Amp hum with Hilton vol. and Shobud Professional

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Amp hum with Hilton vol. and Shobud Professional

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It might be the wiring on my Shobud but I was wondering if anyone else has noticed more hum using the Hilton active versus a passive volume pedal
I am going into a Twin Reverb
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Post by Dave Grafe »

I always found the Hilton VP to be dead quiet. Is the same rig in fact quieter with a pot pedal?
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Post by Jerry Overstreet »

No noise whatsoever in my Hilton. About the same as my Goodrich pot pedals...equally quiet.
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Post by Donny Hinson »

Amplified pedals amplify everything, even any hum from pickups or wiring. It's possible the volume in your Hilton pedal is set too high, and more gain means more 60-cycle hum may be heard from your guitar. If your pedal has a volume adjustment on the bottom, it may help if you turn it down a little.
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Post by David Cook »

The hum is coming from my "I"spot transformer used for my digital delay. It pretty much went away using a Boss transformer'
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