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12/04/2005 5:31 am
on both my guitar amp and my bass amp, there is a distinct buzz that increases with the volume. this buzz is only noticable when i'm not touching the strings and they're at rest.
the guitar's a les paul through a 30w marshall amp, and the bass is made by a local guy played through a rocktron 20w bass.
12/04/2005 1:15 pm
do u have single coils? if so theres nothing u can do about that buzzing unless u replace them with a humbucker pickup
12/04/2005 2:17 pm
Wrong.
Very few single coil manufactureres properly shield their pickups. Spending $5 and an hour shielding your pick-ups will significiantly reduce interferance.
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12/04/2005 2:36 pm
You might want to try another guitar cable. Almost sounds like a bad ground problem. Do either amps have the option to reverse the polarity? How many things are plugged into the same plug-in. Are you anywhere near a computer monitor, florescent light, electric motors, etc?
Joe
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12/04/2005 4:18 pm
no, the les paul has humbuckers, there are no other electronics in the room and no pedals, just guitar and amp, and bass and amp. i used two different cables, both high quality. i don't know how to reverse the polarity, but there doesn't look like it has the option. there is no buzz when it's on but nothing's plugged in.
it's just strange that it's happening to both.