Nos402 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Anyone else notice the new "Small Tweed" HD model has a lot of hum? You can dial it out with the "hum" setting in the power amp section but is this intentional? I haven't noticed this on any other models and noise gate does nothing to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey_Joe Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Yes - same here. I found a lot of hum when I turned down the drive very low but it goes away as far as I noticed so far, just had the Vintage Pack since yesterday afternoon and only messed around with new amps for a few hours. When I raise the drive level back up to about 15 the hum goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arislaf Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galaden Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I have the same thing . .thought maybe it was a bug in the model. It is very pronounced. I was hoping to use it with the Supro and make a mini Keith Richards tone with it. In fact the hum is so obvious I first thought my Pod had an electrical short happening in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nos402 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Yeah, I just turned down the "Hum" in the power section settings to make it usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 These amps did hum and they modeled that. You can turn it down if you don't like the "realism". :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson69978 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 In the old days they used to have tape hiss too! I am old now that's how I know this. lol! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 To keep them authentic, Line6 has modeled some of the non ideal features of some of these amps. Hum and ghost notes are two I can think of. I like that as long as you can dial it down since I can't think of any good reason to have modeled hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTSC777 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I had two or three of those little champs years ago and yes they hummed like hell lol! Thats why I sold them long ago.For some lo-fi gritty noisy recording that amp might be cool but nothing I would use anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceatl Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 It's a handy model to have. Add a Shure 520 Bullet mic and you have a defacto-standard harp rig.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I had two or three of those little champs years ago and yes they hummed like hell lol! Thats why I sold them long ago.For some lo-fi gritty noisy recording that amp might be cool but nothing I would use anymore. Yeah...my '85 Plymouth Reliant got me from point A to point B, but I don't want it back, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 It's a handy model to have. Add a Shure 520 Bullet mic and you have a defacto-standard harp rig.... Cool! Now all I need is a harp...and to learn how to play one. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxnew40 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Layla was recorded using tweed champ amps, so there must be some good tone to be found in those little monsters. -Max 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmayfield Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I believe the 50 or 60 Hz hum actually interacts to some degree with the tone of the guitar, especially when the amp is breaking up or into distortion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_tone That would explain why they would have bothered to model the hum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I built a champ clone years ago and it's a fun little amp - especially in a small room. Remember that these were designed in the 50's and were really a practice amp. They originally only had an 8 inch speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmayfield Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 is like a spice, too much can disturb, without anything the result can be tasteless, in the right amount (you decide) is perfect Yes, exactly - that's a great analogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTSC777 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 If you want to hear some hum go see Eric Johnson in a small venue.His rig hums like holy hell lol! Single coil pickups and he yanks the ground pins off of everything too! Of course he plays so loud that when he starts playing the signal to noise ratio changes drastically!At that point all you can hear is his guitar and no hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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