Crusoe Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 I had a weird one tonight. I had my amp on and noticed voices. I couldn't work out where they were coming from. Eventually, I realised the sound was coming from the amp. I then worked out that the guitar was picking up a TV or radio signal. Bizarre. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 I rehearsed in a flat at Crystal Palace, back in the late '60s; it was impossible to not get radio from the amps (There's a whopping great transmitter there...) We tried tinfoil and stuff, but to no avail. We moved the rehearsals to Shepperton in the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven1313 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 when our central heating kicks on, my amp generates an added hiss, not real bad but enough to notice. I never record when its on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 The Voice of the Mysterons.... That's the sort of thing as could give you the willies til you figure out what's happening! For years, we lived right in front of the RUC station in Whitehead, with its huge radio tower. I didn't take up the guitar til we'd moved to another house, but it did make me wonder what could have happened if I'd had it then. (My mother did claim to hear the odd snatch of radio signal, through her amalgam fillings from it.) HB are lucky that kid who's raging at them on Youtube over microphonic feedback (same one as started the feud with Rob Chapman a couple of years ago) didn't have that experience. Makes me think, though, there's another feature that those little travel amp-blutooth speaker combos should work in - DAB radio. That'd be a killer app... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 08:57, EdwardMarlowe said: The Voice of the Mysterons.... That's the sort of thing as could give you the willies til you figure out what's happening! For years, we lived right in front of the RUC station in Whitehead, with its huge radio tower. I didn't take up the guitar til we'd moved to another house, but it did make me wonder what could have happened if I'd had it then. (My mother did claim to hear the odd snatch of radio signal, through her amalgam fillings from it.) HB are lucky that kid who's raging at them on Youtube over microphonic feedback (same one as started the feud with Rob Chapman a couple of years ago) didn't have that experience. Makes me think, though, there's another feature that those little travel amp-blutooth speaker combos should work in - DAB radio. That'd be a killer app... He gets on my wick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Crusoe said: He gets on my wick. Aye. His videos can be interesting (I watched the one on Ed Roman the other day), but he's a bit tunnel vision about everything. On the spectrum, I think. (Which all men are, of course, to some degree - hence male hobbies. Like me wanting the same guitar in all the colours.....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 minute ago, EdwardMarlowe said: Aye. His videos can be interesting (I watched the one on Ed Roman the other day), but he's a bit tunnel vision about everything. On the spectrum, I think. (Which all men are, of course, to some degree - hence male hobbies. Like me wanting the same guitar in all the colours.....) I think he has watched a lot of YouTube videos and decided that you have to be annoyed about everything when making content. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Crusoe said: I think he has watched a lot of YouTube videos and decided that you have to be annoyed about everything when making content. Sounds about right. No harm to the fella, but he can be overwhelming negative to the point where it comes over more like a Stewie Griffin rant than anything - even if some of his points are fair enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
