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Re: SansAmp Noise

1/25/2000 3:42 PM
JB	Re: SansAmp Noise Brad, Turn the volume on your guitar off when in those two settings and listen for the buzz level. If you no longer hear noise, your pickups are sending the noise through to the GT-2. Are you sitting in front of your computer monitor with your guitar? More and more people are discovering that computer based recording systems and electric guitars don't like to be near each other. There is a huge amount of gain in those two modes, actually more than people need. Set the gain to where it feels comfortable, then back it off two notches. You will probably notice that there is still enough drive. There is hiss in those two modes, but there should not be any buzz without a pickup present. When your guitar is connected (and more so if you use single coils) you will hear hum in the high gain modes. Try hooking up a guitar with P90's to a high gain amp and listen to the noise. The hum is louder than the notes when your not playing. The two things to look for are power supply hum, and proximity to devices such as monitors, and transformers. If you find that you still have trouble, you should just contact me at work: john@tech21nyc.com

1/25/2000 3:42 PM

Re: SansAmp Noise

Brad,

Turn the volume on your guitar off when in those two settings and listen for the buzz level. If you no longer hear noise, your pickups are sending the noise through to the GT-2. Are you sitting in front of your computer monitor with your guitar? More and more people are discovering that computer based recording systems and electric guitars don't like to be near each other.

There is a huge amount of gain in those two modes, actually more than people need. Set the gain to where it feels comfortable, then back it off two notches. You will probably notice that there is still enough drive. There is hiss in those two modes, but there should not be any buzz without a pickup present. When your guitar is connected (and more so if you use single coils) you will hear hum in the high gain modes. Try hooking up a guitar with P90's to a high gain amp and listen to the noise. The hum is louder than the notes when your not playing. The two things to look for are power supply hum, and proximity to devices such as monitors, and transformers. If you find that you still have trouble, you should just contact me at work:
john@tech21nyc.com