RocknRollShakeUp
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Ok Les Paul fans, I've got an issue.
My house produces the type of hum that is solved by a properly shielded guitar. I know this because in the process of figuring out how to kill this really annoying buzz that occurs when I play at night in a house with a metric shit load of dimmer switches, WiFi, and who knows what else, plugging in to my properly shielded Strat (which sounds great by the way, and I think the shielding improved the tone if anything) makes the buzz go away completely! My other guitars that are not shielded suffer from the bad buzz, including my Les Pauls. Actually my telecaster is the worse culprit, but the Les Pauls are close behind.
Incidentally the buzz is significantly worsened by a Cali 76 CD pedal that I have, which is a drag since it sounds stellar. I have an SP compressor which is a good 50% less susceptible.
So I think I'm going to be having some more guitars shielded, Les Pauls included. Any advice on shielding a Les Paul? Anything to watch out for?
Thanks!
My house produces the type of hum that is solved by a properly shielded guitar. I know this because in the process of figuring out how to kill this really annoying buzz that occurs when I play at night in a house with a metric shit load of dimmer switches, WiFi, and who knows what else, plugging in to my properly shielded Strat (which sounds great by the way, and I think the shielding improved the tone if anything) makes the buzz go away completely! My other guitars that are not shielded suffer from the bad buzz, including my Les Pauls. Actually my telecaster is the worse culprit, but the Les Pauls are close behind.
Incidentally the buzz is significantly worsened by a Cali 76 CD pedal that I have, which is a drag since it sounds stellar. I have an SP compressor which is a good 50% less susceptible.
So I think I'm going to be having some more guitars shielded, Les Pauls included. Any advice on shielding a Les Paul? Anything to watch out for?
Thanks!