I'm getting a LOT of radio through my rig, thoughts?

"All I know is it's really lame to have a loud radio station coming through my rig."

lol

 

Nice board. In my experience fuzzes are often the culprit - you sure it's not the Biyang? I might also try a shorter stretch of cable from board to amp, just to see.

Nice stuff,

T

 

Try powering your board with a power supply that has isolated outputs, it really helps and cuts some of the annoying buzz .

 

It is most common with fuzz...

Last night I set up my recording stuff for the first time in a while to compare an Eminence Red Fang to a Weber Blue Dog and with no pedal turned on I had classical music coming through - bizarre. At least my mic didn't pick it up at all, lol. I have a voltage regulator and a power conditioner, so that is a surprising thing to happen.

 

My wah inductor caused it once. Also WHERE you are can make a huge difference, it was worse in my practice room.

 

Ding ding ding ding ding!

Time for a wireless system. Or move the amp closer to you.

 

Only time I've ever heard radio coming through my gear is this month - when my new Joe Bonamassa CryBaby is on.

I love it BTW.

 

Are you playing a guitar with single coils, is the RF still there with the volume rolled down, I was getting the same thing and it was the pickup sheilding.

 

It's the power supply. A pedal power or similar would help. Also the wiring method causes rf. Try not to have loops in your wires. Also bad power in the room could cause it.

 

I suppose when you plug in directly to the amp you don't have the problem, right ?

 

You're powering all of that with two 1spots?

That or fuzz.

 

I would try removing the pedals one at a time to see if you can find the culprit.

An electronics guy told me one time there is a simple device you clamp onto you last cable and it stops it.

 

My Van den Hul cable lets radio noise through. My Analysis Plus cables do not. So, another component to check.

 

If it is an AM radio station it is a bad Ground somewhere in that chain, better powersupply will help and look into a good buffer. I just got the Vertex buffer system and it is amazing!

 

I got an all Asian news channel playing through my Fender Blues Deluxe at a buddys house one time. No effects.. Just amp and guitar... and Asians...

 

It looks like a lot of effort went into that board! There is a hell of a lot of wire, and many opportunities for ground loops. You have one, rest assured, or several, and you probably should have started that large of a board, with a power supply with isolated voltage circuits.

If you do not believe this, the test is simple enough. Round up a bunch of batteries, disconnect the power supplies you have and run on batteries. There is a penalty for complexity in pedalboards. The problems can be tough to sort out. One way to do it is to lift signal grounds, but that's real difficult with solderless cabling. Good luck!!