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| Hello, I finally managed to find a replacement pickup for the ovation 1619. The reason I have to change it is that the old pickup was faulty and not picking up 2 of the strings. But the pickup that was sent as a replacement seems a little different in that theres only one cable coming from it, whereas the old one has two cables. I'm assuming that the second cable goes to the battery ? If I have to solder the battery cable to this new pickup its going to be difficult to say the least. Just wondering if anyone has done this exchange before ? The pic enclosed shows the old pickup still attached to the guitar in the foreground, and the new pickup in the background Many Thanks Rusty (IMG_2228.jpg) (IMG_2228.jpg) Attachments ----------------  IMG_2228.jpg (54KB - 1 downloads) IMG_2228.jpg (54KB - 2 downloads) | |||
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Franken-pickup.  What kind of Preamp does your guitar have? Some Ovations have stereo output, that would need two cables. But I don't think that is what is going on (wrong) with yours. The battery would wire to the Preamp. The pickup that they sent you would just plug-into the Preamp. | ||
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This is what it would look like...  Plus you would have two output jacks on your guitar... One mono, one stereo. | ||
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Old Man Arthur - 2016-03-09 10:47 PM This is what it would look like... Plus you would have two output jacks on your guitar... One mono, one stereo. Yes--thats what the existing one looks like. The problem was that two strings were not being picked up properly--cant remember which ones now. So , in that case I have the wrong replacement pickup ? And, the next question would be --can I use the new replacement at all now ? Thanks for your help Rusty | |||
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | rusty999 - 2016-03-11 2:22 AM Not necessarily. So , in that case I have the wrong replacement pickup? And, the next question would be --can I use the new replacement at all now ? Back to what kind of preamp do you have? If you have a Stacked-Knob or pretty much any Ovation Preamp that pickup will plug-into it. (I am cautious because I have not taken every version of Ovation apart yet ) But if you have an Ovation preamp that new pickup should work. | ||
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Old Man Arthur - 2016-03-11 4:52 AM rusty999 - 2016-03-11 2:22 AM Not necessarily. So , in that case I have the wrong replacement pickup? And, the next question would be --can I use the new replacement at all now ? Back to what kind of preamp do you have? If you have a Stacked-Knob or pretty much any Ovation Preamp that pickup will plug-into it. (I am cautious because I have not taken every version of Ovation apart yet ) But if you have an Ovation preamp that new pickup should work. Yes, its an ovation pickup with just one knob on the body= Bass/Treble wheel on the inside, and volume on top--stacked knob as you described. | |||
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