HELP! My HERBERT makes a buzzing noise and nothing else!

[jannik.vice]

Hi everyone,

today i was playing through my herbert when i stepped on my guitarcable. It unplugged and right then my herbert started to buzz. first i thought it was the usual noise but when i plugged the cable back into my guitar the buzzing was still there. so i checked everything out. i dissconnected my effectbaord, i tested another calbe, another guitar. It's definitely the amplifier. Also the buzzing is chaning a little bit, it get's deeper. What could it be? I mean i stepped on my guitarcable several times before and i never thought that this damage anything but my cable or my guitar. I'm thankful for any tipp!


kind regards

Jannik

 

[duesentrieb]

You may have fucked the input jack of the amp. If I were you I'd inspect it visually and report here (pic).

 

[jannik.vice]

You may have fucked the input jack of the amp. If I were you I'd inspect it visually and report here (pic).

okay i'll take a picture and post it here but as far as i remember it looked all okay.but how could the input jack of the amp be damaged because of that? i didn't pulled on it or something like that.


greets jannik

 

[Hard&Heavy]

You may have fucked the input jack of the amp. If I were you I'd inspect it visually and report here (pic).

This, I had this happen to a marshall years ago.

 

[jannik.vice]

You may have fucked the input jack of the amp. If I were you I'd inspect it visually and report here (pic).

This, I had this happen to a marshall years ago.

and what did you do? did you just replace the inputjack and it was ok? I could try it, that would probably be the cheapest solution if it works x]


greets Jannik

 

[Hard&Heavy]

You may have fucked the input jack of the amp. If I were you I'd inspect it visually and report here (pic).

This, I had this happen to a marshall years ago.

and what did you do? did you just replace the inputjack and it was ok? I could try it, that would probably be the cheapest solution if it works x]


greets Jannik

Yes,and I hope thats all it will be for you.

 

[Jens Kruse]

I also think you damaged the input jack when stepping on the cable.

If you need any help with anything please contact me.

Jens Kruse

 

[jannik.vice]

I also think you damaged the input jack when stepping on the cable.

If you need any help with anything please contact me.

Jens Kruse

humm, I'm just wondering how. The Cable goes from my guitar into my pedalboard and then into the amp. so i couldn't have pulled directly on the input jack of the amp . but okay, i'll try and change the input jack

 

[duesentrieb]

Just post a pic before you start to solder . . .

Btw, if no force was put to the jack I doubt it was damaged too. But what else could go wrong when you step onto your guitar cable?

 

[Peter Diezel]

So You stepped on Your cable which is connected
to the pedalboard and is not connected to the
amp input ?

Please unplug the cable from Your pedal board
and connect it straight into the amp.

Just want to find out if You have an issue with
Your pedal board or the amp.

Thanks

 

[jannik.vice]

So You stepped on Your cable which is connected
to the pedalboard and is not connected to the
amp input ?

Please unplug the cable from Your pedal board
and connect it straight into the amp.

Just want to find out if You have an issue with
Your pedal board or the amp.

Thanks

Hi Peter, I already did that. First the chain was guitar->pedalboard-> amp when i stepped onto my cable between my guitar and the pedalboard so it unplugged from my guitar. when i plugged it back in the buzzing didn't disappear. so i took another cable.it was still buzzing. then i tried antoher gutar.and again it wasl buzzing. so i took the cable direct into the amp with the pedalboard disconnected. no effects in front of the amp and no effects in the loop. just my guitar into the amp and still just the buzzing. and of course i tried 2 different calbes with 2 different guitars this way. i really tried every possible way to make sure it isn't anything else but the amp.

 

[jannik.vice]

So You stepped on Your cable which is connected
to the pedalboard and is not connected to the
amp input ?

Please unplug the cable from Your pedal board
and connect it straight into the amp.

Just want to find out if You have an issue with
Your pedal board or the amp.

Thanks

Hi Peter, I already did that. First the chain was guitar->pedalboard-> amp when i stepped onto my cable between my guitar and the pedalboard so it unplugged from my guitar. when i plugged it back in the buzzing didn't disappear. so i took another cable.it was still buzzing. then i tried antoher gutar.and again it wasl buzzing. so i took the cable direct into the amp with the pedalboard disconnected. no effects in front of the amp and no effects in the loop. just my guitar into the amp and still just the buzzing. and of course i tried 2 different calbes with 2 different guitars this way. i really tried every possible way to make sure it isn't anything else but the amp.

and it was also buzzing with just the cable but without a guitar. exactly the same noise. i tried every channel of the amp, mid-cut on and off. only when i set the amp on mute it's gone.

 

[Jens Kruse]

From what I'm reading here it appears that your buzzing problem could be totally unrelated to you stepping on the cable. Since your cable was between guitar and pedal board and NO tension/stress was applied to the input jack then I can not imagine what damage this stepping on the cable could have done to your amp.

I would plug your pedal board into a different amp and see if it is still working. If it is not working maybe stepping and yanking on the pedal board cable caused the pedals to do a bad number on your amp. I have heard of guitar players (not Diezel users) damaging their amps with pedal boards like a "DOD Buzz Box" or a "DOD Meat Box". It is hard to believe that an amp built like a Diezel would get damaged by pedal boards acting up, but I would pursue every option, even if it sounds far fetched.

Kind regards,

Jens Kruse

 

[jannik.vice]

From what I'm reading here it appears that your buzzing problem could be totally unrelated to you stepping on the cable. Since your cable was between guitar and pedal board and NO tension/stress was applied to the input jack then I can not imagine what damage this stepping on the cable could have done to your amp.

I would plug your pedal board into a different amp and see if it is still working. If it is not working maybe stepping and yanking on the pedal board cable caused the pedals to do a bad number on your amp. I have heard of guitar players (not Diezel users) damaging their amps with pedal boards like a "DOD Buzz Box" or a "DOD Meat Box". It is hard to believe that an amp built like a Diezel would get damaged by pedal boards acting up, but I would pursue every option, even if it sounds far fetched.

Kind regards,

Jens Kruse

It must have been a huge coincidence if it is unrelated but I start to think the same.

 

[nakedzen]

My first thought when seeing the thread title was "must be a bad preamp tube". I'd check those first.

 

[jannik.vice]

Today i checked out if it works with new preamp tubes. That wasn't it. And I recorded the noise so you can hear it and attached it to this post. Maybe that helps. What do you think? Should I send it to Diezel for repair?

 

[Jens Kruse]

Today i checked out if it works with new preamp tubes. That wasn't it. And I recorded the noise so you can hear it and attached it to this post. Maybe that helps. What do you think? Should I send it to Diezel for repair?

I listened to the noise. It could be 1 or more damaged power tubes. Are you able to replace those and bias?

Is it gone when you turn down the Master Volume, channel volume, or gain ?

Can you plug your guitar into the serial RETURN (then use the Master Volume on front) to hear if the noise is still there?

Mess around with your amp settings and see if there is anything that will make the noise go away. All that with your guitar plugged in and guitar volume turned down to ZERO.