I need help with trying to tame the noise/hiss from my 5150

[mystixboi]

I’ve always been a very basic set up kind of player. I currently have an EVH 5150 iii combo that uses a Nux Cerberus in 4 cable method for delays, reverb and modulation efx in loop and the OD of the Cerberus for a slight boost.

I wanted to try to tame the white noise/hiss of the 5150 iii. I was told to try the TC Electronic Sentry so I bought one. I tried it in front of the amp, but that doesn’t help… at all. I still get the white noise. Most of the videos I find about the pedal say to use it after distortions and overdrives. But since the I am using the amp distortion, I figured that I would need to run through the efx loop of the amp before any kind of delays and reverbs. Is this correct?

My signal…

guitar > od/distortion > amp

in the efx loop: send from amp > input of sentry > output of sentry > into input of nux Cerberus > output of Cerberus > return of amp efx loop

Would this work?

 

[japetus]

Is the hiss very bad? Have you tried some low noise preamp tubes? Also, are you running into a regulated power supply? I was having troubles with hiss at my previous practice space and tried everything. Then we ended up buying a regulated Furman and it eliminated almost all of the hiss.

 

[rottingcorpse]

My signal…

guitar > od/distortion > amp

in the efx loop: send from amp > input of sentry > output of sentry > into input of nux Cerberus > output of Cerberus > return of amp efx loop

Would this work?

Yes.

 

[mystixboi]

Update... it took some trial and error but I got the sentry to do exactly what I wanted. So far so good!

 

[splatter]

I find it odd that you use an OD in front of a 5153. That amp has a ton of distorsion.Are you using it for a lead boost ?

 

[mchn13]

I find it odd that you use an OD in front of a 5153. That amp has a ton of distorsion.Are you using it for a lead boost ?

Not trying to answer for him, but I used one as well, and still do sometimes. I used my 808 with the level between 12-1 o’clock, drive off, and tone around 2-3 o’clock. Gain on the Evh around 2-3 out of ten. It was tighter and had a little more mid character, and still feels like the gain is around 5-6 on the amp. Quieter too.

 

[napalmdeath]

I find it odd that you use an OD in front of a 5153. That amp has a ton of distorsion.Are you using it for a lead boost ?

Not trying to answer for him, but I used one as well, and still do sometimes. I used my 808 with the level between 12-1 o’clock, drive off, and tone around 2-3 o’clock. Gain on the Evh around 2-3 out of ten. It was tighter and had a little more mid character, and still feels like the gain is around 5-6 on the amp. Quieter too.

I've yet to find a high gain amp that didn't benefit from a boost. As for the 5153, it definitely needed one on the blue channel to tighten it up, IMO. And I've owned 3 of them. A good, transparent one works well, like the TC Spark Boost.

 

[mchn13]

The OP was asking about noise, so the way I use a boost with them also makes them less noisy. For some reason, every since my old blockletter, turning down the pre on the amp to around 2.5, and hitting it with a slight boost, made the amp more responsive, and brought the hiss from the preamp down.

 

[mystixboi]

I find it odd that you use an OD in front of a 5153. That amp has a ton of distorsion.Are you using it for a lead boost ?

I use it on the blue channel to give it that extra push into hot rodded tone.