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Twin Reverb Ground Switch
Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 5 Salt Lake City |
Posted on Mar 19 2008 03:10 PM
I got a used Twin Reverb a while back and just noticed that there is no ground switch. I was told this was a 65 RI and according to the owners manual there should be one on the back panel. Anyone ever seen this? Ed |
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Joined: Dec 29, 2007 Posts: 714 Southeast, Florida |
Posted on Mar 19 2008 03:20 PM
WHEN fENDER FIRST REISSUED THE '65, IT did HAVE THE GROUND SWITCH. .......make the Mos' of it, Last edited: Mar 19, 2008 15:46:42 |
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Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 445 |
Posted on Mar 19 2008 03:32 PM
Well, if it's anything like the 65 Reissue Deluxe Reverbs, the early ones (from the mid-late 90s) came with a ground switch. Ironically, it's not hooked up to anything (scope it out sometime...you'll get a good chuckle). It's just sitting there unused as a cosmetic ornament...probably just used to hold the back plate down. I'm sure at some point someone figured out that it was a waste of money to put these unused Carling switches in there, so they stopped putting them in the newer versions of the amps. I don't think the newer DRRIs have these ground switches anymore. If your Twin is a more recent release, then it would make sense that Fender omitted these ground switches from those as well. So, don't worry that it's not there. You don't need it...unless of course you want to repurpose the hole for some sort of mod. |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19334 Des Moines, Iowa, USA 
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Posted on Mar 19 2008 03:44 PM
You would only technically need a ground switch if you had a 2 prong power cord. You don't need one if you have a 3 prong cord. I would be surprised if any RI amp had a ground switch, unless it was strictly for ornamental purposes, lol. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 5 Salt Lake City |
Posted on Mar 19 2008 04:23 PM
I'm betting this is cosmetic. thanks guys. Any idea if I can find the issue date using a serial number? —Ed |
Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 197 NJ shore 
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Posted on Mar 21 2008 08:40 PM
I have an old Fender twin reverb with a two-prong plug and a ground switch on the back. "We're lousy, we can't play. If you wait until you can play, you'll be too old to get up there. We stink, really. But it's great," Johnny Ramone . |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19334 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 21 2008 09:46 PM
The best way to use it is to go to a tech and have him install a 3 prong cord. But basically if you start getting shocked you throw the ground switch to the other position. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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