Hey guys,
So I know I’m going to get tarred and feathered for this but here goes….
I live in China and the wiring in apartments can sometimes be…. problematic. That aside, here’s what happened.
So I have a small setup in my spare room and….. yes, I have literally everything going into one wall outlet. I have my laptop, mixing desk, pedalboard, monitors, synth and Nord electro (usually not all at once but most of them are usually powered up at one time).
That alone is idiotic, I know, but I’ve never had any issues with it…. until today.
So I recently got a new power brick (secondhand trex chameleon from a friend) and so also picked up a knock-off cali76 (when in China, it does sound great though). I was going from bass > compressor (plugged into a 9v two-pronged adapter) > mixing desk. My laptop was also plugged into along with the monitors, everything else was unplugged.
I usually get some hum when I’m not touching the bass (the bass in question was a battered squire jazz I bought off a mate and it’s all beat up to hell but works well enough usually), but this evening, it suddenly was buzzing pretty loud, so I went to touch the bass and bang, it shocked me pretty fierce.
So I powered the wall adapter off (it’s just a big standard adapter, no surge protection) and decided to plug my power brick into the adapter to see if using an isolated power supply would change things. I switched it to 18v (chameleon has the option to do that). Powered everything up again and it’s seemed marginally quieter but still louder than usually. Bang, I got it again.
So now I’m sitting here wondering what the issue is. Yes, I’m a plonker for having so many things plugged into one outlet but I’ve done things that way for the last 6 months. Is it possible the bass isn’t grounded properly? Is my new knock-off cali76 the culprit (it’s been fine since I got it last week, do pedals need to be grounded? I thought the chameleon would fix that issue). I’m at a loss, but I would like to figure it out, otherwise I can’t do anything with my studio. There is only one outlet in that room.
anyway, long ramble but I figured the more info, the better. I guess I could try with my suhr and that would answer if the problem is the bass but I figured I’d ask here before getting shocked again (it’s not fun).
Thanks in advance (and apologies if there are typos, I’m on my phone)
So I know I’m going to get tarred and feathered for this but here goes….
I live in China and the wiring in apartments can sometimes be…. problematic. That aside, here’s what happened.
So I have a small setup in my spare room and….. yes, I have literally everything going into one wall outlet. I have my laptop, mixing desk, pedalboard, monitors, synth and Nord electro (usually not all at once but most of them are usually powered up at one time).
That alone is idiotic, I know, but I’ve never had any issues with it…. until today.
So I recently got a new power brick (secondhand trex chameleon from a friend) and so also picked up a knock-off cali76 (when in China, it does sound great though). I was going from bass > compressor (plugged into a 9v two-pronged adapter) > mixing desk. My laptop was also plugged into along with the monitors, everything else was unplugged.
I usually get some hum when I’m not touching the bass (the bass in question was a battered squire jazz I bought off a mate and it’s all beat up to hell but works well enough usually), but this evening, it suddenly was buzzing pretty loud, so I went to touch the bass and bang, it shocked me pretty fierce.
So I powered the wall adapter off (it’s just a big standard adapter, no surge protection) and decided to plug my power brick into the adapter to see if using an isolated power supply would change things. I switched it to 18v (chameleon has the option to do that). Powered everything up again and it’s seemed marginally quieter but still louder than usually. Bang, I got it again.
So now I’m sitting here wondering what the issue is. Yes, I’m a plonker for having so many things plugged into one outlet but I’ve done things that way for the last 6 months. Is it possible the bass isn’t grounded properly? Is my new knock-off cali76 the culprit (it’s been fine since I got it last week, do pedals need to be grounded? I thought the chameleon would fix that issue). I’m at a loss, but I would like to figure it out, otherwise I can’t do anything with my studio. There is only one outlet in that room.
anyway, long ramble but I figured the more info, the better. I guess I could try with my suhr and that would answer if the problem is the bass but I figured I’d ask here before getting shocked again (it’s not fun).
Thanks in advance (and apologies if there are typos, I’m on my phone)
