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Joined: November 2016 Posts: 3
| First time poster here:
Swapped out the 9v in my Ovation Celebrity CV68. Went to plug 'er in and literally had smoke pouring out of the guitar! Yep, fried the preamp/eq. Apparently must have put the battery in backward. Huge oops!
I'm having considerable trouble finding a replacement and Ovation's customer service folks keep referring me to your site, thus, here I am.
The preamp itself is black with bass, treble, and mid slide controls and a round gain knob. It also says 'viper' on it in scripted red. An Ovation website I've found listed it as model 706000-X. I will try to attach a few photos to clarify.
I am not totally opposed to converting it to another model. I'm somewhat handy with wood and tools to make a different size fit the hole, but I would need to verify that the electrical connectors will match up. I certainly would prefer to locate the correct part though.
Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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Joined: November 2016 Posts: 3
| Apparently I'm internet forum illiterate and can't figure out how to post my own pics that I took.... Here is an example from a website. |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hi David,
Okay... You have come to the right place.
Yes, that is a Viper preamp.
That is what you would want to get.
Maybe someone here might have one, but I was gonna refer you to Ovation repair.
http://www.ovationguitars.com/contact Call them at 1-800-552-4681
But if they referred you to us, uh...
We are back to hopefully one of the members has one.
So... Now you must wait for a Membership Upgrade.
A "moderator" will be along eventually.
Then you could post in the General Posting section and maybe someone has one.
(only a limited number of people can respond to you in the "Welcome Center")
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10581
Location: NJ | can't repair the preamp but you can replace it
not cheap to do |
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Joined: November 2016 Posts: 3
| Thanks Alpep. Do you know where I could locate one? Should I check with your website? And how 'not cheap' are we thinking? |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10581
Location: NJ | i may be able to get you one.
shoot me an e mail |
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