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[okeephoss]

i've had a fender deville for years and i love it most of the time. yesterday i bought a new godin guitar which in the store was terrific. it's neck and middle are single coil which for some reason makes my amp's hum louder than the actual notes i'm playing. just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to reduce the horrible buzz. -yes the cable im using is fine-yes i've tried the amp in different rooms.

i get so freakin frustrated when i hear strats on recordings and they have no hum. Hendrix didn't even have hum. i've never played one that didn't. aaaarrrrgghh

[fender22087]

There are probably a few things that you can do. If you say that it's not the amp and the guitar is causing the hum, you should try getting a hum debugger pedal. They sell a lot of different models and just look around for the model you want. Also try replacing the capacitors on your amp. A lot of times that significantly reduces amp noise. You can also get a power conditioner that cleans the power and also reduces a lot of noise. I've heard amazing things about the Monster Power 2500. Lastly, you mentioned that Hendrix didn't even get amp noise and that's not at all true. If you listen to Hendrix's performances his amps are going crazy but if you're talking about the studio that's a totally different thing. The studio will have power conditioners and probably hum debuggers but it will also have signal filters and compressors. This will clean up the sound and not let sounds under a certain decibel get through. This means that if you have amp hum, you set your compressor gate to a certain level and it won't let the hum pass in to the mix. Anyways try those things and see if that doesn't work for you.