after i plug in my guitar to the amp and i turn it on, i can hear buzzing sounds from the amp unless i mute my strings...
i thought that was supposed to be normal till recently i tried my guitar on someone else's amp and there was no buzzing at all!
i tried changing cables but it did not fix the problem.
So is this buzzing sound supposed to be normal?

ah sorry, see wrongly. flying spaghetti monster

This post has been edited by 6650: Dec 27 2006, 04:10 PM

Is the gain cranked all the way up?

i too experienced that....

buzzing...
eeks....

may b the PU not ground properly??
or the cables?

yes gain cranked all the way up
it's not the cables
i tried changing already

Its because of the gain. Its noisy when you play with high gain. Nothing wrong with the amp. You need a noise gate to make it quiet. Either way I dont think its a big prob, I dont use a noise gate either.

do u practise turning ur master volume knob to zero before switching it off?

Its normal if your on a sets of good rig....

But maybe for strat type pups is just like that untill you choose selector 2 & 4....

hmm i think cuz its Strats SSS config problems ? dun worry its normal. i used to have also

If that is so, why when you select at 2 & 4 the buzz lower down?? Is it because the two pickup is activated???

static can build up in the strings as well. I know that in a P-bass there is an earth wire connected to the bridge to discharge the strings. And when that wire doesn't touch the bridge, i get mini shocks when i touch my strings sometimes. But it's also because my amp was somehow leaking tiny currents into the signal path. Changed the amp and everything was ok.

So it could be the amp too. But could be your earthing wire somewhere. I don't know where it is on your guitar.

lol i have no idea i jz started playing electric stuffs..im still working on it to discover haah. most probably is setting problems.

2 & 4 pickup setting uses 2 pickup, either bridge + middle, or middle + neck. still, the buzz can be heard thru speakers when connect to pc. hmm, think my soundcard got problem.

Through my amp the buzz or hum is lowered by activating pickup selector 2&4...

1&3&5 buzzing like Nirvana...arghhhh

eh? mine is totally opposite. 2&4 buzzing but 1 3 and 5 super clean. SSS strat right?

From wut i read sometime ago; 2&4 pu selection of a SSS config selects dual single coils. Emulating a humbucker.

Ermm..yeah SSS Strat...

eh sorry sesat. you're right, 1 3 5 buzz...

Haven't touched my strat in ages.

does that really help?

well maybe u should give it a try.. and when it begins buzzing, try turning all the knobs to zero(including ur guitar volume knob) and idle it for a while. Maybe 2 minutes or so.

Btw what amp are u using? and what guitar are u using?
ur avatar shows an ibanez with dual humbucker config - means minimal buzzing
so it should be a big problem if u experience extream buzzing.

lol no im not using an ibanez
i just like the look of that ibanez, hence the avatar
im using a trace elliot amp with a PRS

hmm.. mind the noob me
how big is ur amp? 10watt? 15watt? 30watt?
whats the PU configuration of ur PRS? SSS (single coil,single coil,single coil)? HSS(humbucker,single coil,single coil)?

my PRS uses the HSS configuration
the amp ah... i think 15 watts
forgot

is ur humbucker hissing? or just ur singlecoils?
btw did the method work?

Emulating a humbucker, and therefore cuts off the buzzing sound?

yes. unless the pickup is very poor quality, or poor cable.

In this case though, I dont think its the cable or the guitar. Most probably the buzz from high gain.

havent tried yet..
no time to try out yesterday
hopefully tonight i will have time lah

sometime the buzzing can also be caused by the plug of the amp being a 2 pin socket without the earth cable.
try checking the cables, and try using different pickups to c the sound difference. u can even try using another guitar n c the effect.

hope it helps.
regards.

hmm... if i remember correctly ah...
the cable that came with my amp uses a 2 pin plug...
im not sure what i can do about it

i m using yamaha strats copy wit H S H setup.... n a original cheap cable... it juz Buzzing too when using HIGH GAIN.. i think is not a big problem.. nthing weird.. when u turn down the gain o change into clean channel izzit still buzzing?if its do.. then mayb ur cable o amp problem... its my opinion..

Did you turn on distortion for your amp or is it in clean mode? If distortion, its "quite" normal. If clean, change your pick up. 80% pickup problem. If still tak jadi, plug another elec guitar in. If got hum, 80% amp prob. If no hum 99% pick up prob for your own guitar. Hope this helps

after reading back....maybe it is the 'common' grounding problem...

try getting tips on grounding from various sites...

so the solution is, to keep on playing at max volume so you dont notice the buzz