Popping sound when I click on my Small Clone Chorus

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:53 am

I have noticed recently a slight popping sound when I engage my Small Clone Chorus. It usually occurs after I turn on my power strip and engage the pedal for the first time. The Small Clone is on an isolated power spot from my Pedal Power 2. It usually only happens the first time I stomp on it, though today it seemed to occurr 3 or 4 times. It's almost like its storing up some extra charge. It is the 8th pedal on my pedalboard. Could any of my other pedals be causing this to happen?
My pedal order is:
BOSS PW-10 Wah
MBM Fuzzface
MBM Saltbreaker/Saltbooster
EHX Polychorus
BOSS BF-2 Flanger
EHX The Worm
EHX Small Clone Chorus
Line 6 DL4
EHX Wiggler
EHX Holy Stain

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:07 am

they do that

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:35 am

It has never done it before now. I am going to check the power chord and what slot it is put in.

IroniaSudby · Post by **IroniaSudby** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:47 am

Mine does it all the time. Its kind of a pedal quirk.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:54 am

i've never played one that didn't do it. that's why i don't own one. well, that and they're noisy as fuck.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:27 am

mine never does it. maybe im just better then all of you, and its quiet.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:29 am

the isaac eaton wrote:maybe im just better then all of you.

you do have that air.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:33 am

I know it kinda pops because of the switch, but this seems more like it has extra charge stored up in the circuit and it gets released the first time I step on it. I might try it again and then isolate it from the board and see what happens.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:57 am

Static discharge homie, it happens.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:20 am

Haze wrote:Static discharge homie, it happens.

Static discharge in the pedal to me or from me? I touched other pedals before I touched the Small Clone and I would have felt it had been that. I just tried to make it do it again but it did not do it at all now. When I am not using the pedalboard, I just switch off the power strip that powers the Pedal Power 2 and the other pedals. I unplugged it from the wall and I will see if that stops it. I also rerouted the power chord from the Pedal power 2 so it doesn't touch other pedals. If I have to step on it once to get any extra charge out so be it, but I don't like settling unless I have to. The small Clone chorus has been a goto pedal for me and I just want to make sure I have not done something to make it start acting up.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:24 am

the isaac eaton wrote:mine never does it. maybe im just better then all of you, and its quiet.

Mine has always been very quiet too. I don't like noisy pedals. I got rid of my Germanium OD because it was noisy and picked up radio stations when I touched it.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:29 am

I'd try running it from a totally separate wall socket, and also try running it on it's own from the usual power supply (no other pedals in the chain)- see if that produces any different results in order to troubleshoot it.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:11 am

Mountains out of mole hills. It's the nature of the 3pdt switching if you ask me. My buffered pedals have never done this where as the ones with a 3pdt switch have all done this at one point or another. Give it an extra step and move on.