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12-15-2017, 06:34 PM
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Mandolin electrocution hazard...
One for the books...
I’m sitting in the easy chair, re-stringing my mandolin. I thread one of the strings through the tuning peg, (they’re quite long) and all of a sudden there’s a “pop!” And sparks fly and my chairside light goes out. The unwound end of the string had neatly gone into the power strip that we plug our phone-chargers and such into, and created a short. No harm done, but rather scary! 
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12-15-2017, 07:05 PM
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Lack of electricity may have saved many a banjo player from a shocking early exit.
Pity.
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12-15-2017, 08:07 PM
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I always knew that mandolins were something to avoid.
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12-16-2017, 07:15 AM
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Thank goodness for circuit breakers!
I was changing guitar strings one time and, when I took a string out of the envelope, it uncoiled suddenly and the ball hit me in the eyeball. It hurt like hell but I was grateful it wasn’t the sharp end.
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12-16-2017, 08:16 AM
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If this keeps up pretty soon there will be OSHA warnings about Strings, with icons similar to the one on nail gun nails showing a guy on a ladder with the nail gun's business end, resting on the head of guy below him, with a red circle and bar ..
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12-16-2017, 08:36 AM
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Quote:
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12-16-2017, 10:47 AM
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Quote:
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12-16-2017, 11:03 AM
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Good heavens.
Warning label needed? "Do not allow string end to enter mains electricity power socket". Glad you're OK!
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