heymisterk Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 So this was a new one... I was playing along with some Neil Young and Crazy Horse. I had my Les Paul through my Voodoo Labs SuperFuzz to get that heavy overdrive tone of his. When I stopped playing for a minute, I heard someone talking. It was...some sort of television or radio signal that was coming in loud and clear through my Mesa Boogie. None of my rig is wireless. But when I stepped on the SuperFuzz and turned it off? Voice gone. WTF? Any insights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanbeastie Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 A buddy of mine back in the late 80's had a big old amp, cant remember the brand but as soon as you switched it on you could pick up a russian radio station (we were in Scotland). To this day i have no idea wtf was going on. maybe its the magnets and wires acting as some kind of wierd receiver? [confused] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Fuzz is noisy. When I turn on my fuzz factory I get crazy weird radio signals coming through. It just comes with the territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Yep. Happens to me sometimes too. Fuzz boxes are notorious for picking crap like that up. Not sure how it happens, but it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I still have a 100 amp head that pulls in AM Preachen shows.I use it only with my Keyboards. No preachen when thats hooked to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymisterk Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Wow! Really interesting stuff. I fiddled around and it ONLY happens when the fuzz is on. Even when I had the gain all the way up or turned on any or all of my other effects, it only happened with the fuzz. Spinal Tap, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Same thing happened to be the other day when I was recording. I was running a USB cable from the "FX send" jack of the pre-amp on my Boogie Express 5:50 to the USB port in my PC, and I was getting a TV channel coming thru the amp speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I've never gotten any radio with my Fuzz Factory or Hoof but if I turn the "texture" knob all the way up on my Torn's Peaker I get some really noisey Asian talk radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Try a Cable Ferrite. I use to get a neighbors CB through mine. 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I've never gotten any radio with my Fuzz Factory or Hoof but if I turn the "texture" knob all the way up on my Torn's Peaker I get some really noisey Asian talk radio. Really? nothing? I do have the stab all the way down on my fuzz factory and the comp and gate are really low... maybe that's why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 The other day I had my LovePedal COT50 (not remotely a fuzz or even a high-gain pedal) run through a buddy's Marshall head and we were picking up a talk radio or something. You could turn your body and make it come in or out like a Theremin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Really? nothing? I do have the stab all the way down on my fuzz factory and the comp and gate are really low... maybe that's why Nope I've never had even a hint of radio interference with it and I've tried pretty much every setting imaginable. I don't know if you've used a Torn's Peaker but they can get pretty noisey. My Fuzz Factory isn't even close to as noisey as the TP. The TP has really grown on me though I have to say. I like it better than the Hoof. If you could post a picture of the settings where you get radio interference that would be cool. I want to see if mine will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I've never gotten any radio with my Fuzz Factory or Hoof but if I turn the "texture" knob all the way up on my Torn's Peaker I get some really noisey Asian talk radio. Same thing, but i just get some weird rap radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The RandyMan Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I picked up local law enforcement radio a couple times when recording on an old reel-to-reel I had. What a pain in the acetate. Ruined a couple of otherwise good recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 It used to be really common not so much now except with fuzz or other input devices it's called Audio Rectification, and is a usually a signal of a poor connection somewhere in the chain or a weak diode that's leaking rf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I had a old style 3 prong transistor causing it once. You could touch it with your finger and it would quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Yeah... this kinda stuff has been going on for years... I'm surprised some TV would come through, though, 'cuz I thought almost everything was digital for signals. Some, I think, has to do also with placement and direction of everything being "right." But I also think folks have no idea what we've got for "rf" flying through the air. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I'm sure it was radio.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I lived in a small apartment years ago and I would regularly get talk from my TV...when it was turned off. A little freaky at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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