TLDR: Is this a "death cap" and shouldn't it be removed by taking the Ground switch out of circuit?
I have my father's 63 Fender Bandmaster which he had restored about 5-10 years ago.
He passed and I just received it recently. It played fine for a couple weeks and was giving some really nice distortion with the volume around 8.5 but then it blew a fuse. I think I remember him saying that it blew a fuse for him after restoration so I've got the chassis out and I'm starting to evaluate what's been done to it.
I'm a vintage radio guy and have restored a few tube radios including a '37 Philco so I'm not a total noob but not an expert by any means.
Anyway, the first thing that stood out to me was the two prong cord replacement. There's a .047 cap between chassis ground (green) and hot (black).
Isn't this dangerous for no reason? I'm thinking I should bypass the Ground switch completely, move hot to the fuse tip, and neutral to the power switch.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.