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Problem with 360/12
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:22 am
by Kyle
Was doing some recording this week with my 360/12. I went to record a lead part, used a compressor, and i was getting a low in volume distorted noise. Switched the compressor off and it went away, but bring the compressor back in and it came back right away. It's like a distortion coming from the pickups is being amplified when the compressor is on.
I know that it is the guitar, as i tried it with another amp with the compressor and it did the same, and I also plugged into another amp that has a built in compressor and it did the same.
Very wierd, and very annoying. I love compression on a 12-string, but this is making it unusable.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:57 am
by Folkie
Could be the compressor. Can you describe the noise a little more clearly?
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:22 pm
by Kyle
Its not the compressor, as I have tried 2 compressors on it and its doing the same thing.
Imagine a 12 string guitar going through a distortion pedal into an amp, at a very low volume. Put that in behind a clean 12 string guitar going through the same amp, and thats what it sounds like.
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:33 pm
by JakeK
Why not take the pickguard off and look in the toggle switch. Probably some dust in there. Take a Q-Tip and clean the dust out and you should be fine.
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:54 pm
by Clint
What kind of compressor are you using and how are the controls set?
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:47 pm
by jps
Clint wrote:What kind of compressor are you using and how are the controls set?
Sears, and the only controls are a power switch and a PSI control valve.
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:58 pm
by cjj
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:44 pm
by jps
It all set on 11!
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:54 pm
by cjj
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:31 pm
by Clint
Well, that would explain the distortion.
Re: Problem with 360/12
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:36 am
by doctorwho
Kyle, although I don't use effects very much, what you are describing sounds like the pick-ups are overloading the input of the compressor. Try lowering the volume controls on the guitar and see whether the distortion decreases. (You might also want to see whether the toggle position makes a difference - i.e., if the distortion is coming from only one and not both pick-ups.)
On my Samson wireless set up, I can overdrive the receiver's input if I have the guitar's volume controls maxxed out, resulting in a distorted sound, so that's where my train of thought is comung from.