1-Spot Noise

[marnold***]

It seems like my OD pedal and the delay don't like being daisy chained together. Removing one or the other seems to get rid of the noise. My reverb pedal seems to play nicely with others.

My wife is running our washing machine in the other room. It's supposed to be one of those high efficiency ones. I get pulses of noise as the basket moves in it. And I've got a fluorescent light in my office. And my computer. And a fridge and freezer in the next room. And my furnace. Lots of potential for noise. Any further questions as to why I like noiseless single coils?

[duhvoodooman***]

It seems like my OD pedal and the delay don't like being daisy chained together. Removing one or the other seems to get rid of the noise.

You could always run your OD2 off a 9V battery. It only draws about 5mA of current, so a typical alkaline 9V battery should last somewhere around 80 - 100 hours of use. If you pony up for one of those lithium "ultra" 9V's, you should get somewhere between 200 - 250 hours. Just remember to take the cable out of the input jack (which disconnects the battery ground) between uses. Just sayin'....

[marnold***]

You could always run your OD2 off a 9V battery. It only draws about 5mA of current, so a typical alkaline 9V battery should last somewhere around 80 - 100 hours of use. If you pony up for one of those lithium "ultra" 9V's, you should get somewhere between 200 - 250 hours. Just remember to take the cable out of the input jack (which disconnects the battery ground) between uses. Just sayin'....

I didn't think about that. Of course, remembering to remove the cable might be troublesome. I'm old, you know. Of course, I'm still on the first 9V in my bass. I checked it with a multimeter and its fine. Those preamps must be pretty efficient.

Electric guitars are my one vice....

That and solder fumes.