Suhr Riot Pedal - Switching noise?

[Dogman]

Hi there, just received my Riot distortion pedal and while I dig the sounds I´m a little surprised that it generates a clicking noise (well two, actually) through the amp every time I switch the pedal on.
This becomes especially noticeable with the gain at two o´clock or higher. Is this normal behaviour (I only had two - much cheaper - pedals out of my collection do this, ever) or do I have a faulty unit?
I tried the obvious stuff (changing all cables, the amp, powersupply, battery, guitar) already.

Thanks in advance for chiming in!

[jonny toetags]

Mine has never done that, but i read another thread on this forum where someone had that problem.
If you do a search for "Riot" it might pop up.
I forget what the verdict was

[Ben C.]

Mine did not do that.

[Dogman]

Hey thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
I thought I had read every single Riot post, but somehow the "Does your switch pop?"-one escaped my attention.
A little click when switching while not playing is normal and to be expected according to John Suhr, good to know, back to playing :-)

[Dogman]

Originally Posted by Husky

The click is the relay being picked up by the gain.

John, you´re are class act, thanks for taking the time to pop into this thread and providing even more background information!

[SeeMoore]

Mine does it too, and I don't care.

[mpc]

Originally Posted by Husky

The click is the relay being picked up by the gain. We found it to not be anymore than other pedals we tried and is a by product of true bypass switching and via a relay especially. You cant hear it while playing either. The advantage is they can be remotely switched, the foot switch will last a lot longer than the triple poles normally used in true bypass situations as well as kick you into bypass should the voltage indicator warning lite be ignored for too long. You can also pre decide if the pedal boots up on or off if you use a pedal drawer.

John,

When can we expect more Riot pedals in the UK, the 3 main dealers here are out of stock and waiting for more comimg in. Will it be soon?

Thanks

[Husky]

Originally Posted by mpc

John,

When can we expect more Riot pedals in the UK, the 3 main dealers here are out of stock and waiting for more comimg in. Will it be soon?

Thanks

In the next few weeks we have 20 going to Guitar Guitar and 10 going to Peach Guitars. We are just waiting for the rest of their orders to be finished for other product shipping with them.

[Meriphew]

So should we expect every Riot pedal to have this "popping" sound when the footswitch is engaged, or is it just some kind of a defect in a few pedals?

[beej]

Mine is pretty quiet.

[Meriphew]

Originally Posted by beej

Mine is pretty quiet.

Yours doesn't ever pop when you use the footswitch?

[Husky]

Originally Posted by Meriphew

So should we expect every Riot pedal to have this "popping" sound when the footswitch is engaged, or is it just some kind of a defect in a few pedals?

They don't "pop" it is a slight click, there may be things we can do to make it better and we are always working on improvements. It really is not any noisier than any true bypass switch. If we should find some improvements we are always there to support our products and will provide upates.

[beej]

Originally Posted by Meriphew

Yours doesn't ever pop when you use the footswitch?

It's like John says, there's a very slight mechanical click when you depress the momentary footswitch. Less noise than your standard pedal footswitch. As for the signal, no, I don't get any audible pop.

[WienerDog]

Just got my Riot yesterday. It does make two small clicks when you activate it, but you only hear them if you are not playing. No big deal at all.

[theGhost]

It's called true bypass.