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Peavey 3120

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Any thoughts on the Peavey 3120?
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http://www.peavey.com/products/browse.c ... 3BHead.cfm

Googled it, got ten bazillion sites willing to sell me one, gave up and tried just peavey.com at random. I already knew about the Rossington signature amp they did, but no idea on what that one's like either.

What's this "Ground Polarity" switch on the back for? Ground is ground, isn't it like saying positive or negative zero?

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alanp wrote: What's this "Ground Polarity" switch on the back for? Ground is ground, isn't it like saying positive or negative zero?
Ground is indeed ground, but what you connect to it may be positive or negative.
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You mean bad wiring that is not done to spec and is not actual ground going through the house ground?
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Found something on you tube, sounds pretty good. I use the 6505 and its pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58frVUCJmbM

Ground switch is used to removes buzzing sound that you may experience when you plug your guitar/effects into the amp. Its a noticeable noise when it happens you think, what the hell is that? Hahaha it removes that what the hell!!
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alanp wrote:You mean bad wiring that is not done to spec and is not actual ground going through the house ground?
Its DC in the amp so it'll be +ve or -ve thats the "ground" :)
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Does the ground polarity switch appear on the 230v Aus/European versions of the amp? I've seen some amps (110v USA ones) with the ground polarity switch and then the 230v versions dont' have the ground lift switch as it's deemed 'too dangerous'

My Boogie (110v I run a step-up transformer to use it) has the ground lift switch but I keep it grounded all the time.
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