Members Geno_xl Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 I just got a MXR dyna comp and everytime I turn it on I pick up some radio station. I've never had this problem with other pedals. If I use an AC adapter will this solve the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NewBAM Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 in my experience, an AC adapter might help. My wah used to pick up radio signals. If that doesnt work, move your rig to another corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Do you have a wah in front of it..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geno_xl Posted January 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Originally posted by erksin Do you have a wah in front of it..? yeah but it wasn't turned on....does that matter? Actually, now that I think about it it was doing that when I tried out the MXR pedal by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 It may have an internal grounding issue if it's doing it on it's own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geno_xl Posted January 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Originally posted by erksin It may have an internal grounding issue if it's doing it on it's own... What confuses me is that it does this with my Tube amp but not when I use it with my pod xt. although I'm only using the pod with headphone on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members session_of_jam Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 I've had it happen with several tube amps, never with a solid state amp. First time it happened to me I thought it was God. Then I thought it was satan. Then I realized I was just stoned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BIG TIM Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 It happened to me once at an outdoor gig I played a few years back... Playin thru a Marshall Avt-150 stack... It only happened that one time tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 I used to live by a big power line and picked up radio all the time. One night I started getting fire and brimstone christian radio. Ran it through my memory man and WHOA BOy was that cool to pitch bend with the delay knob. "And the lord said unto abrahaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fast Frets Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Just a guess, but the tubes in the amp are acting as rectifiers (i.e. detecters0 for the radio signal (if it is AM) and the successive amp stages are amplfying the the signal. The Pod is digital and doesn't amplify much so this would explain the reason you hear it on the tube amp and not the Pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LavaMan Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Try replacing the cables going to and from it, or get a power conditioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 1. Turn the volume down until you can clearly hear the radio as well as your guitar. 2. Play along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nobody Told Me Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 I had the same experience with a Bad Monkey pedal last year. The pedal went back and I didn't replace it, and I've never heard the radio through my tube amp since. Do you by any chance live within a few miles of any FM towers? I do, and the local station must not have very discriminating equipment, because they bleed all over the FM dial when you're using a cheap FM tuner. When I use a good quality FM reciever, it's not noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke m-s Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 it'll come and go. i always picked them up when i pointed my headstock in different dirrections, with my muff on. Mainly spanish radio though. And french. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke m-s Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 Actually i think its happened to everyone at least once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Originally posted by LavaMan Try replacing the cables going to and from it, or get a power conditioner. Bingo! It's usually cable / ground issue. Keep your cables as short as reasonably possible, use well-shielded and well built, high-quality cables, re-orient the cables (they're acting as an antenna and picking up the AM, and that's getting amplified) and make sure your guitars are well shielded. You can also build a portable Faraday cage, but you'd be harder to see live while you and your rig are sitting inside of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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