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  • January 3, 2010 at 1:19 am #79623
    Trae3ab
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    My setup:

    AMP – Pog2 – Germanium OD – Little Big Muff – Tuner – GUITAR

    I get a nice unwanted Brrrrrrrrrr! sound when I have the pog2 and LBM switched on.

    Is there anything I can do to silence this?

    Thanks,
    Trae

    January 3, 2010 at 2:01 am #105972
    BlueSteel
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    big muffs are supposed to be noisy when they are on and not playing anything.

    January 3, 2010 at 2:03 am #105973
    John J
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    firstly: how are you powering them? if you have everything daisychained, that is likely your problem. give the pog2 its own power supply, that should fix the issue, and if you can, run the muff off of batteries – less line noise that way.

    if you’re powering everything separately, try putting the big muff before the tuner – the buffer may be causing issues down the line, fuzz pedals usually work best if you put them immediately after your guitar. if the tuner is true bypass then you may have to put the pog2 in front of the LBM and try that.

    January 3, 2010 at 6:51 pm #105982
    Trae3ab
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    Quote:
    firstly: how are you powering them? if you have everything daisychained, that is likely your problem. give the pog2 its own power supply, that should fix the issue, and if you can, run the muff off of batteries – less line noise that way.

    if you’re powering everything separately, try putting the big muff before the tuner – the buffer may be causing issues down the line, fuzz pedals usually work best if you put them immediately after your guitar. if the tuner is true bypass then you may have to put the pog2 in front of the LBM and try that.

    John… I daisy my effects, so, this seems a sound statement. I will give a separate power supply a shot. Thanks for the tip(s).

    And to anyone else who have suggestions.

    January 4, 2010 at 1:28 am #105996
    devnulljp
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    big muffs are supposed to be noisy when they are on and not playing anything.

    Not supposed to be — some are some aren’t :D. Quietest muffs I’ve got are a 74 lamb’s head and one triangle. Noisiest were 3034 and the tone wicker. But yes running the muff from its own power supply should help.

    January 4, 2010 at 2:43 am #105997
    BlueSteel
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    Quote:
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    big muffs are supposed to be noisy when they are on and not playing anything.

    Not supposed to be — some are some aren’t. Quietest muffs I’ve got are a 74 lamb’s head and one triangle. Noisiest were 3034 and the tone wicker. But yes running the muff from its own power supply should help.

    oh, my bad. i’ve never played any other muffs except for my nyc reissue, so i just assumed all were like that :doh:

    January 4, 2010 at 3:21 pm #106015
    DarkAxel
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    i’d start with getting Pog2 out of the daisychain – daisychaining analog and digital effects on ne power supply can cause weird noise

    January 4, 2010 at 7:59 pm #106033
    Vega
    Member

    Have you tried everything else?

    What kind of rig are you playing through?

    I’d definitely give the power supply recommendation a shot.

    I remember I used to live in a loft in NYC (artist’s dream right?) but it had the WORST EMF (Electro Magnetic Interference / Field). It was so terrible it bled into everything. Even my guitars with humbuckers picked up the interference and you had to hold the guitar at the right angle in the right part of the loft to diminish. It was crazy (it boggled my mind to think how much EMF exposure I was getting too!). At least there weren’t any flourescent lights in the place.

    So needless to say no matter what I did I was bombarded with noise and if I had to record anything I couldn’t do so there unless it was just to “jot notes.” so I could record it somewhere else later.

    There were times when I missed my old SRO, at least it was surprisingly “clean” when it came to EMF interference. I even tracked guitar parts in that place and no buzz, no noise, no nothing.

    Oh well.

    January 4, 2010 at 11:42 pm #106043
    Trae3ab
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    i’d start with getting Pog2 out of the daisychain – daisychaining analog and digital effects on ne power supply can cause weird noise

    Yeah… I’m trying that tonight at my space… I have to get this fixed asap as I have a show on Wed.

    I think this is the problem.

    My amp is a Fender hot rod deville 2×12 by the way…

    I have learned that the pog is not so good through the 12s though. I’m going to switch it up with a 2×10 1×12 cab setup (or just add two 10s to the existing setup)and see if that will help that out but that should be for another topic.

    January 5, 2010 at 12:00 am #106046
    AshjaahsMuff
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    noise suppressor ?

    January 7, 2010 at 7:16 pm #106177
    Trae3ab
    Member

    These were great suggestions.

    Thanks alot.

    I ended up moving my big muff back in the line and put the POG2 on a separate power supply and dropped a significant amount of noise and allowed for my feedback to be what it is supposed to be.

    Amp – POG2 – Germanium OD – Boss Dm3 – Little Big Muff – Tuner – Guitar

    Moving the Little Big Muff along with splitting power supplies were key.

    Thank Ehx forumers,
    Trae

    January 7, 2010 at 9:22 pm #106182
    DarkAxel
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    glad to hear it’s better now :)

    January 10, 2010 at 1:31 am #106266
    Trae3ab
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    well if you have any problems still, you can start by mailing me your pog2 and, um. ya thats all.

    I have been known to give things away, call it a lack of value on things or a love of gifting.

    You could have one if you truly wanted one, you just have to go and get it.
    If I gave it to you, you wouldn’t value it the same as if you had bought it yourself.

    January 17, 2010 at 2:23 pm #106509
    remedyblue
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    My setup:

    AMP – Pog2 – Germanium OD – Little Big Muff – Tuner – GUITAR

    Little bit off topic, but how do you like the Germanium OD??

    January 17, 2010 at 7:48 pm #106517
    Trae3ab
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    My setup:

    AMP – Pog2 – Germanium OD – Little Big Muff – Tuner – GUITAR

    Little bit off topic, but how do you like the Germanium OD??

    The Germanium OD is really great.

    I use it more than my Fuzz pedals

    I find myself constantly tweaking settings and finding interesting calibrations.

    It is a well crafted design with the gain, bias, & volts set up.

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