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BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS · Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:10 am

ahhh ! i remember jamming in a friend's basement and grounding myself from my lips on a sm58 and the heating duct above me with my hand ! such pretty purplish blue lights i saw inside my eyeballs. felt like i put my tongue on the lawnmower spark plug as i pulled the start cord !

T.A.R. · Post by **T.A.R.** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:30 am

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:ahhh ! i remember jamming in a friend's basement and grounding myself from my lips on a sm58 and the heating duct above me with my hand ! such pretty purplish blue lights i saw inside my eyeballs. felt like i put my tongue on the lawnmower spark plug as i pulled the start cord !

I flinched just reading that!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:35 am

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:ahhh ! i remember jamming in a friend's basement and grounding myself from my lips on a sm58 and the heating duct above me with my hand ! such pretty purplish blue lights i saw inside my eyeballs. felt like i put my tongue on the lawnmower spark plug as i pulled the start cord !

"I hate when I do that!"

"I know what you mean."

AndyM · Post by **AndyM** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:21 pm

In the 60's I dropped by a kid's place where a makeshift group were playing guitars in the basement's furnace room. One guy had put new strings on the guitar but didn't clip the ends off. He said "watch this" as he moved the guitar so the long string ends approached the furnace duct. A huge fat spark jumped between the instrument and the duct.

Many decades later and after a lengthy career in the electrical power industry I can tell you that it was a serious shock hazard. It was scary to see a big blue spark jump between guitar and metal duct. I can only imagine how painful it would be to receive that sort of contact shock via your lips!@!

Over the years I've refused to play any gear where 3 wire grounding was not in place. I'm so glad the amp builders moved away from 2 wire power cords and the delightful "ground" toggle switch. BTW, I did have my fair share of jolts in the 60's when playing on a concrete surface, even when I had shoes on...and I wasn't doing any singing into a mic either.

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS · Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:25 pm

the mic thing happened to john wetton twice during his tenure with uriah heep. he fell hard on his knees injuring them. read that in circus mag or hit parader back in the '70's.
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bassduke said..."I hate when I do that!"

"I know what you mean."

ronbo replies...shocking yourself with the mic or shocking yourself with your tongue on the lawnmower !

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:57 pm

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:ahhh ! i remember jamming in a friend's basement and grounding myself from my lips on a sm58 and the heating duct above me with my hand ! such pretty purplish blue lights i saw inside my eyeballs. felt like i put my tongue on the lawnmower spark plug as i pulled the start cord !

Interesting you'd know how that felt, Ron.

That would be a story....

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS · Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:13 pm

john...have i told you the time in 1970, when i decided to put my tongue on the frozen screen door !!!??? was probably the same time my "crawlspace bass" was being manufactured ! those little taste buds were still there by the summer ! ouch !

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:29 pm

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:john...have i told you the time in 1970, when i decided to put my tongue on the frozen screen door !!!??? was probably the same time my "crawlspace bass" was being manufactured ! those little taste buds were still there by the summer ! ouch !

For me it was the flagpole in either Kindergarten or the first half of first grade - too long ago to remember.

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS · Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:08 am

i remember my event vividly !

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:21 am

"Flick? Flick who?"

Salute to Gene Shepherd.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:39 am

6-hour marathon SXSW gig. The Eggmen plus special guests. Every Beatles song, with at least one ukelele playing at all times. It was a long one but the weather was nice, and we didn't wear any costumes, which was a nice change!
'80 4003LH

RobRick · Post by **RobRick** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:51 am

Ronn, is that a V63 you are playing? Or a 4003?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:12 pm

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Band-att ... 25479.html

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:15 pm

RobRick wrote:Ronn, is that a V63 you are playing? Or a 4003?

It's an '80 4003, bought it new in 1980 for $800 w/OHSC. It's a beautiful FG, and considering the bands I've been in, the bass is in fantastic shape. Got to be one of the earliest lefty 4003s, I'd guess.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:19 pm

Very cool event! What exactly was the significance of the uke?

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