Woah......

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