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Hi Soundog I hope you're well. I'm having trouble with my old Variax 700. There's a grumbling, crackle, squeal type noise underneath the output of the guitar sound. This is severely exacerbated when it's put through a heavily soaked distortion. Any ideas on what this might be? All help gratefully received! :0)
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Oooh. That doesn't sound good. I've never had that problem, but if I had to guess I would wonder if it might be 1) defective component in circuit board; 2) bad power; 3) radio/light/power interference.
Test 2 by trying any alternate variax power you can (XPS footswitch? battery?) Test 3 by eliminating any potential interference from USB, USB hub, etc. Keep signal as direct and clean as possible.
If none of that changes anything, it may be time to check on the forum and parkinsan (sp?) may chime in. Hope its nothing serious!
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Cheers Soundog for your helpful (as always) reply. I left it with a guitar tech early Friday with a different cable and transformer, so the two constants are the guitar and the foot switch. Obviously, the whole environment is different apropos any interference, and the fact he's not got back to me yet makes me assume he's having trouble tracking down the problem. Your first suggestion (defective component in circuit board) sounds like the most likely.
I jokingly told the guitar tech that plan B was to rip the gizzards out of it and stick in a couple of high quality P90s, not so much a joke now. I had a look on eBay for a replacement but was shocked at how much people want for them, £500 for a 500! Now that isn't a joke.
I'll post the issue to the forum, see if parkinsan bites.
Many thanks again.
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