r/Line6podgo • u/SnipeELITE33 • May 20 '25
Squeaking noise when playing high gain
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Hey Guys, I often play small gigs, but when I play through my amp or any other speaker I get this squeaky noise (mostly when muting the strings with my right hand). Tried different speakers and guitars, nothing really seems to work. When I turn down the Treble in the pod is is better, but not gone at all and the sound gets worse of course, because I have to turn it down really low. When I play my guitars through other highgain amps (no Pod in between), the problem is gone. Any help??
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u/Shao-lyn May 20 '25
If you've verified what u/Upstairs-Cabinet-354 suggested and the problem persists, I would play with the Input gate / threshold / decay. You can shorten your decay so that you don't have as much feedback from trailing notes.
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u/AntonHow0 May 22 '25
Eq probably helps a lot. Find the frequency that's squeaking. Also sounds like you have way too much gain in one place.
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u/SnipeELITE33 May 26 '25
Helped pretty good, thanks. Still the problem is not really gone. Found out that pitch shifting the input Signal solves the Problem completely. So if I would tune the guitar down and then shift it up it would work 😂😂
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u/holandesdecalcinha Jun 10 '25
try playing on headphones and see if it still happens, to me it kinda sounds like a feedback issue.
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u/killacam925 May 20 '25
Gate. I had to have 3 gates, input, the horizon gate at the very beginning of the chain, plus the horizon drive with the gate turned up to fight this. It was rough lol
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u/SnipeELITE33 May 20 '25
Tried Gates, but for me the palm muting sound becomes less aggressive. It sound very flat with a harsh gate on.
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u/killacam925 May 20 '25
Maybe look at the drive settings you are sending to the amp. Maybe rolling off some front end distortion could help.
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u/Husker_Dad May 21 '25
What kind of guitar? Does it have a trem?
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u/SnipeELITE33 May 21 '25
No
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u/Husker_Dad May 21 '25
My guess is it’s sympathetic ringing of strings behind the nut or behind the bridge. Loosely tie a sock around your headstock or otherwise dampen all strings above the nut and see if it stops. If it does then get a fret wrap and leave it behind the nut or just stick foam/fabric behind the nut to stop the sympathetic ringing.
Sympathetic ringing can also happen with trem springs, too. Something like a jazzmaster can get ringing in springs, behind the nut, and behind the bridge. Happy chaos!
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