Has anybody else experience a terrible low cycle hum in their brand new units?
I recenlty bought one of those very nice looking Green Dan Electro Reel tape echo simulator pedals and it sounds great in perspective but I can't use it now cause everytime I turn it on, it makes a terrible low noticable hum!
Is this common with these units??
Are you using a battery or supply? do you have cable tv/internet? it kinda sounds like a ground loop but it could just be a defective pedal. if your using a battery try a 2 prong cheater plug on your amp if you have one or just plug your amp into different ac outlet or in a different room.
Tried a power strip doc?
It's not common. Which power supply are you using? I used the real dan electro PS and it worked just fine. Try using batteries. If you still have problems try a different building or a different outlet. Try a different guitar, different amp, different cable. Try, try, try... If it still does it, get a new one or try and have it repaired. It's a great little big pedal.
Thanks guys!
When I first got the pedal, it worked fine out of the box but now when I just started giggin with it, I noticed the hum coming on?
*I'm going to check the power adapter again ,,, I've been using that, not the battery.
I have a few adapters around and it's possible, just possible,,, that maybe one or two got mixed up in my gig bag?
I'll let you all know what I find! ...
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Hey Fellows!
Interesting conclusion!
I tried just the 9 volt battery and it sounds fine!!!
The adaptor is a 9 volt too, but makes the hum when I use it,
I bet I have a bummed adaptor???
Thanks for the insights! :)
Maybe the polarity is backward on your Adapter?
but batteries are fun, too!
Adapters must match the pedal. I fried a chorus one time using the wrong one. Right now I need one for a Digitech RP 200 that I got on a trade to goof around with and the adapter has to be 1300 mA. Very unusual.
I have a Reel Echo and it adds tons of noise.
I barely use any pedals.
The Reel Echo has some great tones, but I plan to go back to a Boss Digital Delay for the Slapback and and EH Holy Grail for Live Verb.
Try the danelectro noiseless adapter. Works with Danos (duh), Ibanez and Boss pedals, it's dirt cheap and it IS noiseless.
I absolutely HATE WallWarts. Many of them buzz because they're just a transformer and a couple of diodes and give you unfiltered pulsing DC. A regulated power supply has filter capacitors that smooth out the pulses.
Or, just use a battery.
DO NOT use AC cheater plugs. The ground wire is there for a reason.
What's black and crispy and hangs from the ceiling? Non-union electrician.
I just sold mine, but it had no noise.
Just got one and it's too noisy for me so it's going back.
Get a proper power supply. I use a boss RPW-7 and I don't even know what noise is any more. Even the very best of the little wall warts are prone to so much interference.
