Why does my pedal board hum?

At the heart of a wah-wah pedal lies an inductor coil, which reacts to the transformer used in analogue power supply by picking up 50/60 Hz hum. If you place your power supply directly on top of your amp, the amp’s main transformer and the it’s power supply will likely start to interact and hum.

How do I get rid of tube amp hum?

If the hum is no longer present, then it may be caused by either a ground loop or cable/pedal placed before the input or in an effects loop. From here you may decide to replace a power cable or use different configuration(s) to power your rig until the hum goes away.

What can I do about the Hum on my reverb pedal?

If you have a vintage pedal that produces hum as well as an effect, there will likely be a mod out there somewhere to make it quieter. The most useful tool you can have in this case is an isolated power supply. Most wall warts should eliminate line noise but a solid multi-power supply with isolated outputs is your best defense.

What should I do if my pedals are making noise?

If you suspect it is then try removing the power source from the mix and run all your pedals on battery power so they are isolated from ground. If this cures your problem then you know that your power supply isn’t truly isolating your pedals from one another and should look at upgrading it.

What can I put on my guitar to stop the Hum?

Those elements are added to your guitar to shield them from interfering frequencies. Companies such as Stew Mac and Guitarfetish.com have incredibly reasonable priced sheets of copper that can easily be cut and applied to your guitar. Simply cut out the material into the shape you need and glue it into your instrument.

What’s the best way to avoid 60 Cycle Hum?

Pedals such as the Electro Harmonix Hum Debugger and ISP Decimator II are great low cost pedals that will help remedy any unwanted noise coming out of your chain If you want to tackle your issue at the source, the Ebtech Hum X plugs directly into a wall outlet which in turn becomes the new input to plug your amplifier into.