Black Plaid
Other Alan!
Ok, I admit it, I don't always play my Archon at 100 dbA, sometimes there are other people in the house.
Like most other people, I noticed the noise as soon as I added a reverb to the amp in the loop. The more pedals I added, the noisier it got (haven't sprung for a switcher yet).
Yet when I was playing loud, it was never a problem, the noise floor was negligible.
It turns out the master volume on the amp is before the effects loop.
This means any inherent noise from anything in the loop is amplified at full volume.
I hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere in my searches on the issue, so I thought I'd post it here.
The workaround is to have a volume pedal at the *end* of you effects chain. Crank the Master on the amp up pretty high, and use the volume pedal (or another volume controlling device) as the volume to the amp.
It's a bit hokey and I am going to look into modding the amp to have the master volumes *after* the loop, but's solved my problems at least.
Anyone else tried this?
Like most other people, I noticed the noise as soon as I added a reverb to the amp in the loop. The more pedals I added, the noisier it got (haven't sprung for a switcher yet).
Yet when I was playing loud, it was never a problem, the noise floor was negligible.
It turns out the master volume on the amp is before the effects loop.
This means any inherent noise from anything in the loop is amplified at full volume.
I hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere in my searches on the issue, so I thought I'd post it here.
The workaround is to have a volume pedal at the *end* of you effects chain. Crank the Master on the amp up pretty high, and use the volume pedal (or another volume controlling device) as the volume to the amp.
It's a bit hokey and I am going to look into modding the amp to have the master volumes *after* the loop, but's solved my problems at least.
Anyone else tried this?