New apartment hum, is this EMI or a ground loop?

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So I have my new music room put together, but I've noticed a significant amount of hum that wasn't at my old apartment. I'm not really sure if it's EMI or if it's a ground loop. Obviously it's worse with gain.

Basically, everything audio is silent until I turn up the volume on my guitar. Could this be a ground loop or EMI? I've also noticed that the amount of hum varies depending on where I have my guitar pointed. The hum is there regardless of single coils or humbuckers, though it's certainly less annoying with the latter.

If it's EMI, how can I get it to go away (or at least minimize it so I don't have to use extreme gate settings)? Would something like the Suhr BPSSC help?
 
That is just hum picked up by your guitar, it happens all the time to people. Just get the EH pickup filter, it gets rid of hum from pickups.
 
roadifier":1ovpfntj said:
That is just hum picked up by your guitar, it happens all the time to people. Just get the EH pickup filter, it gets rid of hum from pickups.
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Does it do this without tone-suck? And yes, I'm well aware that pickups pick up EMI. It's just a lot more annoying since my old apartment was quiet as a mouse.
 
Variable":1b5xlz16 said:
roadifier":1b5xlz16 said:
That is just hum picked up by your guitar, it happens all the time to people. Just get the EH pickup filter, it gets rid of hum from pickups.
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Does it do this without tone-suck? And yes, I'm well aware that pickups pick up EMI. It's just a lot more annoying since my old apartment was quiet as a mouse.
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Yeah, it does this without tone suck, a pretty nifty pedal, I should put it in my rack drawer so I can quiet down my guitar at a noisy venue.
 
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