My Amp electrivuted me

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:31 am

I was playing through my old fender musicmaster amp, I was barefoot, and grabed the metal part of the cable going into the amp to change cords, and got a shock. It's never done this with shoes on. What would cause this. The shock wasn't really strong, but enough to scare the shite outta me.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:34 am

What you need to do is set your amp like normal, plugged into your guitar, then take a second lead cable and touch one plug end to your strings and the other to a metal part of your ceiling fan.

Post by **Mike** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:37 am

Are you sure it was an electrical shock rather than static?

If you think the former you should check all the ground points in the chassis, one of the tag wires may have come unsoldered.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:41 am

It definantly wasn't static. I had my hand on it long enough to tell. I guess I''ll look for all the ground connections, thanks

LimpDickCheney · Post by **LimpDickCheney** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:55 am

Does it have a 3 prong plug? Does your house have grounded outlets? Sounds like a short to the chassis.

Post by **Mike** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:56 am

Also what amp is it and does it have a Ground Lift switch? And where is it set?

LDC is on the case - he'll sort this for you.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:34 am

I opened up my SP-10 and accidently touched the fuse

If i hold my ipod while touching the strings i get owned.

Post by **Doog** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:13 pm

Mark wrote:If i hold my ipod while touching the strings i get owned.

lofflez

Lanark · Post by **Lanark** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:42 pm

Did you try flicking the "on" switch to the other direction to reverse the polarity?

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:53 pm

Mark wrote:
If i hold my ipod while touching the strings i get owned. :?

Hahaha +1, I hate that.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:59 pm

i don't have grounded outlets in my apartment, i get random shocks throughout the day.

not fun.

Post by **Mike** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:02 pm

Wtf is with you people grabbing your ipods while playing? Use a pick ffs.

Post by **Mike** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:03 pm

Wtf is with you people grabbing your ipods while playing? Use a pick ffs.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:26 pm

it has a 3 prong plog, bit the bottom prong is snipped off

It doesn't have a ground switch. The only controls the amp has is on/of, a volume pot, and a tone pot.

Post by **Mike** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:26 pm

light rail coyote wrote:it has a 3 prong plog, bit the bottom prong is snipped off
It doesn't have a ground switch. The only controls the amp has is on/of, a volume pot, and a tone pot.

You need a ground pin for that shit - stat. Replace the cable/plug.

LimpDickCheney · Post by **LimpDickCheney** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:46 am

Mike wrote:
light rail coyote wrote:it has a 3 prong plog, bit the bottom prong is snipped off
It doesn't have a ground switch. The only controls the amp has is on/of, a volume pot, and a tone pot.
You need a ground pin for that shit - stat. Replace the cable/plug.

I concur with my esteemed colleague.

Post by **dots** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:27 pm

LimpDickCheney wrote:
Mike wrote:
light rail coyote wrote:it has a 3 prong plog, bit the bottom prong is snipped off
It doesn't have a ground switch. The only controls the amp has is on/of, a volume pot, and a tone pot.
You need a ground pin for that shit - stat. Replace the cable/plug.
I concur with my esteemed colleague.

agreed. this happened this weekend when junkbox was playing through chico's twin reverb without a ground pin. he grabbed the mic to sing, and we all saw his eyes roll into the back of his head. it was awesome.

Chico Malo · Post by **Chico Malo** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:39 pm

no doubt, i wish i had that shit on film.

luke · Post by **luke** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:44 pm

Me and a friend were jamming after school, him on bass and me on guitar, and everytime we touched each other's gear (no innuendo here) we'd get a shock. I was adjusting his bass EQ and I thought there was something pointy sticking out. It turned out the screw was zapping me. Then I tried to play a 5 fretted note chord, I told him to fret the 5th finger and he got zapped off it, but he thought I had a really jagged string so kept touching it. Poor earthing I guess.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Wed May 16, 2007 11:07 pm

Malik wrote:Me and a friend were jamming after school, him on bass and me on guitar, and everytime we touched each other's gear (no innuendo here) we'd get a shock. I was adjusting his bass EQ and I thought there was something pointy sticking out. It turned out the screw was zapping me. Then I tried to play a 5 fretted note chord, I told him to fret the 5th finger and he got zapped off it, but he thought I had a really jagged string so kept touching it. Poor earthing I guess.

my bass player and I had that in his garage (no grounding prongs on his outlets).