This may or may not be useful to you, but I had a similar experience with a brand new Goodrich pot pedal. I traded it out for an Omni pedal and the issue persisted. I could never truly isolate the cause unfortunately.
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Volume Pedal Noise - Troubleshooting
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Marshall Woodall
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That's a very useful thread Brian. Sort of how I landed on my own solution to a similar problem. The complicating factor is using a passive pedal with a dedicated tuner output as is/was my case. The tuner (while connected to its DC supply) is what was causing my issues and not what was in the actual audio path. Loads of fun...
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Gary Wessels
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Re: Volume Pedal Noise - Troubleshooting
As I noted before, I'm on my 3rd pot in 3 years.
The last one I put in was from Tom Bradshaw and a scratch (at about 1/3- 2/3 travel) showed up after a few months of use.
All the tests detailed above pointed at the pedal.
Today, I rewired my Goodrich pedal with this wire:
https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products ... pre-tinned
I left the old, "scratchy" pot in place and replaced all pedal wiring.
The problem DISAPPEARED! The pot is now silent.
It appears to be the wiring that was causing my problems...
The last one I put in was from Tom Bradshaw and a scratch (at about 1/3- 2/3 travel) showed up after a few months of use.
All the tests detailed above pointed at the pedal.
Today, I rewired my Goodrich pedal with this wire:
https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products ... pre-tinned
I left the old, "scratchy" pot in place and replaced all pedal wiring.
The problem DISAPPEARED! The pot is now silent.
It appears to be the wiring that was causing my problems...