how to prevent electric SHOCK? :( its dam scary

[powerballad]

Hi there,

Here's the thing, everytime i set up my 3 pedals(12V, and 2 9V) through my guitar and amp in jamming studio and even at home, i can sorta feel a strong electric current running through my guitar.

AND whenever i touch the area near my pickups, i would get a nasty shock!
There was also a time i had my equipment all set up and ready, and i touched the metal door knob, i got a literal shock of my life man.

How to prevent this type of shock?
Please help me out!

 

[imkeith]

this is funny lol!!
anyway did u check the groundings?

 

[shinigamionguitar]

Your amp use 3 pin plug or 2 pin?
I guess if it is a two pin plug you should change it to three pin.
It can be done by yourself or ask your father to help.

 

[powerballad]

my amp uses 2 pin but i use the 2pinto3pin plug.. does it helps?
am i the only one having such weird problem?

 

[Geek]

my amp uses 2 pin but i use the 2pinto3pin plug.. does it helps?
am i the only one having such weird problem?

Nope i've had this kinda problems as well previously. "but i use the 2pinto3pin plug" i assume you are using a two pin plug and then plugging in your 2pin amp adaptor through the 2pin plug into your power source yeah? sorry if i made it sound complicated lol. it would be good to use a 3pin one because it ensures grounding and lesser feedback when you start cranking the amp. grounding is basically letting excess current / voltage off to the ground

 

[dodgethis]

my amp uses 2 pin but i use the 2pinto3pin plug.. does it helps?
am i the only one having such weird problem?

No, it doesn't help. Please read the sticky to understand what changing from a 2 pin plug to 3 pin plug really means. It is not simply to help you to plug it into 3 pin outlet. It introduces a much needed ground to the circuit. Without it, you are the ground.

 

[powerballad]

but actually i experience much more of the shock in jamming studios than at home, what can i do to lessen my problems then? i can't change their amp's grounding right?

 

[imkeith]

i used to have alil shocks now and thn when i just started out but the 3pin plug worked out for me..
well that's the cheapest possible solution so yea why not give it a try..

 

[loldude333]

Answer: ditch the guitar and get a plastic one hee hee......or wear thick gloves everytime you play.......alright alright i'm just bullshitting.

No, plugging the 2pin into a 3pin doesn't help, because the amp is still not grounded. You have to change the amp's plug into a 3pin one in order to ground the amp. This will allow excess current to flow off into the ground. Without the plug, as dodgethis said, you ARE the ground and hence the current flows through you instead. Thus the nasty shocks you experience. In theory. It could be any number of other problems too.

 

[powerballad]

what kind of other problems besides the grounding can lead to this?

 

[dodgethis]

Grounding and grounding only will cause this sort of issues with electrical shocks. If you are getting shocks with the same guitar in different places, then the issue is with the guitar as well.