Taking it in is looking to be the solution at this point.
Update: Guitar now fixed and working other than the slight problem of not being entirely ground. Oh well can't win em all, I might just take it into a tech to get a professional opinion on it. Otherwise I can play it just fine under the risk of being shocked a bit.
[Edited by Seiko_Hejiro on 11-10-2003 at 01:45 AM]