And keep floppy strings away from the 1/4" speaker cab jack of your amp. Neutrik wins again.
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Just electrocuted myself while changing strings!
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You may have actually improved the tone! Perhaps you should consider manufacturing an uber-exclusive boutique bass string? I suggest calling them A.E.D. (cuz you'll never get past changing the G
). $100k/set and you're only medically cleared to make 1 set per year.I can read the reviews now: "They were a bit zingy when I first put them on, but they mellowed a bit once they burned in."
I would say his luck was pretty darn good this time. (pretty... pretty... pretty good)
You might want to check the lead that went from the amp to the guitar, if that was the earthing point it might have heated up as well.
We can have fun with this incident now, but oh my gosh, the outcome could have been very different, no secret to anyone, of course.
Reminds me of the days when we would just open any panel in any bar or venue, find an open breaker, or even better, "It's winter, they don't need that double-pole 100A breaker this week!" and tie in away.
Or better/worse, just tie in to the main lugs in the box. We had insulated gloves, carried rubber mats, used insulated tools, and had one of on standby with a wooden broom handle just in case (and used that handle once!).
None of that negates how utterly stupid those practices were and still are.
Staying alive is hard enough without such nimroddery (If that's not a word, it should be!)
So glad the OP is okay.
Reminds me of the days when we would just open any panel in any bar or venue, find an open breaker, or even better, "It's winter, they don't need that double-pole 100A breaker this week!" and tie in away.
Or better/worse, just tie in to the main lugs in the box. We had insulated gloves, carried rubber mats, used insulated tools, and had one of on standby with a wooden broom handle just in case (and used that handle once!).
None of that negates how utterly stupid those practices were and still are.
Staying alive is hard enough without such nimroddery (If that's not a word, it should be!)
So glad the OP is okay.
The local building code says Arc Fault Circuit Breakers must be installed in bedrooms of new construction. At $80 each, this is not popular. But after reading this I see they can be useful. I'm glad you are OK and now have something to brag about.
You could also make a PSA to not eat around electrical outlets, because if you stick a knife or fork in one, you might experience a similar phenomenon to the one you experienced.Let this be a PSA, do NOT change your strings near any open electrical outlets.
Or you could just not stick your knife or fork in an electrical outlet.
Unless, your fork is several feet long and very bendy, then watch out!
Appreciate all the well wishes and concerns, as well as the informative and funny comments.
Happy to report my back feels totally normal today and the burn marks on my fingers don't hurt any worse than a bruise. I can still play no problem so still looking forward to some rehearsals over the next few days.
I'm going to keep the G string that shocked me
as a souvenir.
Happy to report my back feels totally normal today and the burn marks on my fingers don't hurt any worse than a bruise. I can still play no problem so still looking forward to some rehearsals over the next few days.
I'm going to keep the G string that shocked me
as a souvenir.
Well yep that’s the right one, again what are the chances of the string landing in the hot slot of the receptacle, the odds seem to be exponentially increasing in this thread, really never woulda thought.
Lol!
This got me thinking, if the string I was removing had been a flatwound, would it have been as conductive as the nps round? Does the ribbon shell in a flat provide any resistance?
When I was little, my parents would tell me not to do things, like "don't stick a bobby pin in the outlet" without telling me why I needed to not stick a bobby pin in the outlet. That's essential information! So I had to figure out why they would tell me that. And there's really only one way to do that, isn't there? So there's 4-year-old me in the bathroom, finding a bobby pin and sticking it into the outlet.
What I remember is that for a split second, my arm violently shook from the shoulder down. Apparently I made some kind of noise, because my parents came in to investigate. What they said I said was, "I just kind of shook all over." Experiment successful. I now know why not to stick bobby pins in wall outlets.
