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  • #16
    Re: My amp picks up radio station?

    Originally posted by Mephis View Post
    My amp pickups up the weather station...
    Hey at least its something useful
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    • #17
      Re: My amp picks up radio station?

      What's also funny is, even under high gain it comes through clear as a bell. What is with that lol?
      Carvin custom strat (P-Rails/hotrails/single - Tuned Eb) -> Pod XT - - 6505+ Halfstack

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      • #18
        Re: My amp picks up radio station?

        Just accept it as a natural part of your playing, tone, sound, and setup. Learn to live with it and it'll stop bothering you because you and the radio station/signal become one!
        "The amp has been making a lot of noise and acting funky, perhaps it may be aware of the amount of rock it's about to be punished with" ~GearMannDude
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        • #19
          Re: My amp picks up radio station?

          Originally posted by Mephis View Post
          What's also funny is, even under high gain it comes through clear as a bell. What is with that lol?
          I once tested a Strat and when I switched to the high gain channel on the amp instead of the common distortion buzz I heared the radio playing loud and clear.

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          • #20
            Re: My amp picks up radio station?

            Originally posted by jotrimble23 View Post
            Yea i totally had that problem when i first got my Ampeg, since ive been using it in my basement i don't seem to get it anymore though. i still get a faint humming sound on the amp though (even on clean with volumes all the way down)..

            Funny! I played in church one sunday (Dads the music director) and I had my trusty Ampeg AX70 by my side and then loud and clear, I pick up the local police that must have been sitting outside running radar or somthing. Never happened before! Went straight from guitar - planet waves cable - boss tu2 - planet waves - to amp. Sould have seen the look the old man gave me for that one!
            !

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            • #21
              Re: My amp picks up radio station?

              About a week ago a friend picked up a russian radio station on his amp.
              He had just connected my wah, so I would look in the direction of your pedals.
              I read once that Tom Morello used a pedal on the song "Sleep Now in the Fire" that picked up a Korean radio station. I think they edited it out of the song, but you can hear it at the very end. It also probably has a lot to do with where you're located.
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              • #22
                Re: My amp picks up radio station?

                Originally posted by Markk View Post
                Just accept it as a natural part of your playing, tone, sound, and setup. Learn to live with it and it'll stop bothering you because you and the radio station/signal become one!

                Ya Right! no bloody radio station will live thru me gear.... that is why i love the powerbar with RF Filters.... My C30 picks up radio better then my moms radio in her kitchen

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                • #23
                  Re: My amp picks up radio station?

                  That's a strong amp!

                  How much did the radio station weigh?
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                  • #24
                    Re: My amp picks up radio station?

                    I used to get Mexican radio stations through my amp in my early days. As J Moose said, using a cheapo coiled guitar cable to between the guitar and amp will do that.

                    Why is it always Mexican radio? The FCC licenses and limits US broadcasters to 50,000 watts of AM transmission power. Mexico has 250,000 watt AM broadcasters. AM radio legend Wolfman Jack broadcasted all over America from Mexico at one time. These high watt broacasters were located in border state regions south of the US Mexico Border, but they were leased to Americans, for an English speaking radio audience.

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