Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 The setup: USA 1952 Telecaster Reissue 7 assorted pedals Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue The problem: Everytime I added even mild overdrive there was a incredible amount of noise/hum. Has to be dealt with somehow as I have a gig soon. The clause: - Will not give up single coils The solutions: - Shielding tape/paint etc (do not believe this will work, messy) - New guitar (too expensive) - Lose the pedals () - Upgrade cables etc to top shelf stuff () - Buy a noise suppressor pedal (but does it kill the tone???) The decision: - Noise suppressor! The guy in the music shop at first tried to sell me the Decimator. There was no way I was gonna fork out hundreds of bucks. He sensed that finally and then spent ten minutes telling me how such pedals are tone suckers anyway, and are terrible things. I should buy a $500 Voodoo something or other, he told me. In the end, after having read the rave reviews on HC User Reviews, I almost had to force him to sell me the Boss NS-2 ($99). He did this whole *shakes head in mock sadness* routine as I left. Got home, eagerly plugged it up, and- The result: Magic. Works unbelievably well. It has single-handledy solved all my problems. To be clear, it does not take away 100% of the noise. Maybe 85%. You can turn the threshold up and it does get rid of all the noise, but you also lose volumn when you turn it right up. I have it at noon at it is sweet. Actually I am going to have to get used to how quiet my rig is. It is even a bit creepy how quiet it is now! Best of all - and I do not say this lightly - I can not detect any difference in tone when I turn th NS-2 on and off. I even turned around and had my brother turn it off and on and I could not tell which was which. ALL HAIL NS-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 dude, hell yes. the ns-2 is a great pedal. when i had noisy pedals, i ran them in the loop of the ns-2 and it was totally quiet. dont let the tone snobs get you down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 oh and: PICS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 oh and: PICS Right on, Echodeluxe! Excuse the mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 sweet. i bet that tele sounds AMAZING through the DRRI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 i've used both the ns-2 and isp decimator , and the results for me were a tone / sound that was to processed , opines huh I've listened long and hard and all I can detect is a possible slight compression of the higher end. It is so hard to notice im not sure im not making it up though. Im interested what you mean by 'processed'....like a digitally type sound? I'm gonna try and listen out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedalboard Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 I like mine! How do you have your's wired up there? I don't run anything through the loop of it, just in the input and out the output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 I like mine! How do you have your's wired up there?I don't run anything through the loop of it, just in the input and out the output. I just followed the instructions in the manual, which were: 1. Guitar into NS-22. NS-2 SEND into pedals3. Cable out of last pedal back into NS-2 RETURN4. NS-2 OUT to AMP Did you try doing it that way? Everything I read on the Reviews section recommended using the SEND/RETURN rather that the way you do it, but I'll definitely give your way a try now if you think it's better! I'm also curious to know if I'll get even less noise if I run all the other pedals through the DC OUT thingo on the back of the NS-2, rather than off an external daisy chain (inbuilt in the pedal case).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members byteblock Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 Monte Allums is working on a mod for the NS-2, keep an eye out for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 keep time based stuff out of the ns2, as the gate will cut off trails and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 Monte Allums is working on a mod for the NS-2, keep an eye out for that. I don't know of this Monte but I will look into it, thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 keep time based stuff out of the ns2, as the gate will cut off trails and such. Sorry Im an effects noob, does that description include the Phaser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 eh, the phaser should be fine, but stuff like delay and reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 hmmm, i usually have the reverb on my amp up around 2 or 3, i hope that doesn't cause problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brightside Posted May 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 pretty much , the noise suppresor's i've used in the past seem to add a sheen on top of the tone / amplified sound that i just can't jive w / dig You could be right. Perhaps cause i have a super-bright guitar into a super-bright amp, i just can't notice it. Like putting an extra shot of vodka in a long island ice tea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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