# Petting my cat causes static on my guitar amp **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676 "2021-11-02T11:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/21 "2021-11-03T04:04:40Z")
He’s not transmitting tonight. I had a window open so the humidity is down ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/22 "2021-11-03T04:28:08Z")
I’d personally be wondering about shielding and making sure everything is grounded. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/23 "2021-11-03T04:32:19Z")
Pay careful attention to you cat’s diet. You may be feeding him excess electrons. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/24 "2021-11-03T10:22:19Z")
10cc of protons, stat! ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/25 "2021-11-03T14:10:40Z")
Or after some introspection, he’s feeling more grounded. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/26 "2021-11-03T20:21:07Z")
Not electric cat, Pokemon ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/27 "2021-11-03T20:25:11Z")
I work in embedded systems, and years ago we had one of our testers file a (now famous in our company) bug report where the final step in reproducing it was for the tester to stand up from his chair. Turns out that his chair was not grounded and there was enough static buildup to cause the board he was testing to reset. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/28 "2021-11-05T12:30:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Pay careful attention to you cat’s diet. You may be feeding him excess electrons. Stop being so negative! ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/29 "2021-11-06T02:12:46Z")
I now have an FM radio cat - no static at all. Just when I was going to get rich touring the country with him. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/30 "2021-11-06T02:56:12Z")
Cats like tunafish, **and** you _can_ tune a fish, but you can’t tunacat? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/31 "2021-11-06T05:31:18Z")
What the thread has been waiting for, an REO Speedwagon reference. I was dating a girl in those days, she loved them, but as I said when I posted this on Facebook, pretty damn good rocker. There are several videos out there from the Peanuts gang. Goddamn brilliant every one, I can only imagine the hours of work that went into making them > **[Peanuts Gang Singing REO Speedwagon's "Roll With The Changes"](https://crarchives.com/peanuts-gang-singing-reo-speedwagons-roll-with-the-changes/?fbclid=IwAR17rZtLLobjuA4sJSXt3re7NwZI2bjEr1mzfSPvsUPKWg9R3F6KBSIrr7A)** > > From REO Speedwagon’s 7th studio album You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang singing “Roll with the Changes”. Enjoy the video. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/32 "2021-11-06T05:41:54Z")
But can you tune a [tunicate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunicate)? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676/33 "2021-11-06T07:23:29Z")
I’m surprised you haven’t been discovered by The Cat Detector Van. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-my-cat-causes-static-on-my-guitar-amp/953676.md?page=1)