Excellent idea! by cam (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 04:06:54 PM EST
I can probably rig something up quickly.

cam
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Yikes! by blixco (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 04:41:58 PM EST
Be careful of that. Very careful.  You shouldn't be grounding yourself.

Crack open the back of your guitar....wait....is it a tremelo or string-thru bridge?  If you have an access plate in the back of your guitar, open it up and look for the ground wire that has come loose.

If the above == not true, then your electronics may have lost their ground.  Crack open your volume / tone / wiring loom area, and check for loose wires there, as well.

And finally, try a different amp, like at a music shop.
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it has a whammy bar by cam (2.00 / 0) #7 Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 04:50:47 PM EST
which I took off, the strings go through the bridge from the underside of the guitar. I took the back plastic off, it has a wire running to the backplate of the bridge that is soldered in there.

How would attaching myself to the bridge be any different to touching the strings?

cam
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Well, by blixco (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 06:08:02 PM EST
you can let go of the strings if you get shocked.

So, if your groundwire is soldered, then you're enjoying glorious humbucking hum.  Get some seymour duncans and call it a day!
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took the front covers off by cam (2.00 / 0) #8 Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 05:01:40 PM EST
all the wires appear to be connected.

So amp or cable maybe?

cam
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