Troubleshooting

Pedalboard hum can be one of the most frustrating and annoying issues to deal with and diagnose.

Let's set the scene. You've just spent hours building your ideal pedalboard, plugged everything in ready to dial in your dream tone and as soon as you hit the power switch on your amp, you're greeted with a loud hum.

Picture the scene... you've just spent some time dialling in your dream high gain tone. You've got the amp cooking, stacked the overdrive pedals and achieved that perfect balance between saturation and clarity... but now there is an overwhelming hiss coming from the amp that threatens to derail your tone. What do you do?

A wet/dry/wet rig is a style of setup that involves using 3 separate amplifiers at the same time. One of the amps (usually the centre one) will be your dry amp, meaning it will have no effects added, and the two outer amps will be your wet amps. which is where the effected signal will get sent.

How you build your live pedalboard can change your entire experience onstage in the heat of battle - but consider a well built pedalboard as an extension of your instrument and part of your performance, and you'll be onto a winner!

Even if you have pedals on your pedalboard turned off, the signal from your guitar has to go through them on its way to the amp. And it's HOW the signal goes through a pedal that determines whether it will degrade before it reaches the end of the route.