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Post by acmineiro on Feb 21, 2014 20:42:03 GMT
I am having trouble with my Behringer Ultracoutic AT108 I just purchased. I have a Epiphone Hummingbird acoustic/electric. When I plugged it
up to the amp I got scratching and popping sounds. I have a lava Blue Demon cable that I use to connect. Every time I try to play through the
amp I get those scratching and popping noises from the amp. My guitar has a Shadow preamp. Nanoflex pickups.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Armando
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 21, 2014 23:02:38 GMT
Hi Armando, and welcome to the Forum.
Sorry to hear of your problem, which may be caused by anything in the signal chain - the pickup, the preamp, the lead, the amp, or any of the connections in the chain.
Simple enough to check the amp - try another guitar and lead through it. If you still get the noises then the amp is likely to be faulty - it needs to go right back to the seller. Try your guitar and cable with another amp - if still problems then it isn't your new amp at fault.
If the amp is OK with a different guitar and cable, then go back to your guitar with a different cable then another guitar, check the sockets and all soldered joints in the signal chain, try a new battery in the preamp etc etc - sooner or later you'll isolate the area of the fault.
Hope that makes some sort of sense - it's late!
Let us know how you get on.
Keith
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Post by acmineiro on Feb 22, 2014 19:48:15 GMT
Thanks good advice i will give it a try.
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Post by sigmadel on Feb 24, 2014 2:28:16 GMT
Good advice as usual mr Keith , yea try a different lead . You could always try the guitar you have into a different amp if you know anyone near you that has one . Lastly and i know it sounds daft but im not familiar with the pickup/preamp your using in the hummingbird but does it take batteries?? I only say this cause my 12 string made funny noises like that back in November at a gig , till i realised the battery was on its last breath . Inccedentaly welcome to the forum acmineiro , why not post in the introduce yourself thread and let us know a bit more about you . What music you like , guitars etc...
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