Pedalboard help!

[epinephrine]

Hi all!

I've recently just tried to set up a pedalboard for the very first time. I've been procrastinating it for a while now, and finally got to it this week. Anyway I've been having a lot of problems after setting it and powering it up, in terms of feedback and static. Yep, whenever i hook up my guitar through the pedalboard, then to the amp, there's lots of feedback coming out and there's electrical static on every metallic part of the guitar. The volume on the amp seems to decrease a lot when i channel the guitar through the board, as compared to a direct input from guitar straight to amp.

Here's my equipment list for a better gauge.

Marshall MG15R amplifier (2 pin plug end)

BOSS DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Visual Sound H20 Liquid Chorus & Echo
Danelectro FAB 600mS Delay
Danelectro FAB Flanger
Behringer Ultra Octaver UO100

Visual Sound OneSpot 9V DC adaptor.

Is there anyway to solve the feedback and heavy static problems? Could it be a way that i'm wiring the board? Is there a specific order to arrange the pedals? As far as i know, none of my hardware is spoiled or frayed in anyway. The pedals are mint, if not, still workable, and the power adaptor is new.

Lemme know if there's anything that can be done! I'm really desperate! Thanks!

 

[J.custom]

Seems like there's a grounding problem. Change your power plug to a 3 pin head first and see whether the problem is still there

 

[epinephrine]

The 9V adaptor is 3 pin already!

 

[J.custom]

no your amp's plug

 

[Godspeed64]

Might be your patch cables.

At the same time your Danelectros and Visual Sound pedals are time-based effects and being daisy-chained could induce clock noise to your set-up.

Amp grounding could be an issue as well.

Important thing right now is to test each pedal individually, each patch cable individually and then trying to add in a pedal into the chain one at a time. Isolate the source and hopefully you will solve your problem.

 

[CyanideJunkie]

^ Spot on spot on.

Don't forget to check the links on your daisy chain as well as the jacks on your pedals. Small things like that often trip you up when you least expect it.

 

[epinephrine]

Oh, how do i change the 2 pin to a 3 pin? Does that solve the grounding issue? Sorry, I really have no idea on all this technical stuff at all! :X

 

[CyanideJunkie]

All you need to know.

 

[epinephrine]

Thanks! The static will be solved as well? I thought the static would be coming from the 9V adaptor?