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Brian,
My super has a a 3 prong cord, my reverb tank has the 2 prong.
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...> wrote:
> Some follow-ups come to mind immediately:
>
> > ...if you have a ground plug on your tank AND on your
> > amp, you have the potential (pun intended) for a ground loop.
This
> > could happen if you plug your amp into one outlet and your tank
> into
> > another, and the two outlets were not using the same physical
> ground
> > path.
>
> This scenario I described above should not normally happen. If it
> does, the venue has crappy (and dangerous) wiring, and you may get
> shocked if you grab your guitar strings and, say, a mic stand. All
> of the outlets should (in a perfect world) have their grounds at
the
> same potential.
>
> > I am not an electrician, nor do I play one on TV, so I won't
> comment
> > on the merits of removing the ground (third) plug from your tank.
> > But I think Dave is right, since you never use the tank by itself
> > (!) you will be grounded by virtue of your amp. If you have an
old
> > Fender amp, like your Super, you could plug your tank into it
(but
> > then again your amp probably has a 2 prong outlet) to keep
> > everything on the same path.
> >
>
> All of this hinges on the fact that your Super does indeed have a 3
> prong power cord. If it doesn't, get one!!!
>
> (BTW, I saw Dick Dale get a zap when he grabbed the mic stand while
> holding onto this guitar (touching the strings). He was using his
> Showman amps WITH their original 2 prong cords!! His roadie had to
> flip that 2 position ground switch on the back of the amp to fix
> that problem. That switch becomes obsolete when you get a 3 prong
> cord).
>
> Again, all of this becomes a moot issue if you plug your 3 prong
amp
> AND your 3 prong reverb unit into the same outlet box. Hope that
> helps.
>
> BN
