Mesa Lonestar Ground Plug Broke Off, What do I Do?

[MetalGuitar71990]

The ground plug of my Lonestar 2x12 broke off in the socket. Being inexperienced with electric work, I'm not sure how to fix it. I do have a soldering iron and solder, can I just solder the ground back on and safely use my amp? Or should I replace the whole plug?

 

[ChadVanHalen]

The ground as in the prong? Putting it back on yourself doesn't seem like it'll do you much good... You can buy this

 

[MetalGuitar71990]

The ground as in the prong? Putting it back on yourself doesn't seem like it'll do you much good... You can buy this

Yes the prong on the plug. You're right, I just checked and the ground prong was pulled straight out, I thought it broke in half somehow. I guess I'l need a new plug! Thanks.

 

[ChadVanHalen]

The ground as in the prong? Putting it back on yourself doesn't seem like it'll do you much good... You can buy this

Yes the prong on the plug. You're right, I just checked and the ground prong was pulled straight out, I thought it broke in half somehow. I guess I'l need a new plug! Thanks.

Cords are cheap enough, you can find a new cord or just buy that $5 adapter... Much safer than potential shoddy solder work ruining your amp if it happens to need that ground

 

[Kelly]

Buy a new cord it it's removable. If not buy a new plug. You dont have to solder, it'll have screws.

 

['63-Strat]

Yeah putting a new plug in is super easy. Even I was able to do it

 

[Lord Toneking]

New plug is totally easy. You have 3 wires, black (hot) white neutral, and green (ground). Personally I would make sure the black wire goes to smallest terminal on the plug and white to the biggest one. And of course green on center ground. You can look at the receptical and see the size differences of the holes, small hole is hot on receptical ( black wire )

Follow those steps and you'll be fine...and correct