It's not my studio, it's the colleges. And an electrician is coming tomorrow to check it out.
At my house, it's all fine. Now, I can bother with pickups.
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Help! Amp (not bass) shocks me, literally...
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It's not my studio, it's the colleges. And an electrician is coming tomorrow to check it out.
At my house, it's all fine. Now, I can bother with pickups.
It's not my studio, it's the colleges. And an electrician is coming tomorrow to check it out.
At my house, it's all fine. Now, I can bother with pickups.
W-e-l-l... OK.
I'm not an employee of Greenshift, though I am friends with the owner and employees. Paul's the guy in charge there right now, and he's capable of putting pickups in that bass, but I don't know what they charge. Their number is (813) 238-4177, and they're open every day but Tuesdays through the summer. I am definitely able to do it too, and I'll do it for free, unless you insist on buying lunch.
I'm not an employee of Greenshift, though I am friends with the owner and employees. Paul's the guy in charge there right now, and he's capable of putting pickups in that bass, but I don't know what they charge. Their number is (813) 238-4177, and they're open every day but Tuesdays through the summer. I am definitely able to do it too, and I'll do it for free, unless you insist on buying lunch.
Haha, I'll be in touch. I'm going to be *crazy* busy with my bass over the next week or so, I'll figure out when we can hit up somewhere good to eat.
My money is on open ground and possibly hot/neutral reversed in the outlet. My second choice is open ground on the outlet combined with A/C leakage to the chassis on the amp.
Either way, I am glad that the OP got it solved without getting himself killed, although I would still get the amp checked out.
Either way, I am glad that the OP got it solved without getting himself killed, although I would still get the amp checked out.
I will second what ggun said. You have a lifted ground somewhere. That's not cool. I suspect if you take a volt meter between the neutral of the outlet and the chassis of the outlet you will get a nice reading. Let us know what the electrician says.
