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soy.el.che  
14 Feb 2008 16:55 | Quote
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has it ever happened to you that after playing connected to the amp for like an hour it gives you like... i dunno how to say it but it kinda hurts... it gives me like a constant electric shock.....
why does that happens??
EMB5490  
14 Feb 2008 17:08 | Quote
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idk maybe u got a sheioty guitar or amp doesnt happen 2 me
GuitarBoy666  
14 Feb 2008 17:49 | Quote
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If you are playing on carpet maybe that is a factor. When you rub around the carpet with your feet you will get static electricity. Idk though.
telecrater  
14 Feb 2008 18:44 | Quote
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lol, back in the day i had an old tube pa system with knobs not sliders, the size of a can of clenched fist. when i tried to sing (i should never try and sing) and play thru my bass amp i would get shocked. I figured it was the musical god asking me to stop singing. but in reality the PA system had a short and was not grounded correctly.
GuitarBoy666  
14 Feb 2008 18:58 | Quote
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Lol at this:

telecrater says:
I figured it was the musical god asking me to stop singing


I am horrible singer too :P
EMB5490  
14 Feb 2008 19:02 | Quote
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lmao welcome 2 the club but i couldnt care less i luv singing altho ill prob make my dog shed all its hair from my singing....well 2 go off topic again my friend in school (shall remain nameless incase he finds this) sings like a dieing bird with tubercuosis... he turned me off to all modern day pop/rock lol (if he allows me and if the camera dont break, me nd my friends could post a youtube of us all singing lol...good way to tourcher ppl)
GuitarBoy666  
14 Feb 2008 20:47 | Quote
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Yeah I don't care too. I just sing to my fav songs not caring.
lmfao thats a nice analogy. do that so i can torture my friends too :P
soy.el.che  
15 Feb 2008 17:27 | Quote
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well... if youre a bad singer you could take singing class----- but i prefer to be distinguishede from other bands for it, untuned voice... or something like that
Notim  
15 Feb 2008 21:30 | Quote
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Tech: what guitar boy said is very possible(static elect)but also depending on the house or place your playing at even if you have a ground on you plug,most likely if you have old wiring in the house with even a 200 amp service(Amp's don't matter)you may have a wiring system(in the house)that is wired as away that is called a controled Neutral.Control neutral is wired as if there is no positive or no negative,Basically there is no polarlity,meaning positive and negative doesn't matter even that it tech is grounded as far as the service is concerned ,from the service on (your amp or mike)is not grounded,So that in its self would intice stactic electric to find a ground through what ever means possible.I hope I helped.
GuitarBoy666  
15 Feb 2008 23:48 | Quote
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Oh and what Notim said got me thinking, umm, that third little prong on most plugs nowadays, that grounds it. That is to prevent/reduce shocks. Do you have one of them on your plug? My guess is you do, but it probably does sound like your wiring...
soy.el.che  
16 Feb 2008 23:45 | Quote
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gees... why do my parents always choose old houses to live in......
GuitarBoy666  
17 Feb 2008 11:12 | Quote
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Mine is 22 years old... or more..
soy.el.che  
17 Feb 2008 19:15 | Quote
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sheet... havent u seen any ghost?? lol
luckyhubbie  
21 Feb 2008 21:46 | Quote
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check for a buzz in the amp. An annoying buzz could mean a ground problem.
WickedBeast  
22 Feb 2008 06:06 | Quote
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Notim says:
Tech: what guitar boy said is very possible(static elect)but also depending on the house or place your playing at even if you have a ground on you plug,most likely if you have old wiring in the house with even a 200 amp service(Amp's don't matter)you may have a wiring system(in the house)that is wired as away that is called a controled Neutral.Control neutral is wired as if there is no positive or no negative,Basically there is no polarlity,meaning positive and negative doesn't matter even that it tech is grounded as far as the service is concerned ,from the service on (your amp or mike)is not grounded,So that in its self would intice stactic electric to find a ground through what ever means possible.I hope I helped.
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He is correct... except all houses are wired to where either prong does not have a polarity. "A.C." current ocolates back and forth. that's why they have 3 prongs. The bottom one "if American style" is constant earth ground.

I've had this happen, except alot worse, I got electricuted to the point that I had an electrical burn. This was due to water leaked on the amp, and caused a short. The current searched for the easist path of ground, and that was through me to the strings. "Bridge is grounded, which causes strings to be a ground."

So may want to check to see if you have a short anywhere, and might want to test the socket to make sure your earth ground is in proper order.


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