dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

[wishesdenied]

hi, my guitar is ESP ltd sc-500 with duncan design pickups, and my amp is a peavey 5150 II. as soon as i turn up the voume a little bit, it hums like ****. i was wondering if i would change my pickups, it would eliminate this problem. I was thinkin of buying dimbuckers.
can anybody help me?

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

hi, my guitar is ESP ltd sc-500 with duncan design pickups, and my amp is a peavey 5150 II. as soon as i turn up the voume a little bit, it hums like ****. i was wondering if i would change my pickups, it would eliminate this problem. I was thinkin of buying dimbuckers.
can anybody help me?

Well even the DD pups should be pretty quiet and hum free?
i think your prob may be something other than the pups?
how old is the power tubes in your 5150?

 

[wishesdenied]

Re: dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

i'm not sure, cause i bought my head used, could that be a problem?

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

i'm not sure, cause i bought my head used, could that be a problem?

sure tubes can cause a hum as well as a bad guitar chord or a bad connection in the wiring of the guitar
there are many things it could be so i am sorry to tell you that you will have to do the old process of elimination method unless someone here has another opinion?

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

I think it's just the 5150 II.... those amps are said to hum hugely.

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

I think it's just the 5150 II.... those amps are said to hum hugely.

W/ that being said, I don't think I've ever come across any of Peaveys high gain offerings that weren't somewhat noisey than avg.

 

[SwedeNuck]

Re: dimebucker, with ltd sc-500 and peavey 5150 II

I've got an Invader in the bridge of my ESP and I've got no problem with humming at all. Sure it has the usual high gain hiss, but nothing more than other amps. If you want to hear a lot of noise plug into a line 6 HD147 and turn the noise gate down, it's ****in rediculous.