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07-22-2008, 08:20 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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So I was playing my electric bass guitar, a thunder storm rolled through - well you guessed it... got me a nice little shock. I have to admit felt a little like Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies during that episode when Jethro wanted to be a rock star so he took the electrical cord out of a lamp and hooked it up to the strings of an acoustic guitar, got dressed up in a long haired wig and fancy duds called everyone into the parlor and said " OK Uncle Jed plug me in" then get started jumping up and down - singing " cut the juice, turn me loose". .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)")
Ah it's not a real good idea to pass the time during a thunder storm by playing your guitar now is it? 
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07-22-2008, 08:25 PM
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07-22-2008, 08:26 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by newtowood  Yeah it was just a little tingle - nothing too bad but sure did shock me In theory this should never happen but I think I found the source the the slight buzzing sound when my thumb rests on the metal pickup cover - me things I have a bad ground now... Time to tear it down and investigate a little.
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07-22-2008, 08:28 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Lexington State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jeff you play Bass? I do too! I have a five string Fender - not that good at it but I do play for our church - what kind do you have? Our lead guitar got one of those shocks also during a storm - if you want to pass the time like that again stand on a rubber mat
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07-22-2008, 08:42 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by jeff...
Ah it's not a real good idea to pass the time during a thunder storm by playing your guitar now is it?
Thanks Beats playing golf or pole vaulting  
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07-22-2008, 08:46 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Lexington State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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 I agree with Dave
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07-22-2008, 09:24 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I used to be big into playing the bass and had a Ric 4003 but now I still have my Peavey foundation, it's about 12 years old and has seen better days that's for sure. 5 strings? What do you do with the 5th string?
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07-22-2008, 11:19 PM
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Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I always worry when I see the two words "electrical" and "experiment" in the same sentence. Glad it wasn't more than a tingle. Maybe it saved you some future tragedy.
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07-23-2008, 01:01 AM
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Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I saw the title to this post and that Star Wars quote immediately came to mind..."I got a bad feeling about this". Glad it was just a tingle from the guitar. I was half-expecting a crosswired phase converter hooked up to a 440V piece of equipment that overloaded the generator.
Bass guitar - cool! I tried playing it for a couple of years, discovered I have absolutely no sense of rhythm. Only thing I could play was the Ramones, that was easy.
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07-23-2008, 07:23 AM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Bas Bass guitar - cool! I tried playing it for a couple of years, discovered I have absolutely no sense of rhythm. Only thing I could play was the Ramones, that was easy.
Yous saying Joey Ramone gots no rhythm?
Jeff, you using a tube or solid-state amp?
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07-23-2008, 10:13 AM
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Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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07-23-2008, 11:27 AM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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At one time I was real heavy into YES, Rush and the Who. Then I took Jazz lessons for about 2 years up in Chicago, played a couple of clubs as a trio and got all screwed up. Now I just have my Peavey foundation and Peavey TKO amp to goof around with at home.
At one time I had some real nice gear with a Rik 403 and a Marshall dual bottom full stack that stood taller than I am and would rattle the pictures off the walls without much try.
I don't play anymore with bands or anything like that I just like to play for enjoyment so I throw in a CD and try and play along. The Jazz lessons helped train my ear so with the right amount of time, I can usually pick out what being played by others on a CD.
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07-23-2008, 05:19 PM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bas, you could always play like Joe Strummer (The Clash) on the bass. I guess you can strum a bass... 
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07-23-2008, 07:34 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Lexington State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jeff, the fifth string is a Low B - I don't play it alot but there is a couple of songs where I hit it - I hit the Low D on the same string and sometimes I hit the Low G - I like playing it but I like the four string better
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07-23-2008, 08:29 PM
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Name: Chuck City: Rocky Mount State: NC County: Nash Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Given the title, "Electrical experiment", and the author (Jeff), my first thought was "Frankenstein".
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