Recent content by kgbstrat

Last night's result. Noise went ballistic when the sound guy connected his XLR cable to my IEM wireless unit. The IEM wireless and my guitar wireless are next to each other in a 2 space rack, using the Sennheiser mounting kit (basically connected on the bottom of each with a plate. that was...

I thought the ground lift switch only affected the signal going through the cab clone. If I have an issue at this weekend's gig, I'll try this (along with a few other things). Starting to suspect my power conditioner. In a two space rack with my guitar and IEM wireless units. Swapped positions...

Latest suspicion, surprisingly, is the Furman power conditioner. Just hooked up the head and just my wireless (no pedals) which is in a 2 space rack with the Furman and an IEM wireless unit. Noticed a hum that went away when I touched the antenna (basically me grounding the unit). Plugged the...

It's there, but faint. As soon as soon as you add anything to chain, like the wireless or pedal board, it gets worse. I trial and error'd all different combinations - direct, wireless, different wireless, one pedal at a time, no pedals, no fx loop, etc. Very inconsistent. I rewired my pedal...

Ugh. Complete retube. Mesa SPAX7's and paired EL84's and noise is still there. Noise exists going direct or via the wireless. Definitely worse with the pedal board (4 cable method, fx loop in/out makes no difference, front chain adds more noise). Diagnosing the pedal board to see if any...

Lately, My Mark V:25 Channel 2 has gotten very noisy. Gets worse when signal is driven harder, e.g. TC Spark boost pedal. Had a similar issue a long time ago that disappeared, but now is back. Tried all sorts of trial/error things, different cables, FX loop connected/disconnected, wired vs...

I have been using the TC Electronics Spark (not the mini version). It's a boost pedal with options, like gain, level, tone, and overall characteristic (clean, fat, mid). You can tweak if you just want the same tone louder or add some meat to the solo tone.

Looked into getting a replacement wicker grill for a Mark V:25 head. They wanted $300!, Custom order app (no longer available) showed as $139 at time of build. Could have lived with that price, but $300 is a little ridiculous. So found cane webbing on Amazon for $13 and some trim material for...