Does your RV50 hum a lot?

Ronnie Robinson · Post by **Ronnie Robinson** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:44 pm

I've had an RV 50 about 3 weeks and I have noticed it really hums a lot when using the gain channel - much more than any other Amp Ive had, its not unusable by any stretch and does decrease slightly when the guitar is moved away from the Amp - I only use classic Rock levels of gain for all of my Amps. In comparison the chinese made 50 watt Vox Night train or indeed my AD30 were very quiet. I guess it could well be a valve .....but Do RV 50s hum a lot ?

I must admit when I tried it in the Shop using a Tele I did n't notice any extra hum

Les Paul Lover · Post by **Les Paul Lover** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:18 pm

Mine doesn't unless I max out the gain with some serious volume. It's not dead quite either, and the dirty channels hums more than the clean one, but nothing serious. I think that's your amp/valve if you believe it hums too much.

Jondog · Post by **Jondog** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:56 pm

Mine never did. Maybe some bad tubes? Lights? Wiring?

Spaceboy1 · Post by **Spaceboy1** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 11:23 pm

mine is silent

Randy Bass · Post by **Randy Bass** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:08 am

Spaceboy1 wrote:mine is silent

Have you tried plugging it into a speaker cab?

Jondog · Post by **Jondog** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 2:01 am

Randy Bass wrote:
Spaceboy1 wrote:mine is silent
Have you tried plugging it into a speaker cab?

jax510 · Post by **jax510** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:49 am

I have some posters with fluorescent lights that cause extra hum/buzz if they are plugged in and more when they are on in my amps, so maybe something like that? are all the amps plugged into the same outlet?

Ronnie Robinson wrote:I've had an RV 50 about 3 weeks and I have noticed it really hums a lot when using the gain channel - much more than any other Amp Ive had, its not unusable by any stretch and does decrease slightly when the guitar is moved away from the Amp - I only use classic Rock levels of gain for all of my Amps. In comparison the chinese made 50 watt Vox Night train or indeed my AD30 were very quiet. I guess it could well be a valve .....but Do RV 50s hum a lot ?

I must admit when I tried it in the Shop using a Tele I did n't notice any extra hum

Ronnie Robinson · Post by **Ronnie Robinson** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:52 am

Yep, thanks guys what I suspecter, cheers

Woodsie · Post by **Woodsie** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:03 pm

Mine did. An MXR Smartgate in the loop fixed it.

Bensnake · Post by **Bensnake** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:45 pm

Woodsie wrote:Mine did. An MXR Smartgate in the loop fixed it.

MXR SmartGate is da pile of poop!

Woodsie · Post by **Woodsie** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:13 pm

Bensnake wrote:
Woodsie wrote:Mine did. An MXR Smartgate in the loop fixed it.
MXR SmartGate is da pile of poop!

Not really my point. But ok

Bensnake · Post by **Bensnake** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:15 am

Woodsie wrote:
Bensnake wrote:
Woodsie wrote:Mine did. An MXR Smartgate in the loop fixed it.
MXR SmartGate is da pile of poop!
Not really my point. But ok

I meant it's great! I use one myself.

Ronnie Robinson · Post by **Ronnie Robinson** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:45 pm

I'm English: I really don't understand the American way of sounding like your slagging something off to mean it's really good!

Woodsie · Post by **Woodsie** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:10 pm

Oh! I get it now. I took it the other way.

Bensnake · Post by **Bensnake** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 3:17 am

Ronnie Robinson wrote:I'm English: I really don't understand the American way of sounding like your slagging something off to mean it's really good!

Swedes just löööve the American way...

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