Me pedal's picking up some mad signal :(

Spicy Lauren

Hey lads,

My Fender Blender's been making very loud and annoying deep sound when I switch it on. It doesn't do it all the time and it seems to stop when I move the position of the lead that's plugged into it.

It's doing me ****in head in, any idea on how I can get this to stop?

Nice one,
Lauren

Seziertisch

The transistors in fuzz pedals are inclined to pick up radio signals etc. sometimes. Though, that sounds more like a faulty connection. It could be the lead (although I guess you've tried a few leads). Open it up and have a look. See if the cable is plugging in correctly (if that is possible). Check for anything obvious such as broken solder. Give the connecting wires inside a gentle wiggle when the signal is going through to see if they are the problem. I am unfamiliar with the insides of a Blender (and most other pedals for that matter), and don't know how repairable it would be. It could be quite problematic if the input and output jacks are soldered directly to the board and there was a problem in that area. I know I had a EH Smallstone (Russian version) die on me that way. I don't know how much/if any of the wiring is pcb based (probably some at least) and how much of it is hand-soldered (unlikely for a mass manufactured product). Also try a different power supply (battery, adapter etc.). If might be an adapter picking up/causing interference.

Voodu Child

Get rid of all your other pedals and just test the Fender on its own. Swap some different leads in and out, so you make sure it IS the pedal causing the problem and not a bad cable.

Then if you're still sure it IS the pedal, it sounds like it could be a problem with one of the jack sockets (because wiggling the cable makes it better/worse). These are actually the easiest part of a pedal to troubleshoot, but whether you can do anything or not depends on how handy you are with a soldering iron.

Spicy Lauren

ok i'll have a look at it tonight. Left it in the practice room.
I've no access to a soldering iron but my drummer probably does so we shall see. Will revert back on tuesday. byebye

Spicy Lauren

ok so I opened the Blender and it looks fine inside.

I think it could be the pedal board's adaptor. I'm not using the original Boss one so that could be the problem cos I never had troubles until I used that one... so it's good news on the blender I guess

68 lost souls

Yup that can do it. I found the same problem once or twice running my pedals from a cheap adaptor. It was alright with one pedal but when I chained them it gave horrible fuzz and background noise. Once I took away the adaptor problem solved.