I'm gald to hear it was the simplest, cheapest fix that did it for you. I'm not sure you're completely out of the woods yet, though.

The Ground line is there to provide a path to drain away potentially dangerous voltages that appear on the frame or the chassis. My point here is that the voltage that was on your amp's chassis, (and anything connected to it, like your guitar and your hands), is now being drained by the now-continuous Ground wire. There should not be any voltage there for the Ground wire to protect you from! Your amp still needs to be checked out by a competent tech.

I'm also shocked, (shocked I tell you!!), to hear that you were using ungrounded power cables!

[Edited by Lordathestrings on 05-10-2001 at 12:26 AM]

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