Gibson CS Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I keep picking up radio stations when I engage my compressor... It used to happen when I used my wah wah pedal, but that cleared up. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Sounds like bad cable shielding to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIEN8 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 switch to acoustic... Radio signals are natural for a guitar since you are essentially making one giant antenna and hooking it up to a speaker... try moving to a different location in the room, both the amp and or you... It's fantastic for me, I use the old chanting of a local religious station as part of a song!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke1010 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I used to pick up taxi radios through my amp sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I keep picking up radio stations when I engage my compressor...It used to happen when I used my wah wah pedal' date=' but that cleared up. Any suggestions?[/quote'] Do you get 97.7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer993 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I just dealt with that EXACT problem with my Buddda Wah pedal. I made up a cable with crimp connectors and grounded the PC board to the base plate cover - problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Tim A.... No, its a country station. Thats not helping the situation! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 a contry station? ... maybe it is time to get a banjo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Tim A....No' date=' its a country station. Thats not helping the situation! lol[/quote'] Can you at least play along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjay777 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Your compressor? If anything I thought that would eliminate RF interference even more. Unless you're using some heavy gain with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 This sounds crazy but it works..... Take a potato and stick tooth pics in each side to suspend it half way submerged in an over sized coffee cup or small bowel that is filled half way with water. Put a penny in the bottom of the cup or bowel or something else copper... Stick a three or four inch iron nail into the top of the potato and drive it half way in. Connect a wire from the top of the nail to any screw on your amplifier. Preferably one that will make a solid connection to the chassis of the amp... The radio signals and all interference will stop. You will get a clean powerful signal from your guitar. After a week or so some roots will grow from the potato into the water. Cut them off and there goes the root of your problem!! Happy April 1st!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 I went out tonight and bought a Keeley Compressor. ( Man what a pedal!) The radio stations have gone bye bye! Maybe it was the unit? I baby my equipment, so its not from abuse. Thanks for the input guys. Tim A...I cant sing at all..I was told I sound like Olivia Newton John! FYI...We both were born September 26th.....hmmmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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