Weird silent Guitar and Mic "noise"

Very strange...
Everything SEEMS nice and quiet, and my channel strip shows ZERO activity, but my little track "input meter" constantly bounces. Just a tiny, tiny bit (at a level between the 2 pics below)
I've listened with isolation earphones turned all the way up, with my preamp maxed, but I hear nothing.
When I record VOX, the waveform is fine. However, when I record guitar I get this awesome preview (lines!):
But then the resulting waveform is fine.
However my TUNER is all over the place, from (apparent) constant input.
I'm running an FA66 FW-in. But I'm using a 16' cable into a hub. I've tested cables, and all my preamp settings, buttons, etc, and still the same weird "pulse".
First of all, is this normal! LOL... and secondly...help!?
tia,
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Is the meter bouncing on the Guitar input only?
Its showing a low level input of some kind, hum from the guitar pickups? are you using a mic on a guitar amp or recording through and amp modeler or other effects device?
As a test, try muting or turning off all of the FA66 inputs.
Also, are you running a wireless system? Airport? Try disabling just for testing.
As for the lines.. I've seen those beofre, I always though they occurred if the Arrange window or tracks were zoomed in too far. Try zooming out in the arrange window and reducing the track height.
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