Whammy octave up with less noise - any alternatives?

thecolourbox

Hey up, thinking of chucking in my Whammy because it doesn't seem to play nice with the electric in my house and is noisy as hell, but is there a viable alternative that'll be any better?

Boss ps6 or the Beringer version? TC sub n up? Is the ricochet the same as the Whammy for noise? 

It's for the Jack White octave up solo sound, so to go before a fuzz (when I find one that is cheap enough that sounds ok)

I do use the doubled octave down on it too but that is easier to do with other stuff. The  Whammy on the gsp1101 doesn't seem great.

eBay suggests I might get £70 to play with if I sell the Whammy

Thanks in advance

meltedbuzzbox

What whammy is it and where is it in your signal path?

They are very quiet pedals and are still the best at what they do. 

thecolourbox

Whammy five. Does it everywhere in the chain, but needs to be before the fuzz if I have it at all

Not to worry, I'll just have to accept it's not for me then

meltedbuzzbox

Maybe try a pitchfork?

The sub n up is ok....

Or maybe get an octave fuzz?

thecolourbox

Octave fuzz doesn't work as that just doubles the octave, I use it on the transposing setting.

Will have a look at the Pitchfork, hopefully find one locally I can bring home to try first as weird stuff happens to pedals here

Moe_Zambeek

I had a Ricochet that also introduced a bit of noise when in momentary mode (I.e. buffer on). That’s why I sold mine, though in latching mode it’s true bypass and was quiet. That was with Cioks power - some pedals just didn’t like the buffered output of it,

thecolourbox

The Whammy sounds like a sort of radio interference, it's rather annoying. That plus the bloody horrible static noises I have with everything else drives my ears insane 

I wish I didn't dislike acoustic

stickyfiddle

Have you tried a different power supply? 

BobTheSalmon

TC Sub n Up is a fantatsic pedal with effectively a preset thanks to toneprint. It replaced EHX Pog 2 on my board for ease of use

joetele

I use an independent power supply with my whammy 4 and never had any noise issues. But sometimes the electrics in a house can be a bugger too