pfarrell;283945 Wrote: > Timothy Stockman wrote: > > Some guitar amps were designed > > so bad that the guitar player, with his hands touching the metal > > strings, would get a shock on his lips if they touched the metal > > windscreen cage of the vocal mic. A medical isolation transformer > > always fixed that problem, as well as the hum it usually caused. > > Those same guitar amps are much desired even today. The classic Fender > > and Marshal amps could easily shock you in setups such as Tim writes. > Most than a few guitarists got very nasty shocks. I don't know if there > > were reported deaths, but the electrocution possibility is real. > > Of course, when folks replace the awful two prong plugs with modern > safe > ones, it lowers the value of the amp. Sigh > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
It was not the amps (I have several!!! - Marshall, Vox etc) - it was the rubbish wiring in the venues. UK amps have always (since the 60's anyway) had 3-pin plugs with a proper earth/ground. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45195 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
