Help getting rid of EM interference with active PU?

[Guitarplayer490]

Hey guys. When I use my axe fx with active pickups, I get EM interference when I sit close to my desktop screen, probably from the actives and computer monitor being so close. It goes away if I move about 10 feet away from the monitor, but than that's not a practical recording position for me. Does anyone have any methods of preventing or reducing unwanted EM interference?

 

[rickboot]

10 feet? That seems a bit extreme. Are you using an old CRT monitor? If so, you may want to go LCD.

 

[Rex]

A few suggestions:

• Does it happen with all active pickups, or just one set of them? Maybe you've got a set that's overly sensitive to EMF.
• Maybe it's the guitar itself. Is it shielded?
• Try turning slowly in a circle to see which angle gives you the least interference.
• Put as much disatance as you can between the guitar and the source of the interference.
• Use the noise gate.
• Or just turn off the monitor while you're laying down a track.