Grounded AC outlet for Fender rear panel.

[Lizard King]

I have a '65 Bassman.  I upgraded the AC to a grounded plug and I was wondering if anyone sold a 3 prong replacement for the ungrounded style rear panel courtesy AC outlet. 

[sluckey]

Marsh Amps has them. Here's one of his ebay auctions...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Round-AC-Outlet-Fender-Amps-3-prong-New-/350504124471?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519bac8037

Probably get it cheaper from your local electrical supply house. Take your old one with you to be sure the new one will fit.

[Lizard King]

Thought I checked eBay....must not have used the right search....but at $30, I guess I'll leave the old one.
Thanks.

[eleventeen]

$THIRTY BUCKS?

 

[stratele52]

Marsh Amps has them. Here's one of his ebay auctions...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Round-AC-Outlet-Fender-Amps-3-prong-New-/350504124471?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519bac8037

Probably get it cheaper from your local electrical supply house. Take your old one with you to be sure the new one will fit.

good luck

[RicharD]

A standard 120V single receptacle does not fit w/o getting medieval on the chassis.

[PRR]

It's unauthentic, but for band-amps I have put a metal 2-gang wall-box down in the bottom of the cabinet. With a square wall-box you can have four outlets. (If you get this generous, use a hefty power cord just in case the 999-Watt bass amp gets fed from the guitar-amp's outlets.)

This does mean scrupulously sturdy wiring from main chassis down through cab and into box.

A small advantage: with the aux outlet down low in the amp, when a cord gets tripped-on it is less likely to topple the amp. Top-heavy amps with high aux outlets are just begging for a fall.

[sluckey]

This does mean scrupulously sturdy wiring from main chassis down through cab and into box.

Makes more sense to me to just screw a dual or quad outlet box with 15/20 amp cord to the cabinet and just plug the wimpy amp cord into that. No need to chop the amp.