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I will confess my sin - I buy cheap stuff - but I've gotten by until now.

I have a few DOD and Digitech pedals - and a Fender pedal tuner - all under $50.

When they are all off - I still get a bit of noise. Especially when I have the amp on one of the overdrive channels.

Okay, that may not be that much of problem since I will probably use my pedals through a clean channel - but even on clean I still get a bit of hum. When I pull all the pedals out of the chain, the tuner itself seems to be generating hum.

I've read in this forum about quot;true bypassquot; -- what is it? Is it something found in only the more expensive pedals? Or is it something I can add to my board or mod onto my pedals.

Could the hum possibly be generated by the wall warts? I have them mounted on a power strip on the same board with the pedals -- are they producing enough RF to make a difference?

I'm about ready to just dump the whole board...

Any reasonable suggested would be much appreciated...

Thanks

Here, Rick. Read this. It'll tell you everything that you need to know (and then some).

from : localhost/www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/bypass/bypass.htm

Thanks... that article was great... has anybody built his by-pass box? Does it work well?

I also have a Dunlop Crybaby (saw it mentioned in the articls as a major tone sucker) - along with the Fender tuner and assorted effects pedals. I actually didn't have a problem until I ran them into my new Line 6 Spider II amp (I used to use a Crate GFX). I'm guessing the Line 6 is more sensitive to these noises.