Best pedal to quite the noise?

[Lance_S]

Hey guys,

I have an amp that is really sensitive. When played loud, it picks up the slightest noise. Not static noise, just pickup noise. As an example, just soloing will vibrate the other strings and they will come through the amp. Is there a pedal out there that has an adjustable noise dampener. Something that will allow me to adjust it so that I can choose at what level the feed is sent to the amp? A minimum regulator of sorts?

thanks,

Lance

 

[Lance_S]

Hmmmm,

After some research it looks like the isp decimator is the pedal for me. Still open to suggestions.

Thanks,

L

 

[Nicky]

What kind of guitar?
What type of pickups?
What kind of amp?
Does amp have gain or presence controls?
Does amp have master volume control?
Are you using any pedals?

 

[River]

A compressor and a noise gate will help, but mainly this sounds like a need for practice.

 

[V!N]

this sounds like a need for practice.

I'm afraid there's no pedal to mute the ringing of the strings and that River is right about that.

You might want to work on palm-muting and using the "spare fingers" for muting as well. The fingers that you're not using for picking or fretting can be used to mute the strings you don't want hear ringing.

 

[GibsonByBirth]

I'm afraid there's no pedal to mute the ringing of the strings and that River is right about that.

You might want to work on palm-muting and using the "spare fingers" for muting as well. The fingers that you're not using for picking or fretting can be used to mute the strings you don't want hear ringing.

The boss ns-2 can mute the ringing of strings with its decay and mute functions.

 

[mantra]

I use this with no problems...very easy to use.

Buy Rocktron HUSH Super C Stereo Guitar Noise Reduction System | Noise Gate & Suppressor | Musician's Friend

 

[V!N]

The boss ns-2 can mute the ringing of strings with its decay and mute functions.

Yes, but not filter out the ringing of certain strings while a solo is being played on another string. You may have missed this bit from Lance's post:

just soloing will vibrate the other strings and they will come through the amp.

 

[GibsonByBirth]

you are right again, pedal master.

 

[V!N]

It's all cool bro, I've been guilty of responding to the topic without thoroughly reading the original post or other posts in the thread myself more than once.

 

[DoctorSkullington]

Practice, practice, practice!
I've learnt just from playing louder in a band situation how to mute the other strings. One thing that helps can be just to turn down the gain. Set your gain/drive control as a benchmark, then turn it back a bit more. You'll have less noise, and it will sound better. You won't cower behind distortion when you make a mistake.

 

[Standard 64]

a compressor and a noise gate will help, but mainly this sounds like a need for practice.

+1

 

[WhippingPost]

As others have said: if you're talking about the unwanted strings ringing while playing, then there is no pedal cure for that. However, depending on how loud those strings are ringing (i.e.: are you hitting them, are they ringing freely, or are they just sympathetic harmonies/vibrations), you might not hear them in a band setting.

 

[Lance_S]

Thanks guys,

I already palm the strings when playing. The amp that I run is a Groove Tubes 1x12 combo amp. It's crazy hot. No hot, hot. Sensitive hot. Like the input to the amp is amplified before it's amplified. I can't breathe on the strings without making sound. Just playing notes on one string will vibrate the others. My guitar is also extremely tight which doesn't help much. I blame some of it on the locking system used on the bridge, great for sustain but real sensitive to input.

I'm not hitting the strings or being sloppy, like I said, the input seems pre-gained somehow.

The setup is as follows:

LP 1983 Spotlight special:
Faber tone lock bridge with locking studs
Jimi Page wiring kit
Caps
Sheptone AB Custom Zebra pickups

Class A point to point wiring Groove Tubes single solo amp

pedal board has the basics but the board isn't the issue, I can bypass the board, run it straight into the amp and still have the "gain" issue.

Anyway, Thanks again for the responses. I think the best thing is the noise gate which the decimator will do. The rocktron hush is a good piece. I recently read a review from a musician that said he is using the G-string ISP decimator now and it's as good or better in pedal form.

The amp is to blame on this deal, but....I love it and am not ready to get rid of it yet. It's small, portable and sounds amazing, it is just more sensitive to input than any other amp I have owned. I will give the decimator a try and see what happens, they are nice to have anyway for low noise reduction though my board produces slim to none currently. I am really looking to use it as a noise gate as previously mentioned.

Thanks again!