Stop that unwanted noise!

Playing at high gain, or with a lot of pedals in your chain can cause numerous noise issues, combining both even more so.

A noise gate is the perfect thing to help control unwanted noise, but they can introduce their own set of problems. Some noise gates can alter a players tone, and many may not be happy with that. If a noise gate is set with moderate gating it’s not usually a problem, the difference in tone is fairly marginal. If the noise gate needs to be set very high things can get pretty messy.

Jim Dunlop may very well have solved this problem with their new noise gate, the MXR Noise Clamp.

The Noise Clamp comes with the regular input and output jacks, and then also has its own effects loop, where you can plug in all of the pedals you may have in front of your amplifier. With this setup the Noise Clamp can sense your guitar’s dry signal, and then reduce the noise level inside the pedal’s effects loop. (more…)