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Topic: Fender tone/vol. pedal noise. |
Bill McRoberts
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Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 1:09 pm |
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Recently, I had the 500k pots replaced in my tone/volume pedal. I did this only because there was an audible crack or tick in the tone sweep that was first noticed by an engineer while in a recording session with my Fender stringmaster. Since the rebuild I found that the crackling is still noticable but only while playing strings and at the high end of the tone sweep. Sweeping the tone from low to high at full volume with no strings produces no cracking. What gives?
Is it the pedal or the guitar? |
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 1:47 pm
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If you strum the strings, then without touching the guitar, sweep the pedal, does it crackle? If not, I'd say you might have a bad ground in the guitar, cable or pedal. With the volume up, does it crackle if you just touch the strings with one finger? Again, may be a bad ground.
Try going directly from the guitar to the amp and do the touch test. Any noise?
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Best regards,
Mike |
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Bill McRoberts
From:
Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 1:57 pm
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Mike,
Touching the strings at full volume and + tone does nothing.
Strumming without touching anything on the guitar but the plastic thumb pick then sweeping the tone still creates the cracking.
Guitar to amp direct no crackle........ |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 2:55 pm
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Sure sounds like the pot is the culprit. I've heard reports on the forum that the Canadian pots can have problems right off the bat. You may have to send it back for a replacement.
One last thought....if your guitar has a tone or volume control, go direct to the amp again and run the guitar's tone and volume up and down. Any crackle? If not, it's got to be the pedal's pot.
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Mike |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 3:14 pm
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| Are you driving the pedal from a preamp (Match box or possibly a pre-amp of some other type)? I have found that most pot pedals do not like to see that much signal and will exhibit noise. |
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Bill McRoberts
From:
Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 3:29 pm
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| I'm running direct no effects. |
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Bill McRoberts
From:
Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 6:51 pm
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| Thank you both for sharing your knowledge on this issue. I found the problem within the guitar wiring and pots. |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2007 7:11 pm
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Well, another one solved by the.......STEELIN' DETECTIVES!!!! 
Glad you found the problem, Bill. Happy pickin'.
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Mike |
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