Hey everyone,
I'm new here. Looks like I found the right place to get some help. I've had this guitar for a long time. When it was given to me the person had dropped it on the strap button input jack. And she had taken the wires out from the preamp. I was given a nice Acoustic AG30 amp and thought I would just plug in my guitar using a Dean Markley ProMag (the kind that goes in the soundhole) and found out since it's passive that I'll need to buy a preamp. So it got me looking at my guitar. There's a nice preamp and pickups already installed. Everything is hooked up, well almost. The 9v power source to the preamp is hooked up, the pickup wiring to the preamp is also hooked up, it's just the output jack wiring (ring, tip, sleeve) wires that need to be hooked up. I found a 3-pin plug that fits into the input of the preamp perfectly, but how do I figure out what order I put the red, white and bare wire that go into each of the three pins? I can't find a schematic. Best I can find it that it's a "System 34 preamp" from a LW5C Yamaha acoustic.
I messed around with it a bit yesterday and got it to work, but it also works with the polarity switched (red and white wires). I know I probably shouldn't have done that, but thought it might just be stereo right and left, and wouldn't cause any issues. It functioned properly and sounded great. The EQ worked, mute buttn worked, and the battery led as well as both gain knobs. Everything worked, so should I go ahead and solder it together or do some tests first to make sure it's wired correctly and nothing gets damaged?
Ring, tip and sleeve connnections from a 1/4 inch instrument jack I always thought were just ground, right and left stereo. Am I wrong?
Here is a photo of the front and rear of the preamp. Not that it wil help, but maybe someone has one like it...
Thank you for any advice/ideas/suggestions...
I'm new here. Looks like I found the right place to get some help. I've had this guitar for a long time. When it was given to me the person had dropped it on the strap button input jack. And she had taken the wires out from the preamp. I was given a nice Acoustic AG30 amp and thought I would just plug in my guitar using a Dean Markley ProMag (the kind that goes in the soundhole) and found out since it's passive that I'll need to buy a preamp. So it got me looking at my guitar. There's a nice preamp and pickups already installed. Everything is hooked up, well almost. The 9v power source to the preamp is hooked up, the pickup wiring to the preamp is also hooked up, it's just the output jack wiring (ring, tip, sleeve) wires that need to be hooked up. I found a 3-pin plug that fits into the input of the preamp perfectly, but how do I figure out what order I put the red, white and bare wire that go into each of the three pins? I can't find a schematic. Best I can find it that it's a "System 34 preamp" from a LW5C Yamaha acoustic.
I messed around with it a bit yesterday and got it to work, but it also works with the polarity switched (red and white wires). I know I probably shouldn't have done that, but thought it might just be stereo right and left, and wouldn't cause any issues. It functioned properly and sounded great. The EQ worked, mute buttn worked, and the battery led as well as both gain knobs. Everything worked, so should I go ahead and solder it together or do some tests first to make sure it's wired correctly and nothing gets damaged?
Ring, tip and sleeve connnections from a 1/4 inch instrument jack I always thought were just ground, right and left stereo. Am I wrong?
Here is a photo of the front and rear of the preamp. Not that it wil help, but maybe someone has one like it...
Thank you for any advice/ideas/suggestions...
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