AFD more sensitive to mobile phones?

[Mats A]

My AFD100 seems very sensitive to mobile phones and makes these noises when someone is using a phone or they are around. Is there something in the construction of the AFD that makes it more sensitive to these things?

[surfnorthwest]

It probably is your guitar picking up something in your house. I had the problem about a year ago where you get short bursts of noise from the cell phones.

I traced it to the cell phones interfering with my wireless network and then my amp would sound off, pissed me off too. I would be in the middle of recording something then tick tick tick.

It all stopped when I bought those wall warts for wireless where your network feed through the electrical wiring in the house. Ever since then I never hear it anymore and there are four cell phones in my house.

[Slash1337]

My phone does it too. Although I can make it stop, if it's on the 2G service any speaker around wil let me know of incoming calls/texts. If it's on the 3G serive nothing.

[slash-ed]

I think part of it may just be the higher gain on tap?

I've had that happen too, the other week at band practice the AFD started transmitting crazy beeping cellphone-talk noises, and it turns out it wasn't even a call or a text, just my phone talking to the network.

[Slashwannabe1]

My amp only does it when my phone is either on me or within 3 feet of my guitar. Its definitely more to do with your pickups than the amplifier itself. If you've ever used a TV remote near your guitar pickups you'll hear the same kind of sounds. My 2nd Jay Turser with stock pickups is more prone to this than my SD Alnico 2 equiped Jay Turser.

[Onza_Jk]

My JVM pickups up radio or tv signals when alot of gain i used.
My Plexi picked it the other day when i used my wah pedal and left it central, perhaps it's something todo with all the high mids the amps got or maybe the loose ground wire in my guitar haha, i dont know.

[Herbvis]

My laptop seems to make my amp a little angry when it is close by. But we all know who wins the battle between laptop and guitar amp

[Mats A]

I seem to sometimes get these weird sounds even between songs when i have the volume on the guitar rolled down to zero. And it´s not at home it´s most often when i rehearse at a place near a flight control tower at our airport. And at other places i rehearse too but it´s more seldom then.

[impetus maximus]

they make wallpaper to block RF signals. if i ever get to build my studio good luck making a cell phone call

[Slash1337]

My amp only does it when my phone is either on me or within 3 feet of my guitar. Its definitely more to do with your pickups than the amplifier itself. If you've ever used a TV remote near your guitar pickups you'll hear the same kind of sounds. My 2nd Jay Turser with stock pickups is more prone to this than my SD Alnico 2 equiped Jay Turser.

I don't think the pickups effect it more so than the amp. The sounds come through my monitors, and the monitors at my school as well. I'm sure pick-ups would pick up the signal too. If I have my phone on my amp it'll go nuts and let me know I'm getting a call ahaha.

But like I said, only when it's on 2G.. I dunno why the sound isn't present around speakers when it's on 3G.