EQ/Boost pedal with built in noise gate?

[Just Mike]

I like that Frown EQ in front of my 2204, but my old GE-7 is noisy. I'd rather not just add a gate pedal. Is there an EQ pedal with a built in gate? Or a super quiet EQ pedal?

 

[Dave L]

Well, any gate built-in or stand-alone would just keep it quiet when you´re not playing. But anyway, you´re sure it is the pedal itself generating noise and not that it amplifies noise from other pedals or your guitar?

 

[maddnotez]

Try the Danelectro Fish and Chips.

I opted for the Gate but that EQ seems to be less noisy compared to the others I have tried.

I have never tried a Parametric EQ though and I wonder if some of those have a lower noise level too.

 

[Racerxrated]

Try the Danelectro Fish and Chips.

I opted for the Gate but that EQ seems to be less noisy compared to the others I have tried.

I have never tried a Parametric EQ though and I wonder if some of those have a lower noise level too.

This. The Fish n chips is WAY quieter than either Boss or MXR eq pedals.

 

[lll]

Little secret: Try boosting the impedance in front of the EQ... this can fix the S/N ratio to almost zero hiss.

 

[8len8]

There are many places that sell mod kits for the GE7 that make it quieter.

 

[Dave L]

Little secret: Try boosting the impedance in front of the EQ... this can fix the S/N ratio to almost zero hiss.

This should be an easy one to check out, just have any pedal on (or in the case of non-true-bypass, even off works) before the EQ and see if the hiss disappears. That would mean that it isn´t really made to go directly after a guitar with passive pickups, similarly to how some volume pedals are for high impedance and some for low.

 

[lll]

http://screaminfx.com/tech/why-and-when-to-use-a-guitar-buffer-pedal.htm

Particularly the impedance parts.

Also to quote Tom Scholz from August 1977 interview:

The guitar is first fed into a homemade preamp which has an active high-end boost, to allow Tom to get away with using all his other inline effects without overpowering noise. "Most of those devices are designed to take much larger input signals than even the most powerful guitars put out," Scholz explains. "If you kick up the signal in front by 3 or 4dB, and start boosting the highend at around 2kHz around 6dB per octave, you can get the signal-to-noise ratio down to a usable level.

"After the preamp," he continues, "I have a 6-band MXR Graphic Equalizer that runs on batteries-which in itself is noisier than hell, but sounds all right after it's preamped.

 

[Dave L]

Yeah, level and impedance aren´t the same thing even if amping the level also changes the impedance, but both things apply!

 

[Just Mike]

I'm pretty sure it's just the inherent noise in the cheap components the GE-7 is built out of. I mean, I'm using it in a way it really wasn't designed for. An EQ is a tone shaping device, I'm using it to slam the input of an already overdriven gain stage.

 

[8len8]

Many folks use the GE-7 as a boost (I did it starting in the 80's). Just get a modified one and you'll be good to go.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I'm pretty sure it's just the inherent noise in the cheap components the GE-7 is built out of. I mean, I'm using it in a way it really wasn't designed for. An EQ is a tone shaping device, I'm using it to slam the input of an already overdriven gain stage.

As was said above, most people use EQ pedals to boost and yest the GE-7 is a noisy beast. So go fish n Chips or just mod your GE-7 or use a noise gate and say screw it, it is rock n roll! Sometimes the most untamed of beasts record and sound the best. Start squeezing them and they lose their mojo.

 

[jkdsteve]

There are many places that sell mod kits for the GE7 that make it quieter.

Sniper Mod...go for it!