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Location: New York City | Does anyboby know where I can get the UK2 manual or maybe a site on-line where it explains in detail all the electronic features of the guitar? |
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Location: Scotland | There's not much to explain. There's a 3 way P/U selector switch and a standard vol/tone per pickup control layout. Pretty much like a Les Paul or SG or any standard 4 control/2 pickup guitar. The only other feature is the series/parralel switch on each P/U surround. The 2 coils in a humbucker are usually wired in series. When switched to parallel they lose a little output and sound brighter. Kinda like a coil tap but they remain hum-cancelling. If I remember correctly with the switch towards the bridge the coils are in parralel, series toward the neck. If not the brighter sound is parralel and the darker sound is series. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | That's how it appears to work, Paul. I always keep the P/U switches forward to create a tone more closely resembling the bright punch of single coils. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I usually keep the neck pu switch in serirs, and the bridge pu switch in parallel. That gives a more distinct difference between the tones and a nice blend when used together. |
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Location: Jet City | Don't forget the "stereo" jack. It's not stereo, but it allows each pickup to have it's own output if you have the splitter cable.
Here's a link to the manual on Jerome's site (thanks again Jerome!)
UKII Manual |
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Location: USA | I have a few things on my mind that I just can't get around, even after reading most of the archived UKII threads. I hope this isn't too off topic, I just didn't want to start another UKII thread. I've heard a lot about the sustain, sound, and light weight of this guitar but I haven't actually heard it. Is the UKII neck heavy at all? Could the sustain/out-of-phase abilities be compared to say.. Peter Green's Les Paul? I know there is a great video on youtube by one a fellow poster, but I don't really get an overall idea of what the UKII sounds like (clean for example).
Maybe a solid body guitar resource thread/sticky would be a possibility? There are just so many things about these guitars that it's hard for me to find all the information I'm looking for (even with searches in the archives). |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | SF,
I'd go ahead and post a new thread with a more direct approach to what info you're seeking, i.e. UKII sounds, attributes, operation, etc.
Hopefully, you'll get more input, plus it would ease subsequent 'searches'. |
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Location: USA | Thanks, I wasn't sure if I should post another thread or not. I didn't want to be a bother or annoy. I'll go ahead and do that. :) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | no bother, go for it |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by ScienceFriction:
I didn't want to be a bother or annoy. OH, pleeease, don't tell me that you're one of those that came here just for Ovation info... 
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Location: USA | So.. OT, I apologize. I know as newbie I should be very careful about posting relative material. I apologize. I am very thankful for the link the UK2 manual however, and all the other manuals. I wish electric guitars still came with manuals.
No way, I like these guitars too much to just want info. I only want info so I can understand them better and find the right one for me. I love my Viper, but the other electrics are really interesting too. I just remember going over the welcome and rules and thinking "I want to know things, but I don't want to annoy people with the same questions I'm sure they've gotten for years", you know? The first time I played an Ovation guitar was when I was 16, it was an acoustic.. not sure what kind, but after that I was an "Ovation" guy. :) |
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Location: Jet City | I was 15. It was a UKII. I've been hooked since. |
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