guitar problem

[GoodyearsAhead]

hi guys. i have some problem recently on my guitar. whenever i on my distortion pedal and strum my sixth string, i will get electric shock from the string whenever my elbow go near it while the string is still ringing. whats more is that when i am pressing the string on the fretboard while my distortion pedal is on, my hand will get some tickle and numb as if i got electric shock. i can feel is electricity and is defineitly not because i press to hard on the string. is it something wrong with my pedal or is it the problem with my guitar

i am using a epiphone les paul special express, a 20 watt mega amp and a modtone speedbox distortion pedal.

can anyone help me with it

 

[Keitake]

I'm really no good with electricity I swear, but I think it's the cable or either your guitar or pedal is not properly grounded.

 

[GoodyearsAhead]

I'm really no good with electricity I swear, but I think it's the cable or either your guitar or pedal is not properly grounded.

can you please tell me what things should i take note of? i heard of people saying is the ground problem but i dont know how to solve it

 

[3hree6ixty]

most likely a grounding issue. it's either your guitar or amp. is your amp plug a 2-pin or 3-pin plug?

 

[Shinji.Ikari]

Yeah man, check if its 2pin plug or any wire's loose or something..buy new cables if needed

 

[ashes307]

It's most probably the amp, but dont go around fiddling with it cuz it can get quite lethal if something is where it isn't supposed to be.
Bring it to a shop to check it out if the problem persists.

 

[Godspeed64]

Grounding mate. Temporary solution? Wear those hotel slip-ons kinda slippers. Long term solution is to change to a 3-pin plug.

 

[GoodyearsAhead]

Yeah man, check if its 2pin plug or any wire's loose or something..buy new cables if needed

hi yes is a 2 pin plug, is there any wrong with the plug?

 

[skipper53]

hi yes is a 2 pin plug, is there any wrong with the plug?

Yup, basically means there's no grounding on your power cable. Hence YOU become the ground cable. lol.

Simple solution: http://www.soft.com.sg/forum/gear-guitar/7982-changing-2-pin-plug-3-pin-plug-grounding.html

 

[junkiemanxl]

wear rubber boots?
hehe
juz kidding.

Sounds like a grounding issue. bring your guitar to a guitar tech if you are unsure of how to go about doing it.
Try beez

 

[GoodyearsAhead]

wear rubber boots?
hehe
juz kidding.

Sounds like a grounding issue. bring your guitar to a guitar tech if you are unsure of how to go about doing it.
Try beez

why is there suddenly a ground issue n my guitar? is it because i play too much or is it because i knock the guitar too hard

 

[junkiemanxl]

it may be because the grounding wire may be loose or a bad connection

 

[dodgethis]

Change your amp's two pin plug to a three pin plug. Check out the sticky on how to do so. If you can use a screwdriver and a pen knife, you can do it on your own. If that does not solve the problem, eliminate the pedals as a potential source of the grounding issue. To eliminate the pedal as the problem, remove it from the signal chain and plug your guitar directly into the amp.

 

[GoodyearsAhead]

Change your amp's two pin plug to a three pin plug. Check out the sticky on how to do so. If you can use a screwdriver and a pen knife, you can do it on your own. If that does not solve the problem, eliminate the pedals as a potential source of the grounding issue. To eliminate the pedal as the problem, remove it from the signal chain and plug your guitar directly into the amp.

my amp is a 3 pin plug alrdy. what do you mean by remove the pedal? if i remove the pedal i cant use the pedal anymore then what am i gonna use?

 

[dodgethis]

I quote you earlier.

hi yes is a 2 pin plug, is there any wrong with the plug?

So which is which? If you changed the power cable because the amp has an IEC socket, is the ground pin functional electrically or it is just some piece of plastic that helps you put it into a three-pin socket easily, like on Godlyke power adaptors? If the plug you changed to has an electrically functional ground pin, does the IEC socket on the inside of the the amp have three prongs rather than two?

what do you mean by remove the pedal? if i remove the pedal i cant use the pedal anymore then what am i gonna use?

*facepalm*

I'm telling to connect your guitar DIRECTLY into the amp WITHOUT THE PEDAL in the signal chain to see if the pedal is SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. It's called a TROUBLE SHOOTING PROCESS by ELIMINATING ALL POSSIBLE VARIABLEs ie, if it's not that, let's try something else to see if it's that. If the problem still persists, open up your guitar and check if there are any loose wires in the control cavity and to give each wire leading into non-visible parts of the guitar a light pull to see if they come loose or have too much give when at maximum tension.

So, if the pedal is source of the problem, you are going to continue to use it, expose yourself to electrical shorts and the risk of your life? That's real smart. As smart as juggling a chainsaw in the jungle because you have nothing else to cut down trees with. MAYBE you could bring it back to where you got the pedal from and have it checked out, if it is the source of the problem. If you got it second-hand, have it brought to some shop to get it fixed. If not, toss it aside and get a new pedal.

If you think that the options that have been presented to you are not feasible and you'd rather continue playing with an electrical harzard, go ahead and continue playing at your own risk. Don't say you were not warned.

 

[skipper53]

....or is it because i knock the guitar too hard

Why are you even knocking your guitar?!

 

[GoodyearsAhead]

Why are you even knocking your guitar?!

i practice choke strum last time and sometime i will choke really hard

 

[GoodyearsAhead]

my problem has already solve thanks for the help i reli appreciate it