Re: How many times has this happend to you?

RichL wrote:

"Keith Adams" <keithadams@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its more annoying than anything else. Depending on the circumstances it
could kill you I guess. Just playing an electric guitar barefooted can be
risky.

It makes a big difference whether you're in the US or in the UK or other
countries where the line voltage is higher than the US.

I've not heard of it happening here. I think things are grounded differently. The polarity switch on a Marshall was always disabled here, and we never had death caps in our amplifiers.
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