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Subject: Re: Another DR Noise Problem
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siege–(at)–ol.com (Siege7) wrote:

>I have a ’65 DR and am having similar frustrations. The noise eminating
>from the amp is a bit different in that it is a “ticking” type noise that
>only appears while playing the guitar thru it. (sustain a chord and you
>hear an accompanying ticking noise).

Fender style fibre eyelet boards are very prone to a variety of odd
little paranormal pheonenoms, ticking being the most common. The board
itself is made of vulcanized cardboard basically, and can soak up
ambient moisture if it’s humid enough. This makes the boards very
lively electrically. I’ve measured micro voltages where there
shouldn’t be when they display the dreaded tick. Fender attempted to
address this problem by waxing the boards, which worked, but also made
the entire inside of the amp prone to getting fouled up with wax once
the amp heated up and the wax vaporized. I’ve seen gunked up pots and
tube sockets alot on the wax dipped boards. My suggestion is to take a
hair drier to the board. Warm setting, low blow for about 4 or five
hours. Longer if it persists. Keep amp away from high humidity if
possible. It’s a crazy low tech solution, but tube amps are crazy low
tech items…
LaFong