Amp/rig ticking noise...Driving me bonkers

[shadowdevourer]

My ENGL has beeping sounds every now and then. Definitely some sort of interference. It is audible when I turn up the volume. Even though when no guitar is connected the noise is still there. At first, I was thinking of getting a power conditioner but I am guessing that won't fix the issue.

 

[1big1]

my neighbor has a farm. his electric fencer does this all the time. i have to plug everything into a power conditioner with emf suppression. it's still there.. but it's way better than it was.

 

[EVHpickdust]

I get a weird ticking sometimes as well and lots of hum. If I move a few rooms over and plug in, quiet.

I think I figured it out, though. The High Tension wire from the street connects to my building right outside the window in the room I was using. And it's also connected to the wire the electric buses around here use. So the amp is probably picking up all sorts of EM from that. Or at least the guitar is since the amp is pretty quiet with the guitar's volume off.

I think you need to line your room with aluminum foil.

 

[FourT6and2]

I get a weird ticking sometimes as well and lots of hum. If I move a few rooms over and plug in, quiet.

I think I figured it out, though. The High Tension wire from the street connects to my building right outside the window in the room I was using. And it's also connected to the wire the electric buses around here use. So the amp is probably picking up all sorts of EM from that. Or at least the guitar is since the amp is pretty quiet with the guitar's volume off.

I think you need to line your room with aluminum foil.

 

[C1-ocaster]

Took my head (JCA22H) to a friends house last night and played on one of his cabs...Just hooked it back up to my cabinet and began to notice a weird tick, tick...Like a heartbeat or something. (See video below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmxLdIlZ ... e=youtu.be


Did a google search and saw a lot of people with similar problems and a lot of talk about electrical interference etc... I unplugged everything in the vicinity, including FX units, tried different cables, bypassed power strip, tried different plug ins and still it persists. Then i got the bright idea to try without a cable in the output and, boom, quiet as a mouse again. What on earth has happened? My cab never moved so i don't understand how it could be internal wiring etc. I know for certain it wasn't doing this before...Thoughts?

You have a good bit of hum there, but it may be exaggerated from close mic'ing.
Do you notice the tick cycling?
IOW, does it come on for a duration then shut off, then come back on?
If so, take notice of when your fridge kicks on, or your furnace.
Cyclic interference may likely be a motor either continuously running or kicking on and off.
If you have a sump pump take note of that too since this recently started maybe the warmer weather is melting snow and ice and your pump is kicking on.