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Histenchist Just Startin' 8 posts since
Dec 29, 2010
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Jun 26, 2012 12:09 PM

Strange sound???

Ok so I have a Spider IV 30W and have had for about two years (I think)...

Today when I started playing I heard a strange clicking/distortion sound when a note is dying or "ringing out" (every time)

However the sound isn't present when playing on a more clean preset.

I guess the noise is there all the time just that I can't hear it when I'm playing.

The sound is almost exactly like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upPiJ9vOYiY

Except that it's a bit lower and more "guitardistorted"

 

I've been using the same setup on the amp for about six months so it isn't any problem with to much gain or such.

It isn't the guitar nor the pickups because I've tried two different guitars (one with active pickups and one normal)

and it's still the same noise.

  • Twobeers Just Startin' 1 posts since
    Mar 27, 2008
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    Jun 26, 2012 8:42 PM (in response to Histenchist)
    Re: Strange sound???

    I heard this same clicking sound eons ago with the very first tube amp I built. You see I had a nasty accident with an old Coleman lantern that exploded on me and sprayed me with naphtha and I got 2nd & 3rd degree burns to my right hand. As a result of that I always wear my watch on the right wrist. Well it took awhile to figure out what were this strange clicking noise was coming from. The guitar pick-ups were picking it up from my battery powered watch.

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