hrnn1234 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Hi everyone! I've started experiencing a sudden tone suck with the sa!e gear I was using before without issues. The gear is my Cort B4, polytune, bass big muff, dv mini dist (same as the markbass) and a mooer tender octaver. This is all Powered by a one spot type power source. If I use only the tuner the sound is fine. But when I connect a second pedal it gets horribly muffled. I tried changing the order, putting the tuner up front (thinking the buffered output could be of some help), daisy chaining from the tuner pedal and from the power source but regardless the tone dies whenever there is a second pedal, no matter which one. What could be causing this? It's throwing me off especially because of the spontaneity. It was working perfectly fine before! Thanks in advance for all the tips!! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstuk Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 try a battery (or different PSU) in one of the pedals and see if it's still muffled.. ? have you tried with the tuner removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Have you had a patch lead go bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Run each pedal on its own. See if there's any difference. Do the same with each patch cable. Just basic fault finding/elimination. The one spot can/should easily handle all those pedals with no fuss. Also the PT is true bypass so no buffer there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrnn1234 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thanks everyone! I'll try changing the leads, I think that's the most likely tobe failing here, and I actually have very cheap ones, I just haven't thought about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Get a cheap true bypass loop pedal and test all your patch cables with it. With just a simple patch cable in the loop, you shouldn't hear anything turning it on or off, but I was surprised to find some of mine either dulled the signal or added noise, so I binned those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1477138109' post='3160078'] Get a cheap true bypass loop pedal and test all your patch cables with it. With just a simple patch cable in the loop, you shouldn't hear anything turning it on or off, but I was surprised to find some of mine either dulled the signal or added noise, so I binned those! [/quote] +1 My old Dunlop Wah (the white one) was the culprit in my old setup. Once identified, it was replaced with a G-Labs wah and life is good again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 yes, sounds like a crap patch lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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