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Hello all,

I wonder if I could get some opinions.
I have a small (around 5w) guitar amp which is from the 60s.
Its an american made (2pin plug) amp and I have a step converter to allow to run in UK.

The problem is that, as the thread title suggests, it keeps electrocuting me. Not only have i had shocks from the cable plugged into the amp, I've also been shocked by touching other metal components of equipment that has been connected to the amp.

Its a rare and excellent sounding amp, and I don't want to lose it. I've had it serviced and it still is giving me shocks. I asked the tech who serviced it what was going on and I just got incoherent ramblings about america, the 60's and it not having an earth. (i get the last bit)

so what are my options here? Is getting it earthed even a possibility? Is it something specific to an american amp being run in the UK, or is it simply broken somehow?

I'm also wondering in the step down converter is playing a part, as it makes a loud buzzing noise, even when the amp isn't plugged into it.

thanks in advance for any advice

Tom
 

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