The power supply for my pedal board has a two prong plug; tonight, I managed to accidentally stuff it "backwards" into my surge protector...
And was alarmed by an actual, feel-able, electric vibration in my hand when I touched any metal part of my guitar. I've had polarity cause noise issues before, but... This felt um, 'exciting' would be a word.
Should I assume that it's the power supply itself, my guitar, or the wiring in my house trying to execute me? As a side-experiment, I plugged in a curling iron with a two-prong plug, polarity reversed; this exhibited the same "buzz" behavior. Is this somehow normal?
And was alarmed by an actual, feel-able, electric vibration in my hand when I touched any metal part of my guitar. I've had polarity cause noise issues before, but... This felt um, 'exciting' would be a word.
Should I assume that it's the power supply itself, my guitar, or the wiring in my house trying to execute me? As a side-experiment, I plugged in a curling iron with a two-prong plug, polarity reversed; this exhibited the same "buzz" behavior. Is this somehow normal?
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