rocker19 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) Hi guys I haven` t been there for a long time...I have a problem that many of us have.Since I have started playing bass/March 2011/, I had and still have horrible buzz from all basses and all gear I have had so far.I guess it is 60cycle buzz.I play only in my apartment for myself. I mainly play Rickenbacker 2004 LH with Hi Gain, pretty noisy pups, recently I bought fantastic Japan Fender JB 62 RI LH , which is almost silent, using both pups. So I REALLY need some advice, I can spent max 100€ for some noise suppressor, there are quite a lot videos on Tube but all for guitars. After watching the vids I am thinking of buying one of these: 1.ROCKTRON HUSH THE PEDAL - 84€ 2. ELECTRO HARMONIX SILENCER - friendly price 59€ 3.BOSS NS 2 - 84€ /not sure if it cuts off sustain.../. Of course propably ISP DECIMATOR and DECIMATOR G STRING would be the best but ...160/260€... I LOVE beautiful sustain of my RICK and I am a bit afraid whether I can lost part of it using one of these. My favourite would be ROCKTRON a guy reviewing it on Tube says that it is NOT NOISE GATE, so removes buzz during playing too. I would appreciate any advice.Thanks Jan. Edited March 10, 2016 by rocker19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 if your fender is silent on both pickups, then the rickenbacker should be too. I'd try to fix the bass rather than buy a noise gate/suppressor In terms of your list, I only have the NS-2, which is a great gate, but won't get rid of hum while you're playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocker19 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) No I cannot agree, Rickenbacker has single coils and Fender behaves as humbucker using both pups.When using only one pup on Fender, I have this buzz.But thanks for reply. I should mention that I had ppr. 10 basses and all produced a lot of buzz only Peavey T-40 played as humbucker/can be played both ways/ and the Fender both pups engaged were silent.It seems my flat is noisy area. Edited March 10, 2016 by rocker19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 when you use both pickups on the rickenbacker does it not behave as a humbucker? I'm not familiar with that bass, sorry Maybe a power conditioner would be a solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky8884 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I have a 4003 and it picks up buzz from fluorescent lights and many other sources , The buzz seems to be influenced by location Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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