It's a Les Paul with 498T and 490R (Gibson's PAF clones)

I also have a Framus with Seymour Duncans (JB & Hotrails) but I hadn't
checked it yet with the MP1

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 15:26 Darrall Dougherty <darralld@hotmail.com> wrote:

> What pickups do you have in the guitar?
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> *From:* Pilau Tigered <xrewxpilau@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:09 AM
> *To:* ada-mp1@kylheku.com; kaz@kylheku.com; darralld@hotmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: Noisy ADA MP-1
>
> I have recorded the noise coming from the MP1 through outputs AB, in
> several configurations (detailed below), each in all 3 voicings (clean,
> dist, and solid-state).
>
> The configurations I checked were:
>
>    1. Nothing plugged into the MP1
>    2. Guitar plugged directly into front input
>    3. Guitar plugged directly into rear input
>    4. Guitar plugged into HI-Z input on professional grade audio
>    interface, and then routed through a line-level output to the rear input of
>    the MP1
>
> Things to note:
>
>    1. All 3 voicings were set to flat EQ (incl. presence) and OD1, OD2
>    and master gain at 5, with the effects loop turned off.
>    2. Increasing or lowering either OD1, OD2 or master gain affects the
>    noise levels accordingly - maybe pointing out to a problem before the gain
>    stages? (an uneducated guess)
>    3. I compared the results with the headphones and effects loop send
>    outputs and the noise was identical across all combinations.
>    4. The left channel representing output A shows louder output.
>    5. When switching to the dist and solid-state voicings, initially the
>    noise level is low, but then swells up.
>    6. The last configuration shows the guitar being chained to the MP1's
>    rear input via a HI-Z audio interface. The noteworthy issue here is the
>    additional component of hum in the signal, perhaps pointing at ground loop
>    between the MP1 and the audio interface. In this configuration, the DI
>    guitar signal coming out of the audio interface was dead clean, eliminating
>    the possibility of a problem with the interface.
>
> You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/x6gfD0xxvIo
>