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New LP Stage user here!

Post by Array » Mon May 07, 2007 5:09 pm

Picked up my LP Stage Edition yesterday, #16. It's everything that I had hoped for :)

One thing that sort of caught my eye is the fact that the headphone jack looks slightly malformed, but this has no effect on operation. Anyone else have weird looking headphone jacks?

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Post by goldphinga » Mon May 07, 2007 5:17 pm

weird in what way? can you post a pic?
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Post by Array » Mon May 07, 2007 5:22 pm

I'll try and take a picture tonight.

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Post by cl516 » Wed May 09, 2007 11:43 am

cool, Array!
I'm #666 myself.

didn't u used to be on a few other synth forums too?

FWIW my headphone jack doesn't look deformed.

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Post by Array » Wed May 09, 2007 2:00 pm

cl516 wrote:cool, Array!
I'm #666 myself.

didn't u used to be on a few other synth forums too?

FWIW my headphone jack doesn't look deformed.
Haha, I didnt know that they even made 666 of them!

I used to be on other forums, but they got stale. I keep to forums related to products I own now.

Also, here is a photo of said headphone jack:

http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 814fc6.jpg

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Looks normal

Post by LilFatty » Wed May 09, 2007 2:20 pm

that is how my jack looks on my LP TE.

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Re: Looks normal

Post by Array » Wed May 09, 2007 2:27 pm

LilFatty wrote:that is how my jack looks on my LP TE.
Cool, thanks for the feedback. It's no big deal, just a little off center.

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Re: Looks normal

Post by sergiovalente9 » Wed May 09, 2007 5:03 pm

LilFatty wrote:that is how my jack looks on my LP TE.
Array the same here. I have TE #SE00376 last week, and has the same Jack.

This is my first hardware synth (and the first SE sold in Argentina) and I´m very happy. U can play very easy and sound greeeeeeeat! I used Arturia VST but Little Phatty is really better.

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Post by robles » Wed May 09, 2007 5:21 pm

It looks as though the washer isn't perfectly centered. Other than that, I'm not sure what's wrong with it. When you plug a line into it, is it straight, or skewed diagonally?

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Re: Looks normal

Post by Array » Wed May 09, 2007 5:47 pm

sergiovalente9 wrote:
LilFatty wrote:that is how my jack looks on my LP TE.
Array the same here. I have TE #SE00376 last week, and has the same Jack.

This is my first hardware synth (and the first SE sold in Argentina) and I´m very happy. U can play very easy and sound greeeeeeeat! I used Arturia VST but Little Phatty is really better.
Thanks for the confirmation :)

While not my first hardware synth, the Little Phatty is definitely a much welcomed addition.

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Post by Array » Wed May 09, 2007 5:48 pm

robles wrote:It looks as though the washer isn't perfectly centered. Other than that, I'm not sure what's wrong with it. When you plug a line into it, is it straight, or skewed diagonally?
It's straight when I plug in a line, a purely cosmetic issue. I just wanted to know if there were others with such jacks.

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Post by robles » Wed May 09, 2007 6:33 pm

Just loosen the nut slightly and center the washer, then tighten again.

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Post by cl516 » Thu May 10, 2007 12:14 am

hmmm yeah yours looks off centered, Array.

Mine isn't like that, it's centered.


As for the other forums, yeah some of them have gotten quite off topic and... well, just plain 'mean' sometimes. They're not so cool at times.

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Post by Amos » Thu May 10, 2007 7:16 am

robles wrote:Just loosen the nut slightly and center the washer, then tighten again.
yep, that's clearly all it is. :)

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Post by theglyph » Thu May 10, 2007 6:00 pm

robles wrote:Just loosen the nut slightly and center the washer, then tighten again.
WARNING!!

Be very careful with this. The nut is tightened quit snug at the factory. If you try to loosen the nut without holding the jack internally the nut can spin the jack, twist the wires internally and pull the connector off the PCB. Trust me, i've done this once or twice.

It may be possible to loosen the nut but if it looks or feels like the jack is spinning as well, stop!

Here's some advice if you must align the washer. NOTE that opening the LP can void your warrenty! You can remove the screws from the right hand side panel, set the panel and side plate aside, carefully reach in and grab the jack but DO NOT touch the circuit board next to the jack, hold the jack firmly and then loosen the nut. Put everything back like it was when satisfied but be careful to align the side panel screws with all of the holes and put the right screws into the right holes.

Another bit of advice when doing this is to ground yourself using a ground strap or at least make sure you are static free by touching a metal surface before reaching into the LP's side. ESD (electro static discharge) can damage the internal components. Avoid contact with the PCB's like the plague.

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