badboy1984 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I recently moved house and took all my gear with me to the new house. After a few days of madness I have manage to setup my computer and all the bass gear in a room. First thing I do is to play some bass but when I turn my Trace Ellio GP11 on it have some static/popping noise constantly on (not high volume) but when I start plugging away you can't really hear it specially on high volume or away from the amp. This only happen after moved house. I thought is the power cable or speaker cable is causing the problem, so I try the same cables on my Ashdown LB30 and everything is fine going into the same cab (Trace 1153). So I thought is the extension cable is causing the problem so I plug the amp directly to the power socket but it still have the static/popping noise. It haven't done this before in the old house ....... not sure what is the problem. Only thing is different is the amp is now next to my pc and mac where as before it sits in a different room. Is the amp is broken or I should stop worrying about it and still use it on a gig because it doesn't effect the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Try it in a different room and see if the problem persists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Like Discreet says, try a different room. My amp and cab make a very quiet clicking noise if I plug it in in the dinning room, doesn't do it anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1404220430' post='2490434'] My amp and cab make a very quiet clicking noise if I plug it in in the dining room, doesn't do it anywhere else. [/quote] You sure that's not Mrs Marvin's dentures..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Could be grounding problems on the house electric instalation or a simple interference with a device using the same power branch (kitchen appliances, light bulbs, etc.). Try it in a different room and when possible on a different house just to make sure that the amp is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1404220472' post='2490435'] You sure that's not Mrs Marvin's dentures..? [/quote] She usually keeps them in a glass in the bathroom when she's at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Poltergeist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Try it in a different room and it works fine, probably the wall socket share the same with my computer wall socket which causes the problem. As long as I know it works fine then I'm all cool. I mainly practice using headphone at home most of the time anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1404220621' post='2490437'] Could be grounding problems on the house electric instalation or a simple interference with a device using the same power branch (kitchen appliances, light bulbs, etc.). Try it in a different room and when possible on a different house just to make sure that the amp is fine. [/quote] In some areas the type of electricity earthing arangements change and depending on type or your locality can mean the earthing of your property is what is called 'dirty' as there are lots of little spikes and earthleakage on the supply. We have this problem sometimes when we rehearse as our studio is in railway arches under railway lines with 25 Kilo Volt overhead line equipment. The noise levels literally change with the weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thats good to know, at least i know my amp don't have problem and it still working as I expected lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I've known some PCs to be inherently noisy. Does the noise go away when you switch the PC off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Works fine when the computer is turn off. Thanks for all the advice guys Learn something new every day lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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