sounds great! pristine! the eq worked! thank you for the tip, I will tri something similar next time i get line buzz, seems to be fairly bad on my new bass. I'm glad i know what to call it now. Do you know if its primarily from the instrument, from the cable, or from the power supply? Or does that vary from case to case?

sounds great! pristine! the eq worked! thank you for the tip, I will tri something similar next time i get line buzz, seems to be fairly bad on my new bass. I'm glad i know what to call it now. Do you know if its primarily from the instrument, from the cable, or from the power supply? Or does that vary from case to case?

Thank you!

For line hum, it's around us all the time. Sometimes lines in the building aren't properly grounded or shielded. Sometimes it's the instrument: if the electronics in the guitar aren't shielded, it can be worse. Single-coil pickups can be worse than humbuckers (so named for this very reason). Sometimes you can reduce the hum by turning the guitar perpendicular to the noisy wiring: see if the hum is reduced if you turn 90 degrees, for example.

One way around it is a string ground (a wire from the bridge to the ground), though that can expose the player to the risk of shock in some situations. (Like an instrument amp and a PA amp each grounded on the opposite terminal, the player grabs the strings and the mic, and the ground loop resolves itself across the player's chest. Extremely risky. I've felt this with one guitar, though I'd wired an electrolytic capacitor in line in the string ground to limit the exposure.)

If the hum goes away if you touch the strings, you have a string ground already. One alternative is to shield every cavity in the instrument that contains wires. There are tutorials on this (see Stewart MacDonald) and it's worth learning to do it.

It could be the cable, if you notice one cable in particular being noisier than others. Maybe the shielded braid isn't shielding as much as it should. (If you swap cables and the hum remains, the problem is something else.)

Feel free to ask if this isn't clear! In my case, the hum is the spaces where I've been the last few days. Usually I don't encounter this much of it.

[quote=fetalface]sounds great! pristine! the eq worked! thank you for the tip, I will tri something similar next time i get line buzz, seems to be fairly bad on my new bass. I'm glad i know what to call it now. Do you know if its primarily from the instrument, from the cable, or from the power supply? Or does that vary from case to case?[/quote] Thank you! For line hum, it's around us all the time. Sometimes lines in the building aren't properly grounded or shielded. Sometimes it's the instrument: if the electronics in the guitar aren't shielded, it can be worse. Single-coil pickups can be worse than humbuckers (so named for this very reason). Sometimes you can reduce the hum by turning the guitar perpendicular to the noisy wiring: see if the hum is reduced if you turn 90 degrees, for example. One way around it is a string ground (a wire from the bridge to the ground), though that can expose the player to the risk of shock in some situations. (Like an instrument amp and a PA amp each grounded on the opposite terminal, the player grabs the strings and the mic, and the ground loop resolves itself across the player's chest. Extremely risky. I've felt this with one guitar, though I'd wired an electrolytic capacitor in line in the string ground to limit the exposure.) If the hum goes away if you touch the strings, you have a string ground already. One alternative is to shield every cavity in the instrument that contains wires. There are tutorials on this (see Stewart MacDonald) and it's worth learning to do it. It could be the cable, if you notice one cable in particular being noisier than others. Maybe the shielded braid isn't shielding as much as it should. (If you swap cables and the hum remains, the problem is something else.) Feel free to ask if this isn't clear! In my case, the hum is the spaces where I've been the last few days. Usually I don't encounter this much of it.

Fascinating, thank you! Seems like it may take some patience and experimentation to resolve, we'll see

Fascinating, thank you! Seems like it may take some patience and experimentation to resolve, we'll see :)

nice and mellow! great explanation about the humming and disturbances. thanks!

nice and mellow! great explanation about the humming and disturbances. thanks!

Maybe it's just because I read the description but this really FEELS like something written and recorded in a hotel room on tour. Kinda lonesome and reflective. Really nice.

Maybe it's just because I read the description but this really FEELS like something written and recorded in a hotel room on tour. Kinda lonesome and reflective. Really nice.

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love how it quietly transitions at 1:06.  A meditative listen throughout thank you.

love how it quietly transitions at 1:06. A meditative listen throughout thank you.

Beautiful. Such a relaxing piece. My thoughts just drifted away as I listened.

Beautiful. Such a relaxing piece. My thoughts just drifted away as I listened.

All the sounds here are comfy.

All the sounds here are comfy.