Hi!

I've been exchanging emails with Nik and calls with an amp tech. No luck so far

I'm getting buzz and hum when I'm not touching my Strat(non defective electronics) loud and just the same on clean. I know this phenomenon is normal if its relatively quiet on clean especially. I've taken advice from Nik and my tech to test different places/ venues/ power sources with grounding. No luck.

- I get a very very low volume low midrange hum as I turn the "ON" switch It comes from the speaker "Whoop-mmmmm" as you flip the switch. Its like lighting a stove whoop and then there's an elecrical sounding hum. It's not coming from the PT itself but from the speaker
- The hum (low midrange "zzz") creeps in as I lower my guitar volume knob from about 9-2 and then completely vanishes to quietness as you turn it down to 0 of course.
- The amp is quiet when the cable is unplugged.
- Is quiet with an mp3 player
- Buzz gets louder when I lean on the wall or stand on the floor w/o footwear.
- WHen the guitar vol is shut off, and you turn up the volume and master on the amp, the buzz hum is very audible (is it normal since the knobs are maxed out?)
- On most of my gigs and rehearsals on it so far it was quiet. Maybe because I am actually standing on those times...
- Its really not a big deal I actually thought it was normal. Is it?

Thanks in advance you guys!

Hate to say it, but it's most likely the guitar, bad (or non existant) ground within your amp or where you have it plugged in, or your guitar or power cable. Sounds like a ground is loose somewhere in the guitar, or maybe reversed, or the main ground in your amp is loose or miswired, or the grounds in your playing location is faulty. There *shouldn't* be any hum other than normal 60hz or 50hz hum from the single coils, even with the knobs maxed. hiss yes, hum, no.

I agree... check the ground on the guitar. Could be a bad ground on your guitar.

if it hums when touvhing the pole pieces, sounds like the leads are swapped on your pups, or the ground at your guitar's jack, or both. My Dano has no more hum through the BM than with my other amps, and my Strat didn't either, in fact, possibly a lil less due to the better filtering on the BM compared to my ol Sovtek and Ampeg.

Gregg

I had a good bit of noise from my strat, but I did a good shielding job on it and now it is as quiet as can be!
Your tech should be able to do this and it will greatly improve the tone, as well as the gain output of the guitar.
It will make the strat useable with any amp at any volume. It will sound big, fat and powerful.
Cheers!