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I was super-excited to get my new Blackstar Stage 60 earlier this month.  But immediately after plugging in and firing it up for the first time, I noticed some strange noise issues. I plugged the guitar in directly, with no other pedals and no effect loop.  On all 3 channels, I heard some very obvious gungy badness on certain notes.  The problem was not evident when listening through the speaker emulated output. More