Commander Hiss [message #6364] |
Sun, 04 December 2005 00:12 |
pianopete
Messages: 6 Registered: December 2005 Location: Palm Beach Gardens FL
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I'm new to this board, and find it to be excellent. Speaking of hiss and noise....... I have a Commander model 28-L that I just pulled out of storage in my closet, and plan to pass it on to one of the grandsons who is an up an coming guitar player. Been many years since I've fired this thing up ( gigged with it years ago ), but I didn't remember the hiss / noise that it currently exhibits. With the volume set at about 12:00, it is becoming very noticeable. Maybe it is because I'm playings with amps now that are very quiet... and the noise coming from the Commander just seems loud. This is not a buzz.... just a type of hiss I'd say. Reading some of the posts in the forum, I get the impression the the early Kustoms were noisy.... and I just don't remember. Anyway, I am gonna replace the power cord with a modern 3 prong.... I've done that on other pieces of equipment previously. So.... How much noise do you think I should tell the grandson.... that is just the sound of a "vintage amp" !!!!
Pete
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Re: Commander Hiss [message #6372 is a reply to message #6368] |
Mon, 05 December 2005 12:11 |
pianopete
Messages: 6 Registered: December 2005 Location: Palm Beach Gardens FL
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I got the contact cleaner out, cleaned all jacks, pots, and molex plus, replaced the two prong power cord with a three prong one........ now, totally quiet... at first I thought it was too quiet... mabe not working, but sounds great with a signal going thru it.
Pete
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Re: Commander Hiss [message #6373 is a reply to message #6364] |
Mon, 05 December 2005 12:38 |
stevem
Messages: 4755 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY
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Good job! Thats one thing that people miss on a hiss problem is that swt feature on all the input jacks.If that swt does not short out the channel that you are not using, and that channels controls are up you get all that extra preamp hiss.
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