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03-13-2009, 01:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lawrence KS | | | Noise gate\supressor pedal
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Hey guys.. Can you recommend something that will work in my situation here. I play a Ric and at our practice spot I get pretty bad 60 cycle hum from the single coils since I stand right next to the circuit breakers. I have RWRP the pickups and that has helped some, but I still get pretty loud hum\buzz. So I have been thinking of getting a noise gate\supressor pedal. I don't use any effects except for a Sans Amp DI box. If I get a noise gate should it be connected after the sans Amp? Any recommendiations on a good gate?
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03-13-2009, 01:52 PM
| | | | i got the mxr smart gate for my single coil buzz... worked like a charm. |
03-13-2009, 01:53 PM
| | | | oh connect it after whatever is causing the buzz... so first if its your bass |
03-13-2009, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lawrence KS | | | Yeah the Bass is the main problem, but the Sans amp makes the buzz louder.. The Smart gate was on my list as well as the Boss NS-2. |
03-13-2009, 03:00 PM
| | | | EHX Hum Debugger or Rocktron Hush. |
03-13-2009, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | Since your problem is hum (and not hiss), I recommend an EHX Hum Debugger. It does require its own special power supply, but it seems to work very well.
Noise gates don't get rid of noise. They suppress it in between notes. While a note is played, the noise is not eliminated. Some pedals are very effective at combating noise while not interfering with your playing, such as the Boss NS-2 and ISP Decimator, but I'd steer clear of the Rocktron Hush pedal. I had one briefly and it significantly colored my tone while failing to effectively reduce noise. The rack versions might be better (they're popular with guitarists), but the pedal version is a no-go, IMO.
PM Chronicle if you're curious about a real-life experience with the Hum Debugger and a Ric. He uses both.
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03-13-2009, 03:12 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | ISP Decimator. |
03-13-2009, 03:13 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | Ahh, mystic beat me to it. |
03-13-2009, 03:24 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector Basses/Genz Benz Amplification/Mojo Hand FX | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | Anyone use the ISP to supress the "swoosh" of a phaser when it's on, but you're not playing?? |
03-13-2009, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by fishtx  Anyone use the ISP to supress the "swoosh" of a phaser when it's on, but you're not playing?? | Any noise gate should be able to pull that off - the swoosh noise is usually too weak to prevent the gate from engaging unless your threshold is really low.
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03-14-2009, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by fishtx Anyone use the ISP to supress the "swoosh" of a phaser when it's on, but you're not playing?? | Yes. Quote:
Originally Posted by MysticBoo Any noise gate should be able to pull that off - the swoosh noise is usually too weak to prevent the gate from engaging unless your threshold is really low. | +1
Or if you have any gain pedal in front of the modulation (which I do all the time, chorus, phaser, flanger, etc) then the "swoosh" just gets unbearable. A noise gate works wonders in this scenario. |
03-14-2009, 10:09 AM
| | | | Have had good luck with Rocktron and MXR for this application |
03-14-2009, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dacula, GA | | | I used my guitarists NS-2 to kill the noise from my compressor, sansamp, and ds-1.
It could've been better. Felt like the front of my notes were chopped off, but if I turned the threshold down, it wouldn't have been the same.
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03-14-2009, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lawrence KS | | I am thinking of going with the hum debugger.. Seems like the best device to get rid of single coil humm, which is what my problem is.. Plus i really want to see the Elfs that live inside there  |
03-14-2009, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by excane Yes.
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Or if you have any gain pedal in front of the modulation (which I do all the time, chorus, phaser, flanger, etc) then the "swoosh" just gets unbearable. A noise gate works wonders in this scenario. | Ok thanks...my guitar player has an ISP he's not using...I may grab it and give it a go... |
04-01-2009, 02:53 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | ISP's super expensive! Holy cow! All that money for a noise gate?
So last time I checked in with noise gates, I had a Boss NF-1 which I loved. I'm probably going to stick with the one in my Zoom B2, but just in case I decide not to, which is better...the old NF-1 or the newer NS-2?
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04-01-2009, 09:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | I use a NS-2 with Rics. Silence is golden.
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