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Location: Fort worth Texas | Got my new Ovation 1867 Legend. Its awesome just like I knew it would be sounds great both plugged in and true acoustic. I would recomend one to anyone. Will have pics up soon |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Congratulations! May both of you have a long and melodious relationship. Nothing like a new guitar to start off your weekend.
I am envious, all I got today was the flu. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Congrats! I'm looking forward to the pictures.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Congrats also.
Wife and I got our flu shots and so far they seem to have worked. There are no shots available to cure GAS, so I'll probably catch a virulant form of GAS as soon as you post any pictures. I hear the symptoms are a loud gasp followed by an uncontrollable writing of checks to people named Al, followed by extreme paupery and sitting in a corner of the poorhouse surrounded by Ovation collectibles, laughing maniacally as starvation sets in. I'm looking forward to the improvement in lifestyle.
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | GAS shots...a guy could really clean up on those. Congratulations on your new baby. |
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Location: NJ | I think you need beano |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Congratulations on your new baby! I'm sure it sounds wonderful.
Al, my wife says I always have GAS....and I doubt Beano would help!!!! :)
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
2003 Celebrity CC01 Spruce Top 6-String
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | Only use Beano when you don't want the bass section to play. |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | thanx to all who have replied. My fingers are killing me damn what gauge strings does Ovation put standard on new guitars? I am used to light gauge and its killing my fingers but I aint throwin away a new set so I will have to deal with it.BTW man you gotta love the notch filter on the OP40 works like a dream.....pics this weekend |
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Location: Texas | I believe "lights", which is .012 to .053.
I put on a set of what the hang tag named, the D'Addario EXP16's, .012's. I've been happy with them.
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Location: SoCal | An aside concerning the D'Addario EXP38 - bought two sets of 12's - for a pin bridge fine, looks like a Christmas tree with the colored ball ends on an Ovation bridge. Otherwise, good strings. |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | I like the Elixir polywebs better. |
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Location: SoCal | really like the Elixer 12's I got through Nil...hard to believe but the GC was out of Elixer 12's when I was there last Saturday...needed for the GC and CL 12's (GC came, CL in transit.) Should have had patience and ordered by internet. |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | maybe its just cause I have hardly put it down lol |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | Glad you are enjoying it Billy. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | This board has been on this subject many times before, but this shows again how personal taste in strings is....I tried Elixir PolyWeb .010"s on my CC01, and I hated them so much I took them off after a week. I like Martin SP or D'Addario Phosphor Bronze, either .010" or .011".
Yep, D'Addario strings are very colorful if you look at your guitar below the bridge! Especially on a 12-string!
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
2003 Celebrity CC01 Spruce Top 6-String
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The elixer question again.....
Having tried them for quite a while now I think I generally don't like them. They're just not bright enough. They're great on old Nationals and on the Weissenborn. I've tried them on a 31 Martin and they just sounded dead. Same result on other Collings and Martins. The D'Ad just sound better, particularly on sensitive acoustics. I would guess this is less noticeable on Ovations with the exception of the Adamas which always was very sensitive to the strings.
The production string is a light guage 12-52 phosphor bronze, I think it's the J16 set? from D'Ad. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I agree that the Adamas is sensitive to strings....I changed out the .012" OEM set that was D.O.A.(2 years sitting in a shop will do that) after I bought my ME 12-string for .010" Phosphor Bronze D'Addarios and it took the bottom end out of the sound. Still pretty good, just not awesome like it was with the .012s.
I'm thinking of either going to .011" for the next set, or just getting heavier bass-side strings for more bottom end.
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
2003 Celebrity CC01 Spruce Top 6-String
COMING SOON - 19?? Glen Campbell 12-string |
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Location: NJ | ". . . Having tried them for quite a while now I think I generally don't like them. . . they just sounded dead . . . the D'Ad just sound better . . ."
Whew!
For the longest time, I thought it was just "ME" ! !
Thanks, Bill :) |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Try the Elixer nano-web strings. These have a lighter coating on them, and they sound great. To me they feel just like a regular bronze string, but they last a long time. All my Ovations have these on them, and they all sound plenty bright. |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | Here it is |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | Looks great! But you had to put it down to take the picture. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Beautiful guitar
I just heard myself utter an uncontrolled GASP, and begun writing checks to people named AL. I sold my wife's organs on Ebay, and made lewd offers of my daughter who is a high school teacher with a masters degree on a sex swap net board. I even found a net site that was interested in buying my children's baby pictures. Thank God I haven't slipped into a soulless desire to own something like that, only a strong immoral conscience is protecting me from terminal GAS. Would any of you like to meet my seester, she's a virgin at 69 years old (a little fund raising trick I learned in Nuevo Laredo boy's town 50 years ago).
Think how low a person without my hide bound conscience could slip when in the grip of GAS. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Billy,
Beautiful guitar.
What's with the stand? Is it tied together with rope and leather? |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | ...or why people scream his name later. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | It's a beauty!! Great finish!
Strings:
I, too, tried the Elixir's, and also just don't like them. Have settled on Martin Phosphor Bronze light gauge for my Legend - I've been buying them on line from String This. I order 4 sets at a time and with shipping that is less than $4.00 per set. They buy in bulk, so the strings are delivered straight, not curled up. Spend a few bucks for the storage tube and your set. Environmentally friendly as there is minimal packaging involved.....
I didn't get new strings on before last Thursday's gig and manged to break two strings on my Legend and one string on my bandmate's Telecaster - new record!!! |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | Damn Paul, you a little heavy handed? Let see the stand in the picture was hand made for me by one of our biggest fans we call him "Cowboy Bob" There's really no telling what he made it from but its solid as a rock. The "remember the name you will be screaming it later" is an old tag message from our old now non functioning message board on our bands website. The meaning I get from it is,..after a song has been performed well,sometimes people scream your name. So basicly I am tooting my own horn. :cool: |
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Location: SoCal | I too have people screaming my name after performing, but it's usually followed by the phrase "Get the hell off the stage". |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | LMAO your just teasin |
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Location: SoCal | Of course. On this board you have to take it and give it. All in fun.
By the way Billy, that is one beautiful guitar. I suspect that most of us are a bit envious. Way to go. If I'm screaming now it for you to put me in your will in line for your Legend. Enjoy! |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Damn Paul, you a little heavy handed?
I think we'll turn my guitar up in the monitor next time!
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Location: NJ | Join the club, Paul.
I usually average about two strings a gig. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | thanx Moody. Paul maybe I should run sound for you guys, since my guitar player walked out I have some free time. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | One of the funniest things I've heard after playing: From a distance they don't sound so good, but up close they're so loud I can't tell. Ouch. |
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I got it!!!