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Fix your rig.

Pick the symptom. Every guide puts the answer first, then the checks in order, cheapest first.

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What is it doing?

  1. 01It hums, buzzes or whinesHum, buzz, ground loops and digital whine, cheapest check first.
  2. 02A pedal has no light or stopped workingNo LED, no sound, or a dead board: power checks in order.
  3. 03My sound crackles or cuts outCrackle, dropouts and switching pops, traced with the wiggle test.
  4. 04My strings buzzThe unplugged test, then action, relief and frets in order.
  5. 05My high-gain tone hisses between notesHiss and hum at high gain: find the source, then place and set the gate.

Tools that help

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Guitar Help is the forum room for troubleshooting. Post your chain and what you tried, and the room picks it up from there.

Make it easy to answer: List your chain in order, your power supply, what changed, and what you already tried.

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