radio chaos

[ochaye]

hi folks
i have 10 of the so called boteek ODs....the usual suspects,Zen,Mos,OCD,Tim..... and three of the lovely Barber pedals,LTD,DD and the BU,the Barber gear may very well be my favourite of the bunch.

my problem is the BU....it keeps picking up radio signals at home (i have yet to try the pedal at a different location )
sometimes it's music and other times it sounds like short wave taxi office chat..."Agnes,yeh didnae by any chance see eastenders last night,did yeh?...ah had tae run oot an' git ma hair done fur the wedding......."

thing is Dave, none of the other pedals act in this way......would this signify a fault with the pedal and will you be sending me a bill for the added radio feature?
ochaye......the noo

[David Barber]

hi folks
i have 10 of the so called boteek ODs....the usual suspects,Zen,Mos,OCD,Tim..... and three of the lovely Barber pedals,LTD,DD and the BU,the Barber gear may very well be my favourite of the bunch.

my problem is the BU....it keeps picking up radio signals at home (i have yet to try the pedal at a different location )
sometimes it's music and other times it sounds like short wave taxi office chat..."Agnes,yeh didnae by any chance see eastenders last night,did yeh?...ah had tae run oot an' git ma hair done fur the wedding......."

thing is Dave, none of the other pedals act in this way......would this signify a fault with the pedal and will you be sending me a bill for the added radio feature?
ochaye......the noo

All radios need an antenna, in the case of overdrive or compression pedals, the input cables are usually the antenna. Have you tried swapping out all cables (from bu to guitar) on the input side of the Burn Unit?

[ochaye]

thanks Dave

the BU is 1st in line after my guitar so i will try a change of cable to the pedal tonight

up to now i have been using a basic Ernie Ball 10 foot cable......i have a Planet Waves cable with shielding i will try

thanks again
john

[ochaye]

BINGO! cheers Dave.....another happy customer.

[uscgamcks]

Yeah, but now you have to buy a radio!