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Location: Battle Creek, MI | I have a 1778t with an op pro preamp. currenty it only has the 1/4 inch jack wired. the op pro has an input on the preamp for an xlr jack to be wired and I would like to know where I might find this set up so us this preamp with its xlr capability |
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Location: Nashville TN. | The mothership will add one for a quite reasonable price. |
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Location: Utah | The XLR jack on my guitar shares a little circuit board with the regular jack. Both jacks are mounted to the board. It has some impedance matching resistors on it and a few other little bits. I don't think you can just add an XLR jack, you'll have to get the board with the jacks, and then install that.
I believe that it is just plug-and-play as far as the preamp is concerned. The board has a ribbon cable with connector on it that you'll plug in to the preamp.
I'd try customer service or Al about getting the part if you want to DIY. |
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| Do you play out regularly? If so, then you might need the XLR out IF you have to run a long cable. Otherwise, there's little advantage to the XLR over a regular 1/4' guitar cable for a standard length connection. Also, you'll need a special XLR cable with pin 1 to shell (Ovation P/N 9658-0) if you want to power the pre-amp via the cable. If you really want to add it, as Pez said contact Mother, or if you're a DIYer call Al; he can get the parts (and the special XLR cable) for you. |
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Location: closely held secret | ...um, Arlene...
Didn't we just go through this with you a month ago? With the Optima? |
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Location: Utica, NY | Do a search for "XLR install" and you will get the most recent threads on this. I just did this very thing with the Op-Pro Studio. Here are those details:
http://www.ovationfanclub.com/cgi-bin/ubb/non-cgi/ultimatebb.php?ub...
Parts easily obtained through Kim at Ovation service. Super nice and helpful, parts here in a couple days. Install was fussy but the pics show it's perfect and can be done. Another lister also did a perfect install herself a couple weeks back. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by nervous:
Another lister also did a perfect install herself a couple weeks back. Good one. |
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Location: Utica, NY | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by nervous:
Another lister also did a perfect install herself a couple weeks back. Good one. |
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Location: Battle Creek, MI | Oh ...no...This is a different question! The last mod I did was to replace the entire op24+ with a Optima which came with the circut board with the 1/4 and XLR mounted together. This guitar has the OP pro with a separate input marked XLR on the preamp. I assume this is a separate cable that plugs into this input. I believe the OPpro could use both. I just want to add the XLR jack to the preamp as it now just has the 1/4 installed. |
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Location: Battle Creek, MI | I am just assuming that there is a separate cable with the XLR jack on one end and the correct plug in on the other so that it does not require removing the existing 1/4 from the guitar. There is like a 4 pin jack on the oppro for this install. It would be much easier to install the XLR if it were on a separate cable rather than have to use a template for the circut board mounted 1/4 and XLR combined. |
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Location: Battle Creek, MI | Woops...didnt read the one post carefully enough. I thought it might be a separate cable and jack, but looks like it is the same circuit board unit I installed before.
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Location: closely held secret | Sorry, Arlene. I didn't realize you wouldn't know they used the same setup to connect the XLR.
Yes, same circuit board, I believe it's the same jack on the OP-Pro as on the Optima (and Studio, and VIP, and OP-X). In fact, on my LongNeck with the OP-X the 1/4" is mounted on the PCB even though there's no XLR jack on it.
The OP-Pro jack might be marked "XLR PCB".
Originally posted by nervous:
Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by nervous:
Another lister also did a perfect install herself a couple weeks back. Good one. |
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Location: Battle Creek, MI | Thanks everyone.....i just hoped it was a separate jack and cable so the hole placement would not be as critical.....Thanks again....always good to have resourses for all this stuff |
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XLR ouput jack for OP Pro
