Pickup question... Clicking coming from amp?

[Random Hero]

Anyone experienced this? It COULD be the electrics in my home, but i'm getting a constant click at the minute, coming from my guitar. Its every second or so, and is just a constant click. I wired up the d-sonic today in my JP, so it could be that?

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[SteveB]

Anyone using a cell phone in the vicinity of your amp?

 

[Random Hero]

nope, no cell phones.

Is it possible any wiring i've done could've caused this, because I can't see what it could be?

 

[Dodgeball]

Do you happen to wear an analoge watch on your picking hand wrist by any chance?

Could be the second hand ticking being amplified.

 

[Random Hero]

Do you happen to wear an analoge watch on your picking hand wrist by any chance?

Could be the second hand ticking being amplified.

I'm not wearing a watch, no.

I'm really confused as to what this could be...

 

[Spudmurphy]

Do you happen to wear an analoge watch on your picking hand wrist by any chance?

Could be the second hand ticking being amplified.

That's exactly what I got ther other night - my watch, a Rotary battery driven watch with a second hand, clicked away whilst I had the piezo on.

But as you say you don't wear a watch....... a pacemaker ?

 

[Random Hero]

That's exactly what I got ther other night - my watch, a Rotary battery driven watch with a second hand, clicked away whilst I had the piezo on.

But as you say you don't wear a watch....... a pacemaker ?

lol.

Could this just literally be the electronics in my house? I have tried it all over the house and its the same...

 

[Spudmurphy]

Seriously, try it in another location - next door neighbours?
Or if your electrics are similar to the uk - establish what circuit the amp is on.
Pull or isolate the other fuses/circuits one by one and see if the clicking stops.
Remember to turn them back on as you could ruin $100's worth of food in the deep freeze.
If the clicking stops you will have to check what electrical devices are using that circuit.
Good luck and let us all know what it was????
Spod

 

[Smellybum]

I had this on my marshall a while back..... swapped the preamp valves.....

please tell me it's a valve amp!?

if not maybe you've just swalled a metronome?

 

[beej]

Does it happen:

- with your guitar's volume off?
- with all pickup combinations? Or just the bridge?
- with the gtr cord pulled out of your amp?
- with another gtr cord?

Could be your power supply, RF noise from your house, a few things. Unlikely it's your wiring job on the pickups unless you've lessened the shielding (e.g. by not shielding the ground and shielding wires on the pickup leads).

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Have you tried it in somebody elses house?