Guitar amp buzz

[Scorch]

Howdy y'all, I have a horrid buzz on my amp when I use distortion, and a slight hum when using a clean effect. If anyone here plays guitar and uses a power conditioner, could you tell me if they get rid of buzz? My guitar store says that conditioners clean that stuff up, but I'm not spending over $100 to find out that it doesn't, and they won't take it back.

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[BBOY]

>buzz in distortion

thats kinda the whole point bro

[ChexGuy331]

I think he means the kind of buzzing you get when your speaker's about to explode. Except it's coming out of an amp.

[Anti-Block]

how old is the amp?

[Scorch]

I got the amp last year, brand new fender thing with built in effects n stuff.
When it buzzes, I'm not playing anything, the volume on the guitar is off too. I took it to my music store and plugged my whole setup in, same settings and it was silent. They said it might be my houses power or some stuff.

[dorkdotdan]

There could be several culprits. One of which is that you have a stuffty speaker in your amp (more or less unlikely because you said it's mainly when you use distortion), another possibility is that the distortion pedal you're using is just low quality. Personally I recommend a Boss pedal.  You could solve this quickly by purchasing a cheap EQ pedal and filtering out the impurities. It would be of use if you posted the amp and distortion model/manufacturer.

Wait wait is this a fender mustang we're talking about?

[ShadowsfeaR]

Cheap amp
Cheap pick ups
Cheap pedal

Could be any of these
Fix?

Better amp
Noise gate
Better guitar

I reccomend a Noise Gate in general, just because they are loving awesome.

[dorkdotdan]

Cheap amp
Cheap pick ups
Cheap pedal

Could be any of these
Fix?

Better amp
Noise gate
Better guitar

I reccomend a Noise Gate in general, just because they are loving awesome.

He doesn't necessarily need a new guitar, he could through some Lollars in. I hear those are pretty slick.

[Scorch]

New guitar bought last year: fender black top tele
fender mustang amp
no pedal, use fx on amp
it works fine in the music store with good wiring in the walls
house wires suck
would a power conditioner work? the guys at the shop say yes but they could just want my money

[ShadowsfeaR]

That's another thing. Cheap wires give buzz.

[dorkdotdan]

That's another thing. Cheap wires give buzz.

I've never really had a problem with this. I've bought the cheapest wires on the rack and had no problems besides that they weren't durable. But that's probably the issue here.

also I take the built in Fuzz over the Overdrive any day.