jackhammer Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) My new head and cab arrived from soundslive this morning, gallien Krueger mb500 and 115mbe cab, and apart from the lack of speakon cable, all was well! Nipped down to maplin picked up a cable and back home, plugged in and I was in heaven! Then the bad bit.... Went down and made myself some food, came back up to move the new amp into its corner it will be sitting, plugged my fx pedals into it, turned it on and OH MY GOD! An awful buzzing noise, it's so loud that you can actually feel the air being thrown out of the thing, as soon as you plug a bass in it minimises the noise again (although still present) I've tried unplugging all pedals, moving the amp back.... And still there!! Hope this made some sense to somebody!! Help me please!! Edit: it's more of a hum when the bass is unplugged, then a buzz when it's plugged in [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/52359810151477921465221.jpg/][IMG]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6868/52359810151477921465221.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Edited April 4, 2012 by jackhammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydye Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 If you move it back and plug it in as you did when you first tried it does it still make that noise? (summat amiss in that corner? - mebbe t'electrics) Is it near any other electrical stuff that might be throwing out intereference? Have you tried the 'waggle the cables' thing (summat amiss wit' cables?) Have you tried different cables (summat amiss wit' cables?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackhammer Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Right, your post made me realise, I used an old cable at first, so I switched back, and the problem has gone!! How can 2 brand spanking cables create such a horrible noise and an old one fixes it?? There's still a faint buzzing however...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Is it the maplin cable causing the aggro? The one I got done something a bit similar when it felt like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackhammer Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 I'm not sure to be honest, I haven't got another cable to test, the buzzing is very faint now, so maybe that's just how it's meant to be :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 The buzzing may be due to a poor earth somewhere in the mains supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subrob Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 [quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1333569312' post='1603790'] The buzzing may be due to a poor earth somewhere in the mains supply [/quote] this. sounds like it might be earthing better through the bass. which you're touching with your fingers. sounds like the source of the problem and in the wrong practice room or venue could be bad for your health. I'd take the maplin cables (which are probably faulty) back if I were you geez, invest in planet waves or van damme instead, if you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subrob Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 congrats on the rig btw, I looked at that deal myself the other week. let us know how she settles in :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Eeee, a bass amp in t'bedroom, that's t'dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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