Dennis G Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Noticed today that if I'm running through my pedalboard, the volume on my amp is about 1/3 normal. If I go direct guitar to amp it's LOUD CITY on the same setting. Tried 2 different tube amps, same result. As an electical/electronics moron, I'm stumped. I did the usual "check all connections" and everything seems okay. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpm Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Noticed today that if I'm running through my pedalboard, the volume on my amp is about 1/3 normal. If I go direct guitar to amp it's LOUD CITY on the same setting. Tried 2 different tube amps, same result. As an electical/electronics moron, I'm stumped. I did the usual "check all connections" and everything seems okay. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. How many pedals are you running on the pedalboard? Sounds like you may be getting some signal loss due to the number of pedals, or a bad cord between pedals. Those would be my first guesses anyway. Too much of a load can cause signal loss before it gets to the amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtheory Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Almost certainly a bad cable on the board. Might be a good time to consider upgrading all pedal patch cables. George L makes a very reasonably priced cable that's very low in capacitance, although beware that the screw-on plugs DO come loose and cause problems from time to time. They may well be simple to repair, but it still sucks when it happens during a performance, and who's got the time to re-cut and repair ANY cable while on stage? Far better to eliminate the possibility of this type of flaky cable failure altogether, imo. If you use George L cable, you should either consider blue loctite on the ends or (better yet) solder real plugs, such as switchcraft, G&H, or Neutrik, onto the cable. It wouldn't be a terrible idea to do some research at lavacable.com before making a purchase decision, although keep in mind that lava is in business to sell cable, so while the capacitance ratings may be entirely objective, the review comments aren't necessarily so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thanks guys. I've got 5 pedals on the board. It's been fine for a year or so, but just noticed the problem yesterday. I've got some spare cables so I guess I'll start the trial and error replacement to see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefrs Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Tone suckers! Add your pedal FX one-at-a-time until you find the thieves, then bin them. Keep your pedal board down to the essential minimum. Ditch the ones you don't use every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.