Recent content by bcbrian

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    Cabinets Madness

    The Master continues on. Check him out on DNA amplification.
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    Pickup hum

    I wasn't accurate when I said that I had two overhead "light fixtures". Actually, the "fixtures" are ceiling fans with three light sockets each. Okay, there's a fan motor up there. I have two wall switches, one for the fan and the other for the lights. I don't have hum with the lights off and...
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    Pickup hum

    Okay! I finally found the source of the interference. I live in a large log house and the living room is 20'X30' with a vaulted ceiling with two light fixtures about 15' above the system that have three spiral fluorescent bulbs each. I shut off the fixtures and the hum is gone. Now I'll have to...
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    Pickup hum

    Okay, thanks guys! I'm not familiar enough with humming to say that it's a 60 cycle hum but it seems like it is. It's a familiar sounding hum that I've heard in the past, so probably. I maxed out the knobs, tried the pickups as suggested and still getting the hum. The pickups are the originals...
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    Pickup hum

    My first reply on this forum, thanks! The hum is quite audible within a 10 foot radius of the system but fades out farther away. Again, the hum comes and goes with 90 degree rotations of the guitar and yes, the control cavity base plate is grounded. I tried using a Hum X made by Ebtech but to no...
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    Pickup hum

    Has anyone solved pickup hum on a Kramer 450B or any other Kramers with humbucker pickups? When I point the neck in the same direction that the amp and cabs are facing, all is quiet even with the gain elevated but when I rotate the guitar 90 degrees, too much hum. It's similar to a feedback. Has...