boss ch-1 hum please help!!!!!!!!

does anybody own a boss chorus ch-1 if u do does urs hum when u turn it on my does does anyone know what this is or how to fix it

Have you checked all your cables, and are you using an external power supply?

yes i have a external power supply but i know its not the cables because i checked them already

I cant say for sure, I own a few Boss pedals and they're very well constructed, but it sounds almost like an earthing problem, usually humming is caused by things like that, also pickups are responsible, singlecoils hum like b**tards, and the effect can be enhanced by the more things you put in front of your signal chain....

Do you get the hum when using a battery?

i cant get it to come on with batteries

nevermind it doesnt hum with batteries but my other boss pedal doesnt hum with its ac power cord so i switched them and it still hummed

Well it seems like that pedal is picking up AC hum from the power supply, you might want to go to BOSS's website and see if the have any tech support, I don't really know if this is typical of the CH-1, hum isn't the typical complaint with chorus pedals, see what BOSS says about it, sorry Joey...........

Have you checked for ground loops ? Is it possible to plug both your amp and all your power supplies into a grounded multi plug or surge protector? This will stop ground loops.

Other common sources of hum are from fluorescent tube lights and computer monitors / TVs. Good guitar shielding / turning monitors off when playing can solve this problem.

Are you using any other boss pedals like say a graphic EQ ?
I had a similar problem with the Boss OD20 and the GE7 eq pedal. The GE7 was fine with an MZ2 metal pedal but as soon as I switched it out and replaced it with the OD20, the OD20 and GE7 produced so much noise that my poor little noise gate couldn't handle it (like my good self).
I solved this problem by selling all my Boss pedals and going Digitech instead !