Radio Interference with the Rocket Fuzz!

[Akuma60]

Hi there!

I just build the Rocket Fuzz!  GREAT effect, lotsa sustain!!  Unfortunalty, losta radio interference!!  Other than the metal enclosure, what are the other things that I can do to stop listening to talk shows on my amp!

I use 2N3904, and the problem is worst when I use both pickups of my LesPaul!

Thanks

[burnt fingers]

You could put a small capacitor  33pf maybe from the input to ground.  This would help catch some radio noise although I suspect it may actually be your guitar if you say it's worse with both pickups.

Do you get the radio when your volume knobs are off on the guitar.  How about when the guitar is not plugged in at all.


Scott

[Akuma60]

When I lower the volume of my guitar, the radio stuff stops!  When the volume is at zero, I get this huge hum!

Could be the guitar, but I didn't got that problem with other distortions I did like the EasyDrive, EaseFace and the Distortion +

[DDD]

Feel free to solder up to 100-200 pF from input to the ground, as burnt fingers advise.