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I'm going to carry my amp and my guitar to a friends house to test it out. Will do a A/B comparison with his Vox ad30vt as well. Will keep this updated for those who are following. Cheers

Ah.. the mystery thickens. Thats my greatest fear man, the amp being damaged! A new amp over 8 months old. Never brought out of the house and played at bedroom level. Wierd huh. I'll test this amp on another guitar to confirm the problem. But I've this strange intution that the amp is perfectly fine. I will try to upload a sound clip of the underlying buzzing/hum accompaning my note. You guys have been great. Thanks

Yup, my cables are definately good. I've tried on 2 different cables (planet waves) and the problem persists. I don't know about my amp but its a new (8 months) vox ad30vt so there shldnt be a prob! Ok I've sprayed a generous dosage of contact cleaner into the output jack and resoldered the connections on them again. The humming buzzing sound definately decreases! Yay for me! pardon my ignorance but I've a question to ask Is it normal under hi gain that there's a lil bit of buzzing from the amp as the note is nearing the end of its sustain? The note is clear and articulate but as it comes to the end of the sustain, and the note becomes quieter, I can hear slight humming/buzzing and the note ends it sustain.

Argh! This is getting from bad to worse. I bought the new push pull pot and replaced it with high hopes of everything working out..but the humming/buzzing still persists! In desperation, I took out the tone pot, the 5 way selector and just wire up one volume and one pickup. The sound still remains when I hit a note. I examined the output jack and resoldered the grounds and it seems all fine to me. The output jack was working before so why should it just malfunction now? especially when I didn't touch any part of it before. I've bought a new volume pot that failed. I bought a new tone pot and that didn't work too. Grounding from the output jack to the back of the volume pot seems good. All shiny and nice. The wire from the output jack to the volume is the same likewise. When I set everything in place. All seems good. UNTIL... I hit a note or make any string vibrate. Wierd buzzing/humming sounds will accompany the note from the amp. Sometimes, it crackles as well. When I palm mute the strings. It goes off. I was thinking of sending it to a tech but I don't know if I can't put it in words or if he know how to rectify this problem. My guitar has been lying on the "operation table" for maybe 1 month now. Help!

hi there guys, Alright, I've just purchased a new push pull tone pot and will go ahead with the re soldering. I will keep you guys posted for sure. Thanks for all the help!

Thanks for the fast respone there Marz, apprieciated. Yes, its grounded well to the bridge. The guitar is dead silent (no humming buzzing) when the amp is on and plugged in. When I hit a note, the buzzing starts (tone pot fully rolled up)

Yeah my grounding seems all good. the strange thing is that I didn't touch any of the soldering on the tone pot or the output jack before I did my rewiring. It was fine before. Overheating? Strange too coz I didn't touch the tone pot at all!

Guys, I just made a discovery. I've purchased a new volume pot but the problem still persists. Was largely dissappointed! But if I roll my tone knob all the way down, the buzzin/static noise disappears as I play the note. But as I roll up the tone knob, the buzzin/static noise gradullay increases with the note sustaining. Should I buy a new tone pot or is there some problem with the wiring on the tone knob? I do not want to make the same mistake of buying a new volume pot again! Thanks for all the help!

Hi there guys I've tried to solve this problem for 1 week and posted on semour duncan forums, my local forums but I'm still unable to solve this problem. In desperate need for help! Cracking and static noises are heard whenever I play any note and it lasts throughout the sustain. This happens for all the pickups (S-S-H). As long as the string moves, I can hear static/cracking noises If I knock the wood of my guitar, the little vibrations in the strings will produce the static/cracking noise as well. I've isolate the pickup selector as I suspect it is causing the problem but the sound still persist, I've also purchase a new volume pot but the sound is still there! The funny thing is, there is no noticable hum in all the pickups IF i do not hit any note. The bridge is grounded correctly but if I hit any note, the buzzing comes with the note. My cable are new planet waves so I doubt it could be causing the problem. What could be causing the buzzing/static note? The sound goes like... *hit a note* bzzzzzzzzzz...... Tearing out my hair here! Thanks