I just took a BIG Shock...

[bearbeams]

I never knew not wearing shoes could do this much. Everytime I play its barefoot and this kind of scares me into getting some slippers to put next to my pedalboard.

[SteveGaines]

I was standing on concrete with SHOES on and we were rehearsing. I had been getting beer out of the fridge for everyone but I wasn't touching my guitar neck. Later that night I went to open the fridge with one hand and was holding my guitar neck with the other...Needless to say, if someone hadn't been there to unplug my amp...I shudder to think what would happen...I know it "LIT ME UP"! I feel your pain brother!

[EADGBE]

It sounds like your output jack may have the wrong polarity. In other words your strings are hot when they should be grounded. Either that or the amp perhaps. Or maybe the pedal switched the hot and ground somehow. Or maybe the metal door is hot somehow. I'm not really sure though. But you should have it checked out. I play barefoot all of the time.

[silvertone1481]

A Dr. Z Z28?!?!

[Rod]

DO NOT play in bare feet in a basement...ever..just sayin...

[Phoenix59]

You never get electrocuted by an acoustic guitar.

[whomad1215]

glad you're ok.

I have a friend who has to turn his amp knobs with a pick (or rubber glove) or else he gets a huge shock. 70's kustom amp.

[X - Road 28]

Damm, is the guitar OK, Someone has to ask























I keed, I keed, Glad your made it.

[AdamRandall]

I didn't know a garage door I was plugging in was ungrounded a while back, and I got knocked on my ass. The whole right side of my body hurt.

[MT Buckaroo]

Yikes! I play barefoot in my home's walkout basement (pad and carpet over concrete) all the time.

So for the TGP electricians out there...

My house is relatively new - about ten years old. I just checked the outlets and power strip where all my amps (even my POD) are plugged in (all modern 3-prong) with one of those 3-prong outlet testers. They all test "Correct" on the device. I don't have any amps without a 3-prong plug. Do I have anything to worry about (assuming for the sake of this discussion that the green ground wire in the amp cords is in fact properly grounded to the chassis)? This would seem to tell me that all my home's outlets are properly grounded, and that I won't become the ground.

Perhaps my assumption about the amp cords being properly grounded is why you take the precaution with tennis shoes even if your house is wired properly?

Would an outlet tester device indicate the OP's problem or have given him warning of a ground issue?

[crosse79]

Hey man - glad that it was not worse for you. Safety first!

[jazzguitar14]

Originally Posted by X - Road 28

Damm, is the guitar OK, Someone has to ask

Dude, it was a Tele... I was more worried about breaking my basement foundation





Actually though it was fine, Its a player and has its share of battle scars already