is your Boss SD-1 too noisy?

[shredding]

Hi,
I'm using the Boss SD-1 on the front end of my DR and mark IV. It introduces a huge hum. The boss is running with a 9 v battery instead of the DC supply. It's just super noisy. The setting on the SD-1 is tone all the way down. Level, 12 o'clock. Drive 12 o'clock.

The setting on my DR is drive 1 o'clock.

Anyway to resolve this? thanks guys!

 

[speedy mcfeely]

I run mine with level at 3 o'clock and gain at 9 o'clock (dials facing one another). For me I don't have very much hum.

 

[MetalMatt]

Is it new? You might have gotten a lemon. You could get it modded and all that jazz or you could buy another one. If you want to be a badass buy a new one and return the old one! :evil:

My SD-1 has taken a beating and seen some hours but its somewhat silent.

 

[Refixer]

Try turning the drive down and see if that changes anything.

Are you sure its your SD-1? Have you maybe tried narrowing it down to maybe a faulty cable or amp component?

 

[Chris McKinley]

I've been through bunches of SD-1's, since they're one of my favorite pedals to modify. Beside your settings on the pedal itself, I'd also want to know which channel of your amp are you running it through and how high is the gain set on that channel?

If you set your amp's dirty channel gain particularly high, almost any stock overdrive will produce extra noise. Also, I'd suggest running the pedal's level control at 3/4 or higher and dialing back on the pedal's gain control. Turn your tone control back up to 1/3 or so, and if that produces too much high-end, dial back on the presence and/or treble control on your amp instead. With most combination of amp and SD-1, this will produce a better tone than the other way around.

Keep in mind that you will not get a stock SD-1 to operate completely silently; the stock components aren't capable of it. That in mind, if changing your settings like I mentioned doesn't mostly do the trick, you have three choices: 1) get a noise gate, 2) get your SD-1 modded, or 3) get a new overdrive. Good luck.