Re: Guitar wiring.. Is this dangerous???

[mark francombe <markfrancombe@gmail.com>]

dont know louie, i have a 30 not a 33, My 30 was very noisy, but now
Im suspecting My own mods/fixes... or a broken hex cable... i dont
notice the 55 being noisy except on big amp distortion patches...
But then again Im not a so terribly hi fi guy..

m

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On 8 Nov 2011, at 00:36, Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com> wrote:

> guys compared to the previous GR-33 are these outs form the GR-55 
> noisier????
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> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM, william middlemiss
> <billymiddlemiss@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Please dont go cheap and quick with ac current! replace 2 prong plugs 
>> asap!
>> especially with tube amps. Cheap and quick is never safe with 
>> electricity.
>> The last time I used a 2 prong plug on an amp, I nearly killed myself. I
>> unplugged the cable at the end of a session with a friend, and dropped 
>> the
>> cable to the floor like I had so many times before...
>> The cable hit a mic stand base, and created an arc that put a hole right
>> through the plug on the end of the cable! Clean through! A hole 1/4" in
>> diameter!
>> This means that I had the hot end of the plate potential (voltage) going
>> through the tip of the plug. I was barefoot, drinking an iced coffee
>> dripping with condensation, and touching metal equipment that was all 
>> turned
>> on. I honestly have no idea how I did not electrocute myself.
>>
>> Even if you try it, and feel a slight tingle right after plugging in
>> something; with time that unreleased energy can build up to stupidly 
>> high
>> levels. It just sits there waiting to find a way to ground to be
>> discharged.
>> That amp I wrote of above was a 5-8w Silvertone. A 50 watt Marshall has
>> voltages 4-5 times higher on the plates.
>> With Mark's power supply question, we were writing of 9v dc with 
>> 200-300mA.
>> With that amp, were talking 400-500 VOLTS AC internal voltage and in the
>> power section theres a matter of 10AMPS of current. Be careful.
>> There are many reasons why guitar players are the only people stupid 
>> enough
>> to keep using thermionic technology (I say lovingly.) Efficiency and 
>> safety
>> are the big two reasons why everybody else was in a rush to move on.
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