Wisdom_MCr

I dont play guitar, wonder if my harmonica can pick up radio, ill check...

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mr dave

it's not that uncommon. it's just that the guitar IS acting like an antenna and where the signal from the guitar to the amp isn't shielded the radio comes through. there are a few easy fixes.

1 - high end patch cables. they're almost twice the price of regular cables but they're shielded and should eliminate a significant amount of interference (not just radio but hiss from other electronic devices)

2 - aluminum foil. put a bunch of it around the input jack and the end of your patch cable to shield it from the radio signals. it's the same principle as the tin foil hats for crazy paranoid conspiracy theorists but in this case it actually works and doesn't make you seem a few notches past insane.

although sometimes getting the radio to play through the amp works well - especially with a delay and flanger haha

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littlefish

That happened on the Brady Bunch too...

JFAC(fan)

My amp did that. It picked up an opera radio station one time and a Mexican radio station another time. It think my pedal is the reason

Trey

Lmfao...yeah it does that with a cellphone too play a song or conversation whatever it may be and put it on your strings and it will pick up through the pickups. Wind will also go through so you can whisper through the strings and it will talk

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Antonio

hahahahahaha holy **** that's awesome


but yeah, like mr. dave said, the guitar could act as an antenna. hell i heard of kids getting radio signals through their braces, maybe that's not so different

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ElephantSack

Does your amp have a polarity switch?

Astronomer

This happens to me too! I tried that aluminum foil thing and it works pretty well.

Black People Are Cool

Yeh my amp does the same thing when my cell rings. It just picking up radio signles... Its a little weird that it comes as strong as you say it does...

JKSmith

I picked up a football game one time, for some weird reason I thought it was two-way. Unfortunately, its friggin impossible.

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