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Thanks to everyone, I installed the preamp and have one performance under my belt.
It sounded great and I got nice complements.

-vince :mandosmiley:

Mark,

I'll be happy to.

BTW: My preamp does mount with 4 screws. They are under the decal.

-vince

OK, guys,
I just got a call back from John Budny at Ovation. After describing the problem to him,
he said it is the preamp and described how to remove it. I went ahead and ordered a
new one from...

Thanks for the reply. I've actually tried disconnecting and reconnecting the internal cables for the piezo and the power supply.
In my case, the mando works for several seconds when first plugged...

Mark,
Thanks for the info. I saw that and am familiar with this store. I'm certain they send
out repairs, and would prefer to deal directly with the repair person.

I did get a list of repair...

Mark,
Wow, thanks a lot. I've checked the black wire with the plug. It comes from the piezo and plugs into the preamp chassis. The piezo seems to work fine (I rigged it to an amp
and got low level...

Michael,
Thanks for the suggestions. I got into the mando again tonight and determined the following. There are no loose connections. The preamp seems to be drawing excessive
current. As a result...

Thanks Rico,
I'll give that a whirl. I may have a little time tomorrow night after my session to take it apart again.
I'll post here again after checking it out.

thanks again,
-vince

Hello,

Long time, no write!
Sorry, been busy...
Anyway, I'm having a problem with my MM68 mando. I've been playing this instrument
for several years happily, but the other night at a...

Thanks for the reply and the suggestion. I always lub the nut and bridge on
all my instruments, I kinda think that it might be the strings at this point,
or the body flexing.

-vince

I don't remember seeing a card that came with it, but I'll check the case to see.
My mando came with Thomastics (I asked for them) and I wonder if they may
be the problem.

thanks,
-vince

Has anyone else experienced this issue?
My EM-5 is different than most since it has a shorter scale (13.75"),
which might be part of the problem. My mando, once tuned, will only stay in tune for...

Hey,

You are barking up my tree!!

I have spent most of my adult life with a bow, live in the DC metro area, and
now play electric mando as well.
I have never taken an instrument to Chucks,...

Tonight I installed a new Bill Lawrence L45S pickup in my Jon Mann EM-5
mando. I replaced the original Dimarzio pickup with this new pickup.
The L45S has a much more even response across all the...

Guys,

Tell me your opinion of this mando? How does it sound electrically and acoustically?

How is the neck/action?

Do you enjoy playing this mando?

I used to have a Fender 5 string and...

I'm going to need to put a pickup on one of my acoustic 8 stringers.
I have a Tacoma M2 and a Michael Kelly Legacy plus. I would rather not
replace the bridge on either of these so I was looking...

Thanks to Steve, I now know that the Goldtone mando has a flat fingerboard,
which is a deal breaker for me. Now I'm looking at some used Fender FM62E's.
Does anyone know if this mando has a...

Has anyone played one of these Rigel clones?
I'm thinking about getting an 8 string acoustic/electric for playing Jazz, and
the GM-110 looks good to me.
...

It worked, it worked!!! Yeah!!! :))

The .047 gauge low C is on there and it's solid.

Thanks a million Ken!!!
-vince :mandosmiley:

What a good idea!! That might just work.
I just received some more "C" strings so I guess a trip to Home Depot is in order.
When I've tried this, I'll report back with results.

thanks Ken,
...

Since I double on Violin and Mandolin (both electric), I play through an
Acoustic Image head into a small Fender Pro Jr speaker cabinet (amp removed).
I use an ART Tube MP before the AI amp to warm...

Hi Ted!

Thanks for the response.
I was just looking at D'addario Chromes because they have so many gauges.
Since the 47 is popping on my tuner, I was actually thinking about putting together
a...

Ken,
Thanks for the reply and the suggestion.
My problem is that I have a 5 string mando and am using flatwound guitar strings.
Since the string is intended for an instrument with twice the scale...

Thanks for the reply Jamie.

I've been using Thomastik guitar strings on my Mann mando. The light gauge
set (10-44) works quite well, but I wanted a little more girt so I tried the larger gauge. ...

I recently tried a heavier gauge (11-47) set of Thomastik flatwound guitar strings on my Mann 5 string mando. As I tuned the C (47) string up to pitch, it snapped at the tuner. :crying:

I...