Boss pedals - I do love 'em... but daaaammmnnnn they're noisy....

Drew_TNBD

I kinda knew it anyway, but having my almost entirely Boss board and my Decibel 11 switch dr.... the difference in noise floor between no effects in the chain and all of the pedals in the chain is ridiculous!!! Extremely noisy!!

monquixote

At least they aren't Strymons those things are terrible  

Drew_TNBD

hahaha.

Well I used to have a SPACE, and it was just as noisy as these Boss pedals. You don't really expect that at those prices. But then, Boss pedals aren't that cheap!

monquixote

I've heard a few people say that about Eventide. 

Do you know if the H9 has the same issues?

Drew_TNBD

No idea tbh.

steamabacus

Drew_TNBD

hahahahaha.

JD50

I've always found boss to be pretty quiet, are you using good quality cables? Try cleaning your jacks and inputs with some contact cleaner.

ThePrettyDamned

I've noticed the dd3 is pretty much silent, but when I tried a dd6 it had a bit of noise in front of the amp on high gain, not much though, and both were deadly silent in the effects loop (from memory).

I don't recall any on the sd-1, but it had a bit of bypass leak. I now have a buffered tuner which would fix that, though, so I don't really know.

And I've got a boss df-2 en route, so I'll report back

mike_l

All the Boss dirts (at least the one's I've tried/own) have some leakage, so when off, they're still partially on.

I've not noticed much with the chorus pedals, but haven't used one for a few years.....

Delays (DD-6) pretty quiet.

randomhandclaps

If they are Taiwanese made then contact Boss with the serial numbers and find out which worker made them.  I have read in several places on the internet that the Taiwanese Boss pedals made by Chen Lim are far better tone-wise with less noisy than the ones made by Huang Zhoax.

mike_l

steamabacus said:

Had one, noisy as fuck......

Johnnyseven

I have a mostly Boss board and i've not found it to be noisy.

Drew_TNBD

JD50 said:

I've always found boss to be pretty quiet, are you using good quality cables? Try cleaning your jacks and inputs with some contact cleaner.

Seriously.... plug straight into your amp and compare it with a few Boss pedals in your chain. You'll be very surprised.

therose789

Would having a good quality PSU make a difference at all? 

Drew_TNBD

No. And I do.

ThePrettyDamned

mike_l;418652" said:

All the Boss dirts (at least the one's I've tried/own) have some leakage, so when off, they're still partially on.

I've not noticed much with the chorus pedals, but haven't used one for a few years.....

Delays (DD-6) pretty quiet.

If the df-2 is like that, I don't think I could live with it.

therose789;418773" said:

Would having a good quality PSU make a difference at all? 

Yes, but if it's a noisy pedal, it's a noisy pedal.

The worst I've heard is the geq-7. It's like filling your preamp with a bunch of angry rattlesnakes.

meltedbuzzbox

Why get worried about noise when you aren't playing?

mike_l

ThePrettyDamned said:

mike_l;418652" said:

All the Boss dirts (at least the one's I've tried/own) have some leakage, so when off, they're still partially on.

I've not noticed much with the chorus pedals, but haven't used one for a few years.....

Delays (DD-6) pretty quiet.

If the df-2 is like that, I don't think I could live with it.

therose789;418773" said:

Would having a good quality PSU make a difference at all? 

Yes, but if it's a noisy pedal, it's a noisy pedal.

The worst I've heard is the geq-7. It's like filling your preamp with a bunch of angry rattlesnakes.

A noisegate after did sort the noise out (MXR Smartgate)

randomhandclaps

ThePrettyDamned said:

 It's like filling your preamp with a bunch of angry rattlesnakes.

Do you have any more details on this mod?

meltedbuzzbox

randomhandclaps said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

 It's like filling your preamp with a bunch of angry rattlesnakes.

Do you have any more details on this mod?

its just more snake oil