Solved a humming stereo by securing loose input jacks

A quick check and tighten of all connections got it sounding perfect.

3 comments

3 Comments

That 'quick check and tighten' thing... I always figured humming meant a bad ground or expensive cable issues. But your post about loose jacks fixing it... totally shifted my view. Now I start with the basic connections before overthinking it. Saves me from digging into complicated stuff for no reason. Funny how the simple answer is right there sometimes.

morganbailey2mo ago

Seriously, I almost bought a whole new guitar amp because of a buzz last year. Spent weeks looking at fancy noise gates online, then my buddy just pushed the cable in all the way at the input jack. Felt so dumb when the fix was that free and obvious.

the_charles1mo ago

My old pedalboard had a constant hum I blamed on cheap patch cables. I was ready to solder new connections on everything. After reading posts like this, I just re-seated every plug. The noise vanished completely. It taught me to check the simple stuff first, before assuming the worst. Now a loose jack is always my first guess.