Dendrite
Inspired
So I've been playing the same Badger preset for a lot of different applications recently. It sounds great at home, and I have no significant noise from it at home.
At rehearsal yesterday though- lots of noise. Before I try to address it though, I wanted to make sure I'm thinking about it the right way...
What affected it: -switching to coil tap made it LESS noisey- it was louder with HBs.
- Touching/Muting the strings with my hand made it stop, though the gate could have been involved.
- A slight hit on the strings to open the gate, it worsened if I increased the drive knob, and improved if I backed it down. Ditto with guitar volume knob.
- Interestingly, a slight string hit to open the gate, and then touching a screw on the AX8 or touching the metal AX8 handle made the hum stop.
- Couldn't hear it on lower gain presets. Persisted on other moderate gain presets.
What didn't affect it: - Rotating my body, with coil tap or HB.
- Restarting AX8.
- AX8 ground lift switch had no change in noise.
- Moving wires/cables around.
So, I'm pretty convinced of a ground loop, just one the switch doesn't address. The AX8 is plugged into a cheap power strip with a variety of other things also plugged into it- that along with the stage wiring and lighting are beyond my control. The best option as I see it from old forum posts is inserting a HumX where the AX8 plugs into the power strip. If that doesn't fix it, maybe switch out for a Hum Eliminator...
Am I barking up the right tree here?
At rehearsal yesterday though- lots of noise. Before I try to address it though, I wanted to make sure I'm thinking about it the right way...
What affected it: -switching to coil tap made it LESS noisey- it was louder with HBs.
- Touching/Muting the strings with my hand made it stop, though the gate could have been involved.
- A slight hit on the strings to open the gate, it worsened if I increased the drive knob, and improved if I backed it down. Ditto with guitar volume knob.
- Interestingly, a slight string hit to open the gate, and then touching a screw on the AX8 or touching the metal AX8 handle made the hum stop.
- Couldn't hear it on lower gain presets. Persisted on other moderate gain presets.
What didn't affect it: - Rotating my body, with coil tap or HB.
- Restarting AX8.
- AX8 ground lift switch had no change in noise.
- Moving wires/cables around.
So, I'm pretty convinced of a ground loop, just one the switch doesn't address. The AX8 is plugged into a cheap power strip with a variety of other things also plugged into it- that along with the stage wiring and lighting are beyond my control. The best option as I see it from old forum posts is inserting a HumX where the AX8 plugs into the power strip. If that doesn't fix it, maybe switch out for a Hum Eliminator...
Am I barking up the right tree here?