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Re: OT: Bass Hum
redrum123 wrote:
> (sorry this is so off topic, but you guys are uberhelpful and
>informative)
>
> I've had my acoustic bass for not even a month, and there is a rather
>severe
> noise issue using the pickup (it has a Fishman Classic4 preamp). I
>think it
> is a new problem, I don't remember having this level of noise on the line
> before. I have the guitar running into an Ultra-DI box (by Behringer),
>and
> then into an AB switch to my EDP. I've tested the guitar by running it
> straight into my Tube Preamp, and even straight into a mixer, using
>either
> an instrument cable or an XLR to 8th-inch cable, and the noise is
> consistent. I can get rid of the noise by touching the guitar and the DI
> (or mixer or preamp), so the instrument should be capable of much less
> noise. Also, I've found that if I touch the metal of the cable
>connector on
> the guitar, the noise disappears.
I had a similar problem with a Fishman bridge piezo. Turned out the
shielding was broken on the pickup itself. Nothing that can be done
except to change the piezo element. :(