If You Play A P-90 Or Another Single Coil Guitar.....

[guitarweasel]

If you guys are wanting to buy something that I may have suggested my best advice is call Nich (Nick.) at Sweetwater. He's a great guy with a big knowledge base. He'll do you right. Sweetwater; (800) 222-4700 ext 1727

 

[Thatbastarddon]

I don't notice any major negative repercussions with this pedal....



a little dip at 60Hz is all. Frikken sweet for live use! I'm thankful! @guitarweasel

 

[guitarweasel]

OK, so now out of curiosity, how many people have tried or purchased a Hum Debugger?

 

[BFT Gibson]

how much noise you guys gets getting at your amps ?

 

[eSGEe]

Hows it working for ya bastard?

 

[eSGEe]

OK, so now out of curiosity, how many people have tried or purchased a Hum Debugger?

Thinking about it

 

[eSGEe]

Curious how it works on the boomsticks?

 

[Inspector #20]

Results look interesting!

 

[Inspector #20]

Anybody remember the 'Hum-X' they used to sell????

 

[eSGEe]

Uhm that was stripper in Ft Lauderdale mate

 

[Inspector #20]

I went back and re-read the thread. Lots of technological advances in this area to be certain. But I wonder if it will combat RFI.

I chuckle a little when people come here to visit and plug in their 195_ whatever and you can listen to the two-way radio communications from nearby Cal-State and KFROG FM coming in clear as day over the speakers.

I'm so pleased with my gear. Its quiet. I can just let the guitar hang just feet from the amp with the volume up halfway and not have to fight feedback.

I've had to setup both guitarists in our band to mitigate their feedback and squeal.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Hows it working for ya bastard?

For guitar, in a full band situation, with P90s, and a big fuzzy muff or anything that raises gain to ludicrous levels, it has been great. Since I sing and play in a setting that has power transformers pumping out the noise profusely, I always have to pay attention to my position to learn the quiet spots, so to speak. This pedal effectively makes it unnecessary. It’s one less thing that I have to think about.

Curious how it works on the boomsticks?

Seems ok to me. Especially if using distortion or fuzz.

 

[Inspector #20]

For guitar, in a full band situation, with P90s, and a big fuzzy muff or anything that raises gain to ludicrous levels, I always have to pay attention to my position to learn the quiet spots, so to speak.

Interesting!

My biggest problem is getting to where I ca hear a good mix without monitors. Many times, I look over at Todd and can see he is soloing, but cannot hear him.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Interesting!

My biggest problem is getting to where I ca hear a good mix without monitors. Many times, I look over at Todd and can see he is soloing, but cannot hear him.

It can take time to dial in a room filled with competing frequencies being beamed about.
We’ve been playing in the same rehearsal space for very close to 18 years now...we kinda take it for granted sometimes. There was some learning involved in setting up for all to monitor comfortably...and still mimic a live-ish set up.

 

[Inspector #20]

It can take time to dial in a room filled with competing frequencies being beamed about.
We’ve been playing in the same rehearsal space for very close to 18 years now...we kinda take it for granted sometimes. There was some learning involved in setting up for all to monitor comfortably...and still mimic a live-ish set up.

We just moved from renting a rehearsal studio every Saturday to rehearsing in the lead guitarist's converted garage...

Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha Changes!!!!

 

[Thatbastarddon]

So, I took this pedal out to a gig tonight....absolutely fantastic!
I played the, extremely hot P90 loaded axe in my avatar for the whole show(around an hour and fifteen minutes), using distortion from the amp, my homebrew muff variant, and Ray’s homebrew FireBomb pedal.
From Floyd, To Metallica, this pedal got the job done....I got stopped after our set by multiple people that were floored by our version of Tool’s “Sober”...lots of clean, to grit, to crushing distortion, and back...in that one...something that I usually select the red SG in my sig pic for...but this was totally doable, thanks to the Hum Debugger. Happiness may be a warm gun to some...but it’s my natural P90 SG tonight for me...
The one on the left...

 

[smitty_p]

So, I took this pedal out to a gig tonight....absolutely fantastic!

Excellent to hear!

Where do you have it in your chain?

 

[Inspector #20]

Excellent to hear!

Where do you have it in your chain?

Yes, very impressive test run!!@@@!!

 

[Inspector #20]

Just a note to consider...

The Hum Debugger and shielding work on completely different principles.

Shielding attempts to block environmentally-induced hum from sensitive components in the guitar. It has limited value to true single coils, as part of the pickup is still exposed to environmentally-induced noise. I've completely copper-shielded my Strat and still get some hum. Like, I said, this is to be expected. I pretty much knew that the fact that the surfaces of three pickups were still exposed to the environment would mean that I was, at most, shielding the controls and internal wiring. But, I was curious as to how much of a difference this would make.

The Hum Debugger, on the other hand, essentially attempts to notch out the offending frequencies from your guitar signal, which will be the fundamental and the harmonics of power line frequency.

With all my copper and multiple ferrite clamps, I might be able to achieve total rig silence....I'm intrigued!!!!

No more room on the board, but this could easily be mounted right at the amp itself...

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Excellent to hear!

Where do you have it in your chain?

Right near the front. It went like this...
Guitar cable to tuner, to Humbugger, to small stone, to wah, to NS2(with dirt pedals in its loop), to front of amp.
Vibe, chorus, delay, and reverb available in the amps effects loop.