Speaker distortion

guit30 · April 7th, 2008, 11:17 PM

was playing a Keeley comp thru my Kustom KGA 10Fx, it started to distort when the frets were buzzing, I just got my guitar set up , hope this fixes it, would a bad fret buzz cause speaker distortion(an acoustic, by the way)
Jim

hockey_head · April 8th, 2008, 01:31 AM

the speaker should only reproduce the buzzy fret noise, not distort it, severe maybe.
input signal too hot.

winny pooh · April 8th, 2008, 11:11 AM

Input gain as stated above or:

1- dying battery on acoustic preamp
2- too much volume for amp to handle if it has a 10" speaker
3- cab resonance on a specific note

guit30 · April 8th, 2008, 08:29 PM

Amp is rated 10 watts, but on amp it says 15 watts and only has 6.6 inch speaker, playing guitar plugged straight in sounds good, controls are sensitive ,distortion channel is good, but when I ran my Fretbuzzing acoustic thru a Keeley, the speaker really made some crackles

Here is a pic
http://www.theguitarfiles.com/product_info-1154.html

PS- have thought about running it thru a different speaker, has a speaker out plug

hockey_head · April 9th, 2008, 07:27 PM

bad pot on keely comp or othr bad component like inout jack/ switch, some times jacks and plug fits are weird and mismatched, try another cable

hockey_head · April 9th, 2008, 07:27 PM

smoke better pot, lol

Scott S · April 9th, 2008, 08:43 PM

Pics aren't going to do squat, but a sound clip might help.

guit30 · April 10th, 2008, 12:42 AM

The Keeley is great on everything else, I have the guitar set up now, let me see if that works, no buzz @ all
Jim

guit30 · April 10th, 2008, 10:58 PM

It was the guitar setup, played a new hot boost thru it tonight and it was fine
Jim

April 7th, 2008, 11:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
guit30 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Abington Age: 55 Posts: 417	Speaker distortion was playing a Keeley comp thru my Kustom KGA 10Fx, it started to distort when the frets were buzzing, I just got my guitar set up , hope this fixes it, would a bad fret buzz cause speaker distortion(an acoustic, by the way) Jim __________________ VL Sparkle Drive - for sale or trade Hartman Compressor Reissue Vintage 76 dynacomp on way!!! Jim's Country Reviews www.geocities.com/guit30

April 8th, 2008, 11:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
winny pooh Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South London Posts: 1,615 7 Photos	Input gain as stated above or: 1- dying battery on acoustic preamp 2- too much volume for amp to handle if it has a 10" speaker 3- cab resonance on a specific note __________________ my afro ambient side project: http://www.myspace.com/theswyambusessions

April 8th, 2008, 08:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
guit30 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Abington Age: 55 Posts: 417	Amp is rated 10 watts, but on amp it says 15 watts and only has 6.6 inch speaker, playing guitar plugged straight in sounds good, controls are sensitive ,distortion channel is good, but when I ran my Fretbuzzing acoustic thru a Keeley, the speaker really made some crackles Here is a pic http://www.theguitarfiles.com/product_info-1154.html PS- have thought about running it thru a different speaker, has a speaker out plug __________________ VL Sparkle Drive - for sale or trade Hartman Compressor Reissue Vintage 76 dynacomp on way!!! Jim's Country Reviews www.geocities.com/guit30

April 10th, 2008, 12:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
guit30 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Abington Age: 55 Posts: 417	The Keeley is great on everything else, I have the guitar set up now, let me see if that works, no buzz @ all Jim __________________ VL Sparkle Drive - for sale or trade Hartman Compressor Reissue Vintage 76 dynacomp on way!!! Jim's Country Reviews www.geocities.com/guit30

April 10th, 2008, 10:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
guit30 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Abington Age: 55 Posts: 417	It was the guitar setup, played a new hot boost thru it tonight and it was fine Jim __________________ VL Sparkle Drive - for sale or trade Hartman Compressor Reissue Vintage 76 dynacomp on way!!! Jim's Country Reviews www.geocities.com/guit30

April 8th, 2008, 01:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
hockey_head Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: shortsville, ny Age: 51 Posts: 379	the speaker should only reproduce the buzzy fret noise, not distort it, severe maybe. input signal too hot.

April 9th, 2008, 07:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
hockey_head Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: shortsville, ny Age: 51 Posts: 379	bad pot on keely comp or othr bad component like inout jack/ switch, some times jacks and plug fits are weird and mismatched, try another cable

April 9th, 2008, 07:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
hockey_head Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: shortsville, ny Age: 51 Posts: 379	smoke better pot, lol

April 9th, 2008, 08:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
Scott S Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW CR IA US NA PE Age: 28 Posts: 1,922	Pics aren't going to do squat, but a sound clip might help.