Picking up Radio Stations on Guitar

[Chainsaw Calligraphy]

So I noticed this when I was tracking guitars today. It was coming through very quietly when I had a guitar track armed to record, so I cranked up the preamp gain and got this.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12165649/Radio.mp3

Has anyone else ever had this or am I just intercepting Al Qaeda communications with my Jackson?

 

[updog]

did you use an amp? in that case it's not unusual.

edit. re-read that, guess you didn't. i guess it can happen with a guitar, or audio interface as well? this is getting interesting.

 

[Chainsaw Calligraphy]

did you use an amp? in that case it's not unusual.

edit. re-read that, guess you didn't. i guess it can happen with a guitar, or audio interface as well? this is getting interesting.

I was tracking DI with amp sims. I could originally only hear it with the gain right up on the sim, but that clip is just the output straight from my guitar after being normalised.

 

[sprack]

Single coils? If not then you have a poorly shielded cavity.

 

[Jan [MTW]]

Has anyone else ever had this or am I just intercepting Al Qaeda communications with my Jackson?

That's how they found Bin Laden.

 

[topsoul182]

Its might be the cable, its happened to me with an xlr cable while tracking vocals, thats how I found out the Chicago Cubs were getting a new manager

 

[prostetnic]

You should totally leave this in the album

 

[exoslime]

i have this sometimes too.. then i plugin lots of overdrives, compressors, booster in front of the amp.. and record it.. it makes nice samples.. for intro and layers.. and all kind of stuff..last time i had some russian radio. lol

 

[kev]

I've had it before as well. Usually something in your rig somewhere behaving as an antenna, and lots of pedals, cables and distortion = a high likelyhood if they are not the greatest cables. It was fun riffing along with the 5150 with german radio though.

 

[arv_foh]

Use a DI with a ground lift and break the ground and the radio signal will go away.

 

[AD Chaos]

Its might be the cable, its happened to me with an xlr cable while tracking vocals, thats how I found out the Chicago Cubs were getting a new manager

+1

IME some shielded cables tend to pick up radio interference.
Either try a different cable, or ground your signal path.