changer finger and see if the hum goes away. If so, then your guitar jack is possibly "floating" and needs to be grounded to part of the changer.
If still there, do the same test with the stomp box and changer finger.
If you have a meter, just test all the ground points for continuity 
If none of that finds it, then the adventure continues..
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