Originally Posted by: hsnoeckx

If you touch the metal plate next to the output jack, does the noise stop?

Thanks Herman.

By o/p jack I understand it as the metal part on the guitar round the hole into which the cable is plugged.

With the guitar plugged in and the amp plugged into the mains (not on batteries):

touching finger to o/p jack = reduced buzz

touching finger to metal connector part of cable about 1/4 inch away from o/p jack = same level of reduction

touching guitar strings = more reduction in buzz (improvement on the above)

touching individual strings or the bridge: same as touching all strings

all instances of the above the reduction is partial, remaining buzz still means guitar unusable on brown,unusable with cruch over half way.

touching the metal part of the pickup selector : no difference to buzz

touching the metal part of the cable end , 1/4 inch before it enters the amp = increased buzz.

Update: during practice accidentaly touched the cable end 1/4 inch from the guitar o/p jack.

this time the buzzing increased instead of decreasing. Touching strings/bridge = buzz decreased (as before)