I still use CRT computer monitors

[every time i save enough £££S to buy a modern LCD flat screen
I get distracted and buy bargain guitar gear in a discount sale..]

so I expect to contend with a certain level of hum when recording
various single coil/humbucker electric guitars into my sound card.

At the moment i just shuffle round on my swivel chair
to get the optimum 'hum free' position
in relation to the monitor.


I've not got round to trying hum eliminating software yet.
How effective might it be in reducing hum that has been recorded
on a guitar tone with slap back echo and reverb..???

ie, any hum that could be 'sampled' from a track in between playing
has a bright reverb imprinted over it.

Maybe my only pragmatic option is to just remember to use
careful noise gate settings
every time I record something spontaneous.

I'm in the UK, so need specific advice regarding our Brit hum frequencies, thanks.

Also, even when i do finally aquire an LCD flat screen
for quieter hum reduced recording,
will these new 'green' energy saving light bulbs
be just as much a nuisance hum source
as old fashioned flurescent tube lighting ???