Hi All,
Apologies if this has been addressed before, and I am happy to be pointed in the right direction if the answer is out there.
I've had my 50W VM Combo for a couple of weeks. I am extremely pleased with it. Superb piece of kit. It wasn't until the other night that I decided to introduce my pedalboard into the line, and suddenly I get a LOT of noise coming from the amp (especially worse in Amp high-gain mode). The noise is there even when pedals are inactive. My pedal board is simple and I have tried to resolve the issue by isolating cables and guitars. I never experienced this with my AC30.
My setup is USA Strat with humbucker in the bridge. Fulltone OCD and MXR Micro amp in the guitar/amp chain. I also have a DIY delay in the FX loop. I am using a Gator 9V distributor for the pedals. I have tried each pedal seperately with no link cables etc and a complete change of cables. The only thing I have not tried is to run a pedal from battery. I have also tried this with a Telecaster Deluxe with P90s and I get the same result.
Is it acceptable to run these pedals in the guitar chain, or should I run them through the FX loop?
Could this be related to single coil pickup noise?
EDIT: Been doing a bit more digging. It might be a ground loop problem? I have no idea what this is? Also I am running both the FX loop and the front FX from the same supply, which also might be a problem? I will do some more testing tonight.