Re: [Harp-L] Shocking problems

["Eric Garcia" <ericgar85@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

guess ur right..thanks.
i got a guy i can take it to.
..funny thing.. i was doin a blues thing with some guys
in a packed club saturday night, when i got shocked last.
i had been getting pretty good at singin just far enough from the mic
and/or puttin the harp mic down on the case just arms length away
(careful not to reach down and even touch the mic while singin either).
..but i got a little carried away for the last, and worst, shock,,,
3rd set,, singin Goin Down Slow, believe it or not.
freakin thing blew up on my lip,, everybody kinda saw and heard
it pop,,, nothin i could do but start laughin and continue the song.
i got a nice clap after that song,,,, not worth my lips or my life tho..
at least i would have went out to a good song!

takin my cheap ass to my amp tech.
eric


> From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ericgar85@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Shocking problems
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:25:11 -0500 (EST)
>
> "Eric Garcia" wrote:
> <i've got this '72 Fender Vibro Champ that i absolutely love.
> <i had it worked on a while back by an obscure guy with
> <quite a reputation out west whom there is no way i can find
> <if i tried.
> <he really beefed it up and gave it quite a growl without
> <makin it too muddy,,, i love recording with that amp, as well
> <as playin gigs that aren't too loud., for that i bring out the Bassman.
> <
> <..anyways the Champ seems to have a serious ground problem.
> <i can't hold the harp mic and touch my lips to the vocal mic without
> <a serious shock,, i mean, the othernight there was a visible bolt!
> <..i've tried pluggin it in using a powerstrip and other shock suppressing
> <adaptors, with no luck.
>
> <any suggestions?
>
> My first suggestion is to do one of two things IMMEDIATELY:
> 1)  Fix that amp, or
> 2)  Pay whatever premium is due on your life insurance policy.
>
> If you need a good tech, Ron Holmes at Holmes Engineering can fix the amp 
> at a very reasonable cost.
> I wouldn't touch the thing again until SOMEONE has fixed it.  People have 
> been killed by
> electrical shock in circumstances very similar to the ones you describe 
> above.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
> hutnerharp.com