toolfanem
Power User
Hey folks!
After many months of frustration chasing down intermittent ground/interference issues, I finally made a break through this weekend!
When unplugging my guitar after playing for a bit, I dropped the cable onto the floor in the middle of the room. All of a sudden there was lots of buzz coming through my rig. To test where the noise was coming from, I dragged the cable across the floor into the corner of the room and to my surprise the buzz was gone! Now this has been puzzling me for months because there are multiple sources of interference in my condo, and some come and go on a day to day basis, so this has made it very tough to narrow things down.
I called my neighbor that lives below me and asked if he has dimmers in the bedroom (the room right underneath my rig). Sure enough he does, and when he turned them off the buzz was gone! Go figure his light fixture is dead center in the floor of my room! Argghhh!!!!
Now with the dimmer off I could finally chase down the other interference issues which included:
- A wireless router and Wii U power supply on the opposite side of one of the walls
- Interference coming down the CAT5 cable from the router in another room.
- A mystery source of interference this is also in the floor, but still causes issues even when neighbors lights are off. Its a small "hotspot", I ended up moving my rig to face the other wall so I don't pick that up.
Luckily my neighbors are SUPER cool and said that if they cant figure out a way to shield it that they'll switch it for a regular switch and remove the dimmer.
Any other tips on making this situation work out even better? Will something like a guitar cable with one end floated like the Planet Waves?
After many months of frustration chasing down intermittent ground/interference issues, I finally made a break through this weekend!
When unplugging my guitar after playing for a bit, I dropped the cable onto the floor in the middle of the room. All of a sudden there was lots of buzz coming through my rig. To test where the noise was coming from, I dragged the cable across the floor into the corner of the room and to my surprise the buzz was gone! Now this has been puzzling me for months because there are multiple sources of interference in my condo, and some come and go on a day to day basis, so this has made it very tough to narrow things down.
I called my neighbor that lives below me and asked if he has dimmers in the bedroom (the room right underneath my rig). Sure enough he does, and when he turned them off the buzz was gone! Go figure his light fixture is dead center in the floor of my room! Argghhh!!!!
Now with the dimmer off I could finally chase down the other interference issues which included:
- A wireless router and Wii U power supply on the opposite side of one of the walls
- Interference coming down the CAT5 cable from the router in another room.
- A mystery source of interference this is also in the floor, but still causes issues even when neighbors lights are off. Its a small "hotspot", I ended up moving my rig to face the other wall so I don't pick that up.
Luckily my neighbors are SUPER cool and said that if they cant figure out a way to shield it that they'll switch it for a regular switch and remove the dimmer.
Any other tips on making this situation work out even better? Will something like a guitar cable with one end floated like the Planet Waves?