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Posted on Feb 19, 2010

High pitch sound coming from speaker when turned on (sounds like feedback but not very loud)

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    its possible you have your input wires crossed.

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  • Posted on Sep 03, 2009

SOURCE: Hi,I turned on my Marshall mg series 100 dfx and

I suspect the power supply for the effects processor has failed. The effects unit will "go crazy" when power supply is too low voltage.

If the amp has loud noise, then the power amp portion is PROBABLY OK.

I had a similar problem in a Behringer amp caused by a bad electrolytic filter cap.

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  • Posted on Aug 01, 2010

SOURCE: why dose my guitar amp make a high pitch sound

If you have an instrument plugged into the amp, then you need to turn down the volume of the amp before turning on the amp. Otherwise you risk permanent damage to your speaker. Also, the instrument cord may be defective. The hot and ground wires may be shorted together. You need an ohm meter to test your cord. With the cord unplugged and detached, put the positive (red) lead of the ohm meter on the tip of the plug and the negative (black) lead on the sleeve of the plug. You should not have any reading at all. If you get a reading then you have a bad cord with a short.

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Only time and experience will allow you to automatically take actions to avoid feedback. I worked in the San Francisco Bay Area as a manager and sound man for rock bands and several nightclubs for 22 years. My college major was Physics (which includes acoustics).

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