red.guitar

So I plugged my MXR 10 band EQ in front of my Vox last night, and as soon as I plugged in the power supply, the two outside slide lights started blinking on and off.

When I turn the pedal on, and all the slides light up, none of them blink! As soon as I turn the pedal off, the two outside slides will start blinking again.

This is the first time this has every happened. The pedal seems to be working fine, but this is just bugging me. I'm using the 18v adapter that came with the pedal, like always.

Does anyone have an explanation for this?

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jthm_guitarist

Is it a quick uneven blinking? Could be a loose component.

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BCKRedBaron

Is everything else functioning correct? Are those sliders having the intended effect on your tone?

I got my 10-band used off ebay and it does the same thing. I'm using the adapter like you are. But otherwise there's nothing at all wrong with mine. I think it might be just a quirk with those pedals, but you should be fine. I don't believe it's anything to worry about function-wise.

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olix95

i notice my 10-band will do that when i get clipping

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BCKRedBaron

olix, do you usually run yours in front of the amp, or in the fx loop?

Sorry, sheldonpardy, didn't mean to hijack your thread...

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red.guitar

No worries man

The pedal seems to be working fine. I'll take a better look at it in a sec, just to be sure.

I use to always run my EQ through the effects loop of coupe, and in front of my vox, but lately I've been just running it in front of both amps. Mainly just because it's easier when I'm using my pedal board between home, and band practice.

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Lavatain

This happens when the pedal is receiving or sending too much signal. Either you're pushing way too much power into it, or you just need to ease off the gain and volume controls. Mine works fine and only does this when I turn volume and gains up to clipping levels.

BCKRedBaron

I'm mainly using mine as a boost over the Distortion channels on my Peavey Ultra. I used to use a TS9, but the 10-band lets me more thoroughly tweak the shape of my boost. Haven't tried it in the FX loop yet.

^Lavatain, thanks for confirming this. Since I wasn't using mine in the FX loop (where it could be receiving a too-strong input) I was unsure if that was the cause. I suppose I'll be backing my boost down a little bit now

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ragingkitty

Maybe your pedal decided it needed some bling?

Have you checked the manual? It sound say something especially if it is related to clipping or pushing too much gain.

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Blktiger0

Yeah, blinking on those means that it's clipping. If you don't have a high-output signal going into it, then maybe something is defect. They are pretty wimpy about input, though. I run mine in my effects loop, and I have the "Send" level EXTREMELY low (almost on zero) and then I have to run the return level extremely high in order to achieve unity gain. I really wonder why they have such low headroom.

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red.guitar

I never thought about clipping. I really didn't think Im running that much signal in. I'll check it out tho.

I have my volume and gain set at 0. I use to run this pedal of my coupe with the gain and volume turned up a little, and I never got it to clip then,

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ragingkitty

As a rule, you should always check if an FX inputs requires a line level input or a signal level input. A line level input requires lower level signal gain than signal level inputs.

However this is odd as most guitar pedals usually use a signal level input rather than line. With the exception of some "designed for studio use pedals". In the case of these pedals they usually have a input level selector.

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trashedlostfdup

my MXR 10 band died after having it for a year. i went through it but nothing appears wrong. got at it with a meter for a while and couldn't find anything. kind of a disappointment. i bought it used so i guess sometimes you get the shaft.

i haven't looked at it for probably a year, i will at some point because i am better with working on pedals and amps.

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R45VT

x2. I have one that worked and now doesn't. The lights flicker just as the TS described, when playing through it hard. Never used to do that. Seems to be a common failure. I have it torn apart some where. I should dig it out and try it to out what is going on. Difficult without a schematic and a DSO. Nothing like running a signal generator into it and checking downstream until you find it. With the LEDs blinking it sounds like power supply/ground. I remember checking the incoming power and all was good. Further downstream. At least i ruled out the power supply as the culprit.

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trashedlostfdup

i don't remember lights flickering, but it was a while ago. plugged in it makes a lot of noise and popping (multiple amps, cables, in fx loop and out plugged in different places and rooms and everything). used contact cleaner on all of the sliders and the jacks, which i probably will replace because they are cheap. but all of the electrical tests appear fine.

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R45VT

Yeah it pops and makes noise along with the LED flickering. Its been a while since I messed with it last. I think it had to be plugged into an amp to start to act up. Hit a chord and watch it blink. I should go find mine and set it on the work bench for this weekend.

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Cathbard

The MXR 10 has a gain control to sort that out.

Turn down the gain on the pedal. If flashing is clipping it will stop when you turn the gain right down won't it? That's the whole point of the gain control, it's there to optimise the signal going into the pedal so you can use it wherever you want to.

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red.guitar

I'll try playing with the gain levels a bit, and see if that help.

Its strange, becasue when I turn the pedal off, even if my amps off, the lights still blink!

I'm gonna email dunlop and see what they have to say.

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Blktiger0

If you're running it in front of the amp, having the amp on or off won't effect it, and it's supposed to still blink if the pedal is off, as it's still measuring the signal running through it, and with that signal running through it, it can still clip. As long as your guitar is putting signal into it, it can clip.

If it's in the effects loop and it's blinking with the amp off, them something seems amiss.

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