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Location: Netherlands | When I plug in my ovation,
the bass of the E-string sounds very heavy,
compered to the A and D-string.
Does anyone have this problem also or is it supposed to be like this.
I didn't play a lot when i'm pluged in.
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Location: Scotland | Which type of pickup is it? |
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Location: Netherlands | My guitar is 1996-TPB model with a High-Z Pickup.
I don't know what a High-Z Pickup means,
but that is what I've seen in the information.
Do you perhaps know what it means? |
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Location: Scotland | What's the model number of the guitar?
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Location: Netherlands | model 1996-TBP and serial 156 |
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Location: Scotland | If your guitar has the original wide Ovation pickup & you are having string imbalance problems it's probably down to a faulty pickup, the Original Ovation bridge pickup unit is usually exceptional in terms of string to string balance. Email the factory to find a local service centre or the official distributor for the Netherlands.
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Location: Netherlands | Thanks Paul,
i'll go to my dealer.
I've read that you are a walking encyclopedia :D
Maybe you have some more information about my guitar? |
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Location: Scotland | If your guitar is a '96 collectors edition, I seem to remember that this guitar had the Hex-fx stereo pickup/preamp system. I don't know a great deal about this pre except that the output of each string is fed to the pre separately & various combinations of strings can be panned across the stereo field. If the pre isn't adjusted properly it may explain why you have a hot E-string. It could well be the pickup at fault as I suggested, but in the original Ovation stereo preamp each set of 3 strings had a trim pot and it could be that there are individual trim-pots for each string in the Hex-fx pre. Check with the factory. |
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Location: Netherlands | Yes, My guitar is a '96 collectors edition,
and it has the HexFX stereo pickup/preamp system. So it must be the trim-pots for the E- string.
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Location: Scotland | I'm making an educated guess here & may well be wrong, so have it checked.
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| The hex fx pickup is made by shadow. It has individual crystals for each string so you can set the stereo accordingly. Six separate wires as well. It sounds like a bad pickup or the pickup isnt sitting flush on the bridge. They flex so the pressure may vary. Make sure you dont have a half ass shim uder it.
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heavy sounding E string
