Woah......

[antispatula]

So I just noticed a bad sounding buzz coming through my headphones today, when I was playing around with my mixer. I was like "it's proabibly the cable." And it was. I tried another one, and it solved the problem. Then I put back the old messed up cable back in, and I noticed that if I put down the mic, the buzzing stopped. After a few minutes, I realized it was ME who made the buzz. When I TOUCHED the mic, it would buzz. I held the mic with cloth, and the buzzing was down. And, when I touch the end of the cable that went into the mixer, it would stop.

So basically:

When I touched the mic side of the cable, there was a buzz.

When I touched the mixer side of the cable, the buzz would stop.

So it has to do with the current in my body or something?! I don't know! Anyone have any idea?!

[SonicAlbert]

I'm not technical enough to explain this right, but I think something isn't grounded right, and your body is passing current from one piece of gear to another. Or something like that.

[Alexbt]

Sounds right. During band rehearsal, our lead guitarist sometimes gets electrocuted minorly from his vocal mic. We think it's a grounding problem.

[easychair]

Originally Posted by Alexbt

Sounds right. During band rehearsal, our lead guitarist sometimes gets electrocuted minorly from his vocal mic. We think it's a grounding problem.

Could be. You are now talking safety ground, not signal ground, though. The amp or outlet it is plugged into may not be grounded.

Another thing to check: if he has a polarity switch on the back of his amp, it may be in the wrong position.

[xstatic]

As far as a mic shocking a guitar player.... Try plugging the guitar amp into a different circuit. That is actually a fairly common problem when the guitar amp and PA are plugged into different circuits.