James Broonbreed Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 YoI seem to be having a problem with either my AC15 or my tele or anything else I'm using really...after playing for a few minutes I sometimes find my fretting hand getting an electric charge type feeling which seems to build up until I obviosuly freak out and switch my amp off. It doesn't always do this but I'm obviously a tad wary of getting thrown across my front room if I keep playing.Seems to be some sort of earth problem but can't see it being my tele as I never had this problem with my old Orange. The Vox is fairly new and hasn;t always done this and as I mentioned it's intermittent. There's also a tuner, compressor, pitch box and muff in my setup and all that shit....First time I noticed it was when I plugged in an extension cab for the first time.Any help would be a beaut'.Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I got a shock off my strings once, turned round and noticed my Marshall head flickering off and on and there was smoke coming out the back of it. Turned out the guy that I bought it off had replaced the fuse with a bit of tin foil./nothelpful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Haha. Fuckin' jerk. There's no issue with the sound changing or fires or shit like that.... and the amp still works fine - apart from the potential death that may ensue.Might just start playing bass instead... Then I'd deserve to die. I jest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Give this guy a bell: http://www.bluebellaudio.com/He's pretty helpful with fault finding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Cool. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 As far as near death experiences go, that was a damp squeeb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteBuchan Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I used to get that - I sourced the problem to a 4-way extension cable that had no earth! If you are using one of them, check it and the kettle lead for earth connections. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Good shout. Cheers Peter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 hmm, they both seemed to be earthed up ok. I've tried another 4 bar anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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