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New Ovation Owner - Already modded in XLR Output

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electrorocket
Posted 2024-03-27 4:46 PM (#559167)
Subject: New Ovation Owner - Already modded in XLR Output
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Hey all,

I just got an Ovation E-Acoustic Guitar Elite TX Mid Cutaway(1778TX-5-G) and I'm loving it. It's my first Ovation! It plays really smooth, and sounds great, especially plugged in.

I'm a natural born modder, so I found the XLR kit and drilled it in first thing. Then I noticed that the XLR out didn't work unless the tuner was on. Weird. Then I read about the dummy plug thing, and thought that was dumb. And the special XLR cable thing. I didn't like that either. So I just soldered pin 1 to the shell on the output jack itself, and that works great! It's powered by phantom, and the 1/4" still works fine too.

My only problem, and this is from even before the mod, is that the tuner does not mute the output. I'm used to that from other electric acoustics. Is that just not the way this one works, or is there something wrong with it?

Thanks!
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electrorocket
Posted 2024-04-26 2:44 PM (#559201 - in reply to #559167)
Subject: Re: New Ovation Owner - Already modded in XLR Output
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I believe that my mod is keeping the preamp on all the time, so that must explain the need for the special cable. I will have to undo it, and either add a power switch or just get a dummy plug. I hate the idea of not being able to use a standard XLR.Or maybe I can just build a very short custom XLR with the required short in it.
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