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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 08/09/2005 : 07:48:52
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During my holiday I was jamming with some friends and my fellow guitarist coplained that I had a lot of noise coming out from my amp, and when he said it I had to agree. I was using a Strat, four pedals, a Blues Junior and a so called (in Sweden) Claes Ohlsson switched power supply. This is a cheap small (about $12) switched supply giving 1000mA.
I substituted the cables to see if the noise would get away, but no. I took one of the pedals at the time out, then all of them. The noise was still there. I even changed to another Strat, still there...
Then i just unplugged the cheap supply, the noise was over! I then took a Boss PSA and used it instead, no noise (well, not more than a single coil normally do)!!!
In the future I will only use the PSA, of course there are supplies that are as good as the Boss, and be very careful with cheap supplies.
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mikkejohansson
Bronze Member
Sweden
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Posted - 08/09/2005 : 10:30:06
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pawnshop_trash
Gold Member
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2005 : 20:36:35
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| I completely agree... with AC adapters, you get what you pay for. with batteries, sometimes cheaper is better though (for overdrive/distortion pedals, at least). my FZ-3 sounds much more harsh with an alkaline battery vs. a regular carbon battery, and even my MIJ SD-1 sounds slightly better with a regular battery. I don't have an ear for tone like Eric Johnson, so maybe there are audible differences in other (types of) pedals. but generally speaking, I try to stay away from alkaline batteries except for digital effects. |
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The importance of a good power supply
