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pedal problem?

As far as the cables are concerned I have Monster Studio Pro 1000 cables all around: instrument, patch and speaker. They cost a fortune so I'm pretty sure it's not that.
I did try other cables too but no difference
Expensive cables do not an RF/noise filter make.

Take all your stuff somewhere else far far away from the place where you hear the noise and see if you still hear the noise. If you live near a radio station transmitter (probably an AM station) your gear might be rectifying the strong RF (Radio Frequency) field. It may not be the pedal, even though it seems to only be happening when you have the pedal connected. RF is funny stuff and doesn't necessarily follow the rules that apply to other kinds of noise.

You may also have grounding issues. That can contribute to noise and RF pickup. For a cable shield to be most effective from shielding RF and noise it needs to be grounded. Otherwise it can act as an antenna.

You may have a pirate broadcaster in the neighborhood. Legit broadcasters are suppose to announce a station ID near the top of the hour. The ID will include a call sign and city of license. "This is WKRP Cincinnati."
If you can get the ID look them up on Radiolocator.com and if it's a legit station you will be responsible for fixing the interference to your equipment. There are measures to deal with this stuff but it gets pretty complicated for the non RF initiated.

If it's a pirate contact the FCC, start at FCC.gov to report it. That seems to be about all they want to do these days is to bust pirates, so they might actually do something. Just don't expect it to happen quickly.

Your best bet though is to figure out how to deal with the noise and RF. Or find someone who knows about this stuff to help you. If it's happening where you are now it can happen anywhere.
 
thanks for the advice ...considering all these possibilities it seems the easiest fix is simply not to use this pedal.
Never had this happen before , been using this amp in this location and others for 10 years with at least 10 different basses .
 
To me, the noise issue, radio interfearence and whine and such, sounds like a problem with your active bass's onboard preamp. It's being magnified by the gain the pedal brings to the table. More suspicious, since it comes and goes with the push/pull volume knob.

Does it get better and worse if you point the bass in different directions? Like its acting like an antenna? Something in there is not grounded right or fried.

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I have definitely concluded the whine noise is from the amp and only 1 bass is amplifying it in certain conditions. I started a thread in" pickups and electronics" about that with more specific details about when it happens.

so far picking up radio only happened one night so I haven't been able to test anything. If it doesn't happen again then no worries. I may have a new amp in my future so that could resolve this issue as well .