Hi all. I'm brand new to this forum and need some help. My Spin Acher, which is a "light activated tremelo/leslie sim pedal" is making a ticking noise through my amp which makes it pretty unusable for recording. I opened the pedal up and it's a mass of wires all over the place. I don't even know where to start in terms of what might be wrong. Any ideas?

Thanks very much! I look forward to contributing to this forum.

Hey ZZZ,
Welcome to the party! I had a Spin Acher last year. The tone and effect of the pedal was very good, but I found that it "ticked" too. You need to try to move it around on your board--placement of the pedal will help eliminate this problem. If I remember right, I had to put it first in line BEFORE my Fuzzes and Overdrives. I kept the Spin Acher for a while, but eventually sold it and got a Demeter Tremulator--it's more "vintage" sounding and suits my player better. Good luck!

Willie,
Thanx for your kind welcome...
I'll try placing the pedal earlier in my chain as you advised. However, I get the ticking when I plug in guitar > spin acher > amp as well. The wiring is such as mess inside, I wonder if some might causing the tick. It's very frustrating. Anything to recommend regarding the wiring?

Hey Zman!

Nope, sorry, I didn't get into the wiring of it and I'm the Festus of electronics . My placing it in the first of my chain eliminated the problem, so I did not get into the guts of the pedal. You *might* want to try contacting Jacques directly if you are sold on the pedal and definently want to use it in your setup. I had NO problem with the tone/effect of it, in fact, it gave a KILLER mild/slight/fat singing overdrive when turned up. I just needed something a little less temermental.

He's fairly accessible--try his website at www.ts808.com His email is jacques@ts808.com

Sorry for your frustration--maybe he can help!

Willie-b,
I put the Spin Acher before my ODs and voilla, as you said, no more ticking. Interesting though, it is after my compressor , and with the compressor on, it ticks. With comp off, no tick. So when I use it, I'll just click the Tone Press off. Not sure why Spin Acher is interacting this way with the compressor, but at least it's usable now. It really is a nice effect, that I can finally hear because I'm not distracted by the ticking sound.

Thanks so much for your suggestions!
Regards.

Hey Z-man!
Cool! I'm glad it worked for ya! I think the Spin is just VERY sensitive to what is going in/out/around it, barometric pressure, alignment of Venus, etc.

What kinda amp and other pedals are you using? Just curious, you have good taste in gear, it sounds like.

WB,
I play either a Reverend Commando GT with Lollar singles and bridge hb or '62 RI Tele with Anderson pickups into a Fender Vibroking with Weber 10A150, Weber 10F150T and Fane Alnico 10 speakers. Current pedalboard includes the aforementioned Spin Acher, Boss TU-2, LR Baggs Paracoustic DI (great tone shaper and buffer), Barber Tone Press, Boss OC2, Mutron 3, Boss PH1-R, Barber LTD, early Orange Fulldrive 2, J.Everman Fuzzdrive G2, Boss GE-7, TC Electronic Chorus/Flanger, Boss DM3. I'm finally pretty comfortable with the mix of stuff.

How 'bout you?

Hey ZZZ!

With my blues/classic rock band, I normally run a 40 watt Kendrick "The Rig" or a Budda Twimaster head to a PRS 4x12 or a Fender 2x12 cabinet. I've scaled back this set up to be light and portable. My effects are generally a Peavey Valverb (tube reverb and tremelo--1 space rack), an Austone Millennium OD or a Keeley DS-1 Ultra, FoxRox Fuzzfoot, DLS Chorus~Vibe, Ibanez Echomachine, occasionally a Boss Octave, and a Teese Picture wah.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Williebudda:
Hey ZZZ!

Oops, my cpu crapped out. Anywho, I also recently got hold of an ENGL Ritchie Blackmore 100 head and a Marshall 4x12 that was part of Ted Nugent's backline--rather potent combination to say the least.. The ENGL has sooo much gain, it really doesn't need much, but for fun, I run a Lockhart Tone Wizard or a MXR Zakk Wylde od. Guitars--right now--LOTS--82' Les Paul Std w/ Duncan Pickups, 3 Gibson Flying V's, a Zion Powerglide with Barden pickups, 3 Hamer USAs (Goldtop w/ Duncan P-90's, 98' Phantom Custom, and a 92' Archtop Sunburst model), and finally a Yamaha USA Custom Shop that I got from guitar wiz Michael Lee Firkins (He used it on his Hot Licks Instructional video).