I've got a really annoying problem. Whenever i sweep pick, i get quite a lot of string noise. My technique is above average, so i don't really think it's because of my technique. And whenever i'm playing lead, i also get unwanted noise.

So i was wondering, would a noise suppressor do the trick? Would it really be effective? If so, which one would you recommend? Thanks in advance.

But the problem is, i NEED that much gain. Grrr.

Its there even at low BPM man. I heard from a friend that his Boss NS-2 clears all these unwanted noise, but i don't know whether i can really count on him or not. Haha.

^Noise gate! That was what i meant, haha. Sorry, a little blur.

So what would be a good yet affordable noise gate?

Sorry man, don't know about the pin things. And the amp is grounded properly. Yea, its a H-S-H Ibanez 370DX.

I don't think it's a problem with my gear, because it doesn't have a hum or anything when I'm striking single notes. Its just that i need something to help me clean up my playing a little bit when doing fast soloing and such.

Ok, i'll try and see what flaws i have in my technique. And i'll also have a look at the Rocktron. Thanks for the help guys.

Ok, i'll try slowly reducing the gain. thanks a lot Rossie.

Haha, i don't even use my Metalzone anymore. Too thin sounding through my amp.

So i'm pretty sure thats not the problem iamzacky.

I just use the R-Fier setting on my Cube for distortion. Sounds a little better than the Metalzone through the clean channel. Planning on getting the Roland footswitch to switch between the clean and lead channel. Haha, for the meantime i'm switching channels "manually".