Don't forget that single coil guitar pickups (traditionally Fender
types) pick up a LOT more noise than humbucker pickups (traditionally
Gibson types.) You probably already knew that. Single coil pickups are
very sensitive to hum, in my experience. They sound great though.
73, --Kirk K4RO
On 2/11/2019 10:11 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
Hello folks,
I just picked up a nice guitar amp, one of
the better made ones (Mesa Boogie) and
running it at night I found I was getting
buzz that mostly all goes away when I
touch the strings. Trying to track it
down, there was no hum with the 1/4:"
instrument plug removed from the amp. I
soon found much of the noise to be coming
from the lights on a dimmer switch.
With the lights out there's still some hum
that goes away when I touch the strings,
but that's for me to the track down next.
For right now, I would appreciate knowing
what wall switch dimmers I might get that
are known to be acceptable?
This particular one is many years old, one
of the ones you push in to turn on/off and
rotate the same knob to change the
lighting intensity. It fits in a single
switch wall socket. Though it's not
getting into my radio that I can tell, it
does need to go.
Any suggestions of a known well made &
friendly dimmer?
Thanks & 73,
Gary
KA1J
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