Cheap and easy way to eliminate realtone cable white noise.

[Fandabidozi]

There is nothing more annoying than playing your guitar or bass in my case and being plagued by interferance noise to spoil the sound of your playing. I play rocksmith through a electro-harmonix switchblade splitter so I can use it alongside my amp. I tried everything but couldn't eliminate the dreaded noise until today. I don't use top of the range gear but don't use cheap either in a bit to eliminate unwanted noise. My setup consited of the following and still I couldn't eliminate the realtone cable noise until today.

Bass: Schecter Stiletto Custom IV
Amp: Orange Crush 100BXT
Pedals: electro-harmonix Switchblade, MXR noise clamp, Bass Overdrive ODB-3 (Boss), Compression Sustainer CS-3 (Boss), Bass Chorus CEB-3 (Boss).
Chain Power Supply: JOYO Power Supply 2
Mains Power Extension: 8-way Monster Power Center HT800 (clean power circuitry)
Instrument Cables: All are planet waves custom series.
Patch cables: All are planet waves classic series.

I have tried my best to use equipment that was sheilded from noise but still no joy but today I tried something new. I unplugged my realtone cable from my Switchblade splitter, then took a sheilded planet waves patch cable, plugged this into the splitter first then I took a coupler and plugged the patch cable into one end and the realtone cable into the other, turned everything on and guess what......complete silence.....yipppeeeee!!! So I guess the problem is that the realtone cable is not sheilded from noise but can easily be sorted if you couple it together with a sheilded patch cable. Hope this helps some people that have experienced the same issues.

[Paladin]

you have a ground loop problem with your switchblade Splitter. if you want to get rid of the Y-cable you need a splitter with a ground lift. I wrote up as had others the best way to make that all happen. I am glad that you have is sorted out, just thought you might like to know the real cause.

[Fandabidozi]

I used to have a palmer Y spliter that had a ground lift on/off button on it. That would explain why I no problems when using it. Through my own fault I shorted out the palmer splitter box and had to buy a new one. At the time cash was an issue and the Palmer box is about 3 times the cost of the switchblade box hence why I bought the cheaper one. But it also proves the saying "buy cheap, get cheap". Thanks for pointing out the real cause of my problem. I have not experienced many electrical or interference problems in my time playing hence my ignorance in alot of it so alot of my fixes are trial and error.

[Paladin]

Yepper I did almost the same thing. I got a Livewire SPlitter fought the issue until i got the Radial Twin-City Bones. Not it's dead quite.

[Fandabidozi]

One thing I did think of is that I know some people have a problem with unwanted noise even playing with the realtone cable direct from their guitar and not using a seperate amp alongside. I am assuming that it would be the console/pc causing the electrical interference? If so I am assuming that the realtone cable is not sheilded? If that is the case would it be an idea to try a simailar method like I used? i.e. plugging a short sheilded patch cable dirrect into the guitar then usin the coupler to connect the realtone cable.

On a different note I am delighten I have solved my problem, have the house all to myself and a mid thirty man is about to rock out with a few beers and play some AC/DC to relive seeing them live at Hampden stadium last month. Which may I add was the most awesome gig I have ever experienced. Angus Young is brilliantly insane and those band of pensioners put most young so called hard rock bands to shame.