Fixing a Pedal with a Loud Hum or Buzz (Not Power Supply Related) 

have you done this before >? i dont feel confident ...but will give it a go

yep ...really good vid shane ...bit different ...but just as needed . I have often wondered why GTR leads stuff up so much....i have so many over the years....do you think it is worth while having a crack at them with the solder ? Might just go wireless and be done with them ...but in a studio - you need to use cable still ....so might be a good new skill

This is great gonna try when I get home

Usually they stop working when one of the wires comes off the jack. They are usually very easily fixed. I've had the same cables now for about 10 years or so.

Based.

Not all heroes wear capes :P Just as a bit of an additional add (heh): Try to use the iron to make contact with both surfaces/items you are trying to reflow or connect. Direct contact is best, naturally, but you CAN use the solder to make that contact for you.. If and only if you give it enough time to do so. Having a high wattage or high temp iron can help too. We always need to be wary of burning out sensitive components, so it might seem counter-intuitive. But, when we use a higher temp it tends to not give enough time for the heat to spread. Some might find it easier to start or learn with a bit lower temps, and there is certainly a preference factor, but dont be afraid to try it up a bit higher! For truly sensitive parts, use clip-on heatsinks. They are cheap and in a variety of form factors. Finally: Do NOT move the joint while its cooling. We can even use heatsinks to hold it solidly in plenty of cases.

Thanks for the tips! :)

The first thing I checked was to see if the jacks were loose but we couldn't tighten them any further. :-)

@@intheblues That was exactly the hint I needed! I've literally just received a pedal bought a pedal off eBay, and it had a hum that would only go away if I kept my foot rested on it. Hearing that remark at 4:26, I immediately hunted out a socket set, & found I was able to tighten both the input & output socket nuts by hand - without the aid of the wrench! Job's a good'un! Problem solved. Thank you!!

For some reason the Americans forget it has an L in there, lol. 🤣

@1:08

@@intheblues To quote Han Solo, ' I know!'

Sodering, sounds really weird 😂

@@garyt.8745 It is! Just like those who say it!

Is it a Be-OD?

I have two choices let it hum or try to fix it and end up throwing it away.

My skills consist of banging it on the table to see if it will stop. LOL

@@guitarocd9984 🤣

Guitar Ocd old school way of fixing things ☺

Awesome. Hopefully it works for you too.

Usually, the enclosure grounds the unit. Check the side jacks (or top jacks)

I don't have a socket tool sadly, that would be a lot easier though. :-)

I once watched someone point at a tall cylindrical component on a high voltage (5000v) board and before he could ask "what's that?" he reached out and touched it. His hair suddenly started to rise off his scalp - matted at different rates (hygiene was not their strong point). He was fortunately flung to the other end of the lab where he lay babbling away in his now soiled pants. After that point he started to listen to the various safety notes and briefings on why high voltage needs to be respected even when switched off. Some folks just cannot be reasoned with.

Thanks for the tip, Chad! Awesome stuff.

Sounds like careless user error to me

Zen Pronouncing the L is the British pronunciation. And by the way they also say “inverted commas” for quotation marks, because I guess they aren’t quoting someone? So give it a rest about the US education system, since we invented most of this stuff anyway, right?

Looked a lot like the Royal Flush. It could happen to anyone, good QC or not to be fair. Would've worked at the factory and failed later.

🤣haha. Americans pronounce things generally better than Aussies except for "Soldering Iron" and "Internet". 😆

intheblues I actually should have placed an apostrophe in place of the letter R in “iron” so you would say eye-urn. Silly. I saw a video a couple weeks ago of Margot Robbie giving explanations of Aussie slang terms, and I was cracking up, they were great. I was like, oh, yeah that makes perfect sense, and more creative than ours!

Shane your pronunciation is correct. The "L" is not silent in "Solder" or "soldering". The English say it correctly too. The Americans for some reason drop the "L". "I'm going to go home now and do some sodering" To me this sounds like some kind of weird sex act.

That sentence, with only soldering being changed, is not something you would hear. Don’t the English say something like “sod off?” Or “you sodding idiot?” Or just in movies? Since you mentioned sex I mean. When I was at R.A.F. Mildenhall no one said any swear or dirty words, very proper.👍

I had that issue but, like all the rest of my equipment that gets noisy and I can't 'fix' it... I GOT RID OF HER :)

Tired joke.

@@saddestchord7622 One of my musician buddies thought his wife was cheating on him. Being a working musician , as you would expect, he travels a lot. He said he had been noticing strange things happening when he gets home. Her cell phone rings and she steps outside to answer it or she says, "I'll call you back later". When he asked her who called, she gets evasive. Sometimes she goes out with friends but comes home late, getting dropped off around the corner and walking the rest of the way. He once picked up the extension while she was on the phone and she got very angry. A mutual friend of ours, who is also a guitar player, told us that his wife and some guy have been to his gigs Thats when I got the idea to find out what was really happening... I said " why dont you hide behind the amps at the gig and see if she shows up, and who she shows up with." They agreed. Saturday night came and the husband slipped behind the Marshall JCM800 half stack to get a good view. the other buddy joined him after his set for moral support. Feeling the heat coming off the back of the amp. It was at that moment, crouching down behind the amp, that he noticed that one of the tubes was not glowing as bright as the other three. at that momment, i got a phone call from him asking "Is this something can fix myself or do I need to take it to a technician? "

@Anarchy Audio That's gold. Normally if the mates are around jamming, she comes out and wants to know which one of use is strangling the chicken.

People were getting into arguments with each other. I prefer not to have a video where people are insulting each other. Easily fixed. ;-) Edit: Yup, it's my channel to do as I need to.

Oh my , hilarious n pathetic at the same time . Some1 said people are stranger than anybody . Might b somethin to that . Cheers , Happy Holidays !

@@tomfoolery2082 You too Glenn, all the best mate :-)