60hz hum and half dead batteries
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:29 pm
long story short I sold a fuzz face that works perfectly on ebay. the guy has some plexi clone for an amp. obvious that this amp can get pretty high gain. put a high gain pedal in front and you have a recipe for 60hz hum. I believe that he has cheap guitar cables and extension cords laying all around on the floor. also maybe his guitar is unshielded, I think he built it himself judging from his name naturallywiredguitars. he tells me he tried it on some other amps at someones house and got the same result therefor IT MUST BE THE PEDAL. to make matters worse, I setup that fuzz face to work better with half dead batteries and he says "no I'm not gonna hunt down half dead batteries". leave it plugged in for a few days how hard is that. am I asking too much? and really how much of this is my fault when there is no 60hz hum from a battery in a fuzz face that is completely shielded, only his house and his guitar cables?