So - I have encountered a huge issue with everything today.
My house appears to have an earthing issue.
I am getting the most hideous amp distortion (like an amp tranny dying). It sounds like bacon and eggs frying through the speakers.
Firstly, it happened when I was playing the Deluxe. I thought it was something wrong with the amp. So I switched to the Hiwatt- the same- the L40- the same.
Horrendous noise everywhere.
So I changed all the amp power sockets and plugged in elsewhere. Still the same.
So I then thought it might be the rack- went directly into the amps, still the same.
Shit, I think- so I take the Deluxe into the lounge- STILL THE SAME. Take J40 into lounge- arrrggghhh...you got it, still the same
It is raining hard today- could this be it?
I have no clue what's causing this other than the earthing.
So so so annoying,
Any ideas?
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
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Is there something else running in the house today that is an occasional thing (heater? Fridge? new lamp?) It might pay to go round the house isolating things one room at a time (pull the plugs) and see if the noise suddenly stops. You willl have found your culprit. If you are in a building shared with others then it may be outside your sphere of influence. It could be the bloke next door welding up his Harley frame with a stick welder. Dirty power will tend to sit in a very local area, there are ways to get 'clean' or even balanced power into your gaff for silent running of audio eguipment, most serious studios have such a feature but the cost is not negligable. Cheap surge protectors like those 4 bar trailing socket jobbies are - just big brown jobbies for serious use. You can try something like a UPS power conditioner to see it the situation improves, make sure the electrical consumption in watts from the amplifier or rack is exceeded by the UPS device by a reasonable margin, whilst your amp will draw much less than maximum power at home volumes, the start up current can be hefty.
Or get a furman (other types are available) power cleaner for the rack. They even do balanced power packs for those with credit cards bursting....
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
(see what I did there?)
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
All this swapping of amps, was it with just the one guitar and cable?
Does you TV picture and sound system exhibit any 'noise'?
When a combo is just sitting with nothing plugged into it but the controls operated, does it still fizz?
Does you Furman have a voltage display? Back in the day it was a technique used to reduce the mains voltage with a variac and starve a valve amp so that it distorted at a lower volume, if your incoming mains is low it could just be that making for power distortion, that is not likely to cause fizz and pops type noise though.
http://www.russandrews.com/mains-power-russ-andrews-mains-cables-superkord-range-superkord500/
(Not really)
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
Just doing a sound clip!
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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
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Drives me bonkers. But at least I can fix it - it could be something a neighbour has plugged in.
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