Reducing/Eliminating EMF

[Shamash]

I've always had problems with EMF in my home. Is there a way to reduce or eliminate EMF with the AX8?

This is what it sounds like. The noise is almost as loud as the signal. A gate helps, but the noise is so bad that you can hear it between notes.

 

[Rex]

You can reduce it to some extent by shielding your guitar or relocating to a different room, but the only effective way is to hunt it down and kill it at the source.

 

[Billy Blooze]

I've always had problems with EMF in my home. Is there a way to reduce or eliminate EMF with the AX8?

This is what it sounds like. The noise is almost as loud as the signal. A gate helps, but the noise is so bad that you can hear it between notes.

I had exactly the same problem. I shielded my pickup/output jack cavities and pickguards , it eliminated most of it.

 

[Akstrat]

Sounds like a ground loop hum? Might want to try an Ebtech Hum Eliminator. I have a couple we use for gigs and place when necessary. They will knock a lot of noise out.

Are you playing single coil pickups?

 

[Geezerjohn]

+1 pn what @Rex said. Personally, I find my tinfoil hat helps me a lot.

 

[Shamash]

Sounds like a ground loop hum? Might want to try an Ebtech Hum Eliminator. I have a couple we use for gigs and place when necessary. They will knock a lot of noise out.

Are you playing single coil pickups?

I've tried it and it does not help. It's not a ground loop issue. I play a PRS SE SVN, a Chapman Ghost Fret and a Gibson Flying V, and it's the same issue.

 

[Shamash]

You can reduce it to some extent by shielding your guitar or relocating to a different room, but the only effective way is to hunt it down and kill it at the source.

I moved from the basement to my living room, and there is no noise at all. I have my stuff next to the HVAC, so maybe that's it.

 

[Rex]

I moved from the basement to my living room, and there is no noise at all. I have my stuff next to the HVAC, so maybe that's it.

Cool.

If you’re so inclined, you could,go back to the basement, and use your guitar as a noise sweeper, moving it around until you find a spot where it’s really loud. Maybe it’ll be something you can turn off.

 

[lauke-lux]

HVAC are using frequency converters for regulating. Don't look any further, current harmonic distortion can easily go up to 80% being a real source for coupling HF du/dt distortion wave to your guitar stringas & PU. Send the sound file and check with the HVAC OEM brand for a correct netfilter. Install it and the issue will be cleared.