Popping overdrive. (made by mike)

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:03 pm

I realised at pracice tonight that my (ex Noire) MBM DI Audio Crunchbox makes an audible popping sound when it's turned on and off.

The pedal still works fine it's just this popping noise. Any ideas what it could be?

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:08 pm

ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:I realised at pracice tonight that my (ex Noire) MBM DI Audio Crunchbox makes an audible popping sound when it's turned on and off.

The pedal still works fine it's just this popping noise. Any ideas what it could be?

I've had pedals do that in the past, have no idea what caused it though.

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:10 pm

I should probably mention that it didn't do this before.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:45 pm

are u running more than one pedal?..... I have had a pedal in the past that did this and it was just not agreeing with something else in the chain on my board....try it on its own..... If it still does it then something is wrong in the pedal

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:31 am

maybe put (Made By Mike) in your oh-so-vague thread title and the guy who built the fucking thing might pop in and help you.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:47 am

Static discharge. A 1 meg resister on the output jack can help, but its a common thing that happens with switches.

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:58 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:maybe put (Made By Mike) in your oh-so-vague thread title and the guy who built the fucking thing might pop in and help you.

My bad

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:00 am

Haze wrote:Static discharge. A 1 meg resister on the output jack can help, but its a common thing that happens with switches.

When you say 'on the output jack', from where to where on the output jack?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:07 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:maybe put (Made By Mike) in your oh-so-vague thread title and the guy who built the fucking thing might pop in and help you.

yeahs its a well known fact that mike doesnt read any threads without his name on them.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:31 am

I use an input grounded true bypass scheme, to reduce popping - though sometimes it's hard to avoid. It could be the switch is getting old and knackered however.

The thing Haze suggested (1M ohm to ground on the output jack) actually puts something draining treble to ground into your signal path at all times which might not be something you want.

If you want me to take a look at it you can post it to me, but I'm pretty insanely busy between now and my US trip.

Popping overdrive. (made by mike)

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