The Steel Guitar Forum

Gee nobody mentioned my favorite, grounding to the gas pipe. I've always wondered how that one didn't burn the house down or blow it up. In the sixties I would play my hot solos in the dark on stage squeezing a welding lighter/sparking device while picking, very dramatic, I am much less dramatic in my sixties.

Since the (metal?) gas pipe is in the ground, I think a dead short from the hot wire would trip the breaker/fuse.
This harkens to the folks who warn about lighted cigarettes and gasoline. It takes a spark or flame to ignite gasoline, a lit cigarette will be snuffed out if tossed into a bucket of gasoline.