help with hum

Hi , recantly i got this great carrying case i decided to make into a pedal board
i drilled holes and put the guitar in and out jacks at both ends a soldered the guitar cord to it.(i cut the end off of two pedal conector cords and then used the cut end to attach it to the jack) i have a good solid connection with no crackling or tone defininacies exept a low volume hum that iv never had before
ive tried variuse different connection methods but i still have the hum. any help would be awsome.

Is the case metal?.......

You might want to make sure the power for the pedals and the power for the amp come of the same grounded power strip.

Are their a lot of fluorescent lights / CRT TVs/ Computer monitors where you play ?

Originally Posted by: metalfaithfull ... exept a low volume hum that iv never had before.

I've had this exact experience with bad cables , and it disapears when you plug into good or new ones.

I haven't thoroughly inspected that (I just throw the cables and get new ones instead) , but I believe it should have something to do with very slightly touching of the two wires of the cable at some point of its length , so then lowering the resistance between the two wires from a practical infinity compared to short circuit at full volume , to a finite value compared with the corresponding value of the higher resistance you put in when you lower the volume.

Anyway , if you have a multimeter that can measure resistors up to hundreds Mega Ohms , check out the resistance between the two conductors of the stuff you made , and compare them to a good working cable (if it's a very good cable , you may not be able to measure it's resistance , due to it's very high value).
If you found less resistance , buy new jacks and stuff , and redo your job more accurately next time.... And I hold copyrights for this theory . :p