brewguy
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Post by brewguy on Mar 29, 2020 20:06:45 GMT
Hey all, I went to play today and felt a weird ting when my arm touched the bridge. It is actually shocking me very lightly. Unplugged the amp and it stopped and I don’t notice it with my other amp. Is it possible/normal for the amp to be putting a little current into the guitar? That amp is rather noisy when plugging the jack into the guitar. It’s a fender frontman 25r. Not sure if I have a problem or not
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 20:20:22 GMT
not sure if there's any harm, but this doesn't sound right.
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brewguy
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Post by brewguy on Mar 29, 2020 21:18:45 GMT
not sure if there's any harm, but this doesn't sound right. Yeah that’s why I asked. Maybe it’s don’t this all along and I just noticed it. It is very slight I only feel it on the inside of my upper arm. Any where else I don’t notice it.
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chubbles
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Post by chubbles on Mar 30, 2020 6:05:31 GMT
That is very wierd. Possible grounding issue?? with guitar or amp? I'm a coward. If it's not just the guitar, I wouldn't mess with it.
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Post by LeoThunder on Mar 30, 2020 8:58:05 GMT
It's not the guitar. Cannot be. A next step is to plug that amp somewhere else, in a different plug, in a different house. If it happened only once it could have just been static accumulated when rubbing shoes on the carpet. New shoes? New carpet? I usually experience this on fingers, quite randomly.
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Post by Djangle on Mar 30, 2020 9:46:25 GMT
If you are getting a shock from any electrical device then SERIOUSLY you shouldn't be messing around with it if you don't know what you're doing. It could be a grounding problem with the sockets in your home but you mention that your other amp doesn't shock you so it's most likely a problem with the Fender Frontman. Get it checked by a competent person.
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Post by rfjones on Apr 1, 2020 23:02:13 GMT
Hey, That is most likely a short inside that amp. Do not plug that in until you have it looked over. Seen this before. In that situation opened it up and found a cap shorted passing a/c. Thats high voltage. Dont use it. Play safe
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