Sly Fox
Member
Playing a gibson es through vox ac15 and have an intrusive buzzing most noticable when playing clean. If I load up the rat pedal and play high gain some hum and hiss when not playing is acceptable but on clean it makes the amp totally unusable. If I touch the metal parts on the guitar it goes off. If tremelo effect is turned up it's even louder. Now, you might be thinking, this sounds like a guitar ground issue. Here's what I've done so far:
-Tried different cables
-tried a different amp, was still there but not as loud (mesa express 5:50)
-brought my guitar to music shop and tried the same model amp..cranked up tremelo and volume and was silent or very acceptable.
-tried using power conditioner
-tested ground in outlet with circuit tester, outlet is grounded.
-tightened ground connections at breaker panel.
Only thing that I can think might be contributing is the house is older, built in 1957 and I have identified 3 outlets that have 3 prong receptacles but tested as not grounded. When I removed the outlet cover I verified there is no ground wire but I don't really use those outlets for anything so hasn't occurred to me to do anything.
Any ideas?
-Tried different cables
-tried a different amp, was still there but not as loud (mesa express 5:50)
-brought my guitar to music shop and tried the same model amp..cranked up tremelo and volume and was silent or very acceptable.
-tried using power conditioner
-tested ground in outlet with circuit tester, outlet is grounded.
-tightened ground connections at breaker panel.
Only thing that I can think might be contributing is the house is older, built in 1957 and I have identified 3 outlets that have 3 prong receptacles but tested as not grounded. When I removed the outlet cover I verified there is no ground wire but I don't really use those outlets for anything so hasn't occurred to me to do anything.
Any ideas?