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Ever pick up radio on your amplifier?

Dirty_FrankDirty_Frank Posts: 957
edited January 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
I'm getting Detroit sports talk radio right now.

It always comes through when I'm using a compressor.

Pretty Sweet...

:)
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  • sustainediasustainedia Posts: 112
    i did....at the recording studio.
  • kigcatkigcat Posts: 298
    our singer does sometimes when he turns on his big muff.... ooh eerr mrs
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    i have a Dallas Rangemaster clone that is virtualy unusable because of this stupid phenomenon.

    recently my TS9 has become sensitive to the same bullshit.
    it's always some crap ass AM talkradio, too.

    Fuck, it could be CB for all i can figure.

    i'm glad you think it's pretty sweet,
    cause it annoys the piss out of me.

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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    that's a sheilding problem somewhere, I used to get it a lot on an old Jimi Hendrix wah I borrowed.
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  • Dirty_FrankDirty_Frank Posts: 957
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    that's a sheilding problem somewhere, I used to get it a lot on an old Jimi Hendrix wah I borrowed.


    I don't expect any less from a Boss compressor. :D
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Dirty_Frank wrote:
    I don't expect any less from a Boss compressor. :D


    Those 5 year old taiwanese kids are really advanced though. I mean for working in a sweat shop 15 hours a day what's a little radio interference? :D
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    my old, heavy tampered with, vox wah was nortorious for picking up radio. i actually sampled it on a recording for fun when i picked up a CBC signal broadcasting a call in show.

    it happened the other day with my phaser too. i traced it down to shielding in my guitar cable. planet waves cables have a shielded end and a non shielded end. put the non shielded into the effect, radio noise. put the shielded end in to the effect, no noise. so i learned something that day.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    its weird

    on my dirty channel i get nothing

    on my clean i get Walk97 like all the time pretty decently...and then if i use my wah and leave it on the treble side, i get it clearly...annoys the fuck out of me
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  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    Yah, when I switch m Hiwatt from 12 to 40 watts it starts up pretty clearly. Kinda funny. It was rolling stones I think the one time I had it really loud.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    was playing in my kitchen one day.. turned on the way.. i got a full beach boys song from an oldies station.

    almost clear as a bell.

    and i get evangelical radio in my basement a lot ;)
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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    one time i was giving a guitar lesson and I SWEAR TO GOD from the amp we heard - "ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts, we will be landing shortly"

    my student and i looked at each other, the kind of look you give when the weirdest shit ever just happened!
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  • sj_2150sj_2150 Posts: 275
    if i position my samick 22 watt practice amp in the middle of my room stick my bass into it, and touch the tone knob i get radio
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Yep. It's usually the Voice of Russia. My four track machine picks up Radio Netherlands. The weirdest thing ever was when I was in the bathroom and the radiator picked up something.
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Yep. It's usually the Voice of Russia. My four track machine picks up Radio Netherlands. The weirdest thing ever was when I was in the bathroom and the radiator picked up something.
    lmao.

    everything is more fun in europe.
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  • TrilocoTriloco Posts: 95
    Have u tried using a Gate Filter?, I installed a Gate circuit inside my amp and i forgot this kind of problems.
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