yikes! wrap them around and throw them away as soon as you're done!!

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2010 Gibson Les Paul Studio (Silverburst)
2007 Fender CD-60 (Sunburst)
G.A.S-ing for a Fender Stratocaster HSS with floyd rose

As somebody who has seen a few electrical mishaps,you're fortunate that it didn't get you...I work for an electric utility and have seen some bad burns on my friends....and a few dead animals burnt to a crisp...not pleasant.

Glad that you are OK howardken52.

Let that be a lesson to all of us. If your guitar needs new strings, just throw the guitar away and get a new one, it isn't worth the risk.

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---> "The amp should be SWITCHED OFF AND UNPLUGGED before you do this!" <---

Por favor, disculpe mi español, no se llega a la práctica con mucha frecuencia.

Throw away send free PO box me me me

We've become so used to electricity that our attitude towards it has become casual and we sometimes forget just how dangerous it can be and how quickly it can turn on you. You got away lucky for sure.BTW if the shock had finished you off would that have been Stratocide?

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I almost died from changing my strings once.............

I left some string end clippings in the floor one day and my wife caught a .018 plain steel in between her toes I would have been better off being electrocuted

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This post reminds me of a discussion about "National Lampoon's: Christmas Vacation" me and couple of my work mates had today... especially the scene with the cat.

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Deyr fé
Deyja frændr
Deyr sjálfr ið sama
En orðstír
Deyr aldregi
Hveim er sér góðan getr

great flick!

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For many years I took my used guitar strings and made really funky art projects out of them....not to mention you be surprised what handy things can be used from an old guitar string around the house or in the yard

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1986 Fender Sidekick Reverb 35
1990 Fender Red Knob - "The Twin"
1992 Fender Newporter - Acoustic
2000 Fender American Series Strat - Natural ash
2010 Fender Mustang 1
2011 Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster -Sunburst
2012 Fender Champion

o.o yeah i once got a electric shock when i touched my Amp. hate those electric shocks.... i'm bored so i'm gonna shoot a stapler gun

It's 15 or 20 Amps! Might scare you and make you go ouch but thats about all it will do.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Yeah. Whats your opinion on Squier guitars? they're getting better!

I have played and done tech work on some nice playing Squiers. I bought a large number of Squier 51's when they were discontinued and made nice money on them. Also modded a few for people. Mad Modders specials they were.

Currently I have no Squier guitars of my own but have a Saehan made Squier neck from the 90's in my small collection of necks.

Now days they seem nice but there are better out there. Plug up a good amp you can make many guitars sound good! But's it the comfort and feel you get with some of the higher quality stuff and that varies from one to the other.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

And nobody has ever died coming into contact with that....really?

This has always been a concern of mine as I have received electrical shocks a few times and enough to know that this is not the way to go. When I change strings which is very often, once I have removed, installed, and clipped the ends of the strings I take the old strings and short pieces removed and place them in a bag or the new string package and trash them. Not only can they be a hazard around your electrical equipment they hurt like heck if you step on one without shoes.

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OK, I'll hum a little bit, got it now?