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Location: La Quinta, Ca. | Anybody know where I can find strings for the darn thing? They're ball end and big: .022, .034, .048, .074. |
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Location: closely held secret | Yes, but I can't tell you. You'll have to send it to me for restringing. And it might take a while... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | www.juststrings.com
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www.stringitup.com
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Location: La Quinta, Ca. | Nope, typical mandocello strings won't work. Most mandocellos are archtop with floating bridges and the bigger strings graduate to a smaller size after they pass over the bridge...like on an acoustic bass.
Options are few; get them directly from Ovation packaged under the Kaman name or build a custom set...and that's pretty expensive.
I've got a call into Ovation to see what they can do. Another option is to go down to Ernie Ball's factory a few miles from here and see what they can put together.
Aye, twill be a lesser measure of a St. Paddy's day with dull strings. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Through Just strings I obtained a handful of .074" to make a Poor Man's Baritone. I think they are Ernie Ball's. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Mostly I was googling to figure out just what the heck a Mandocello is.. but here's a lead for you from http://www.maartinallcock.com/mandocello.htm
Unfortunately D'Addario don't make ball end Mandocello strings, so I have them made up by Malc Newton at Newtone Strings . |
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Location: Scotland | Malcom Newton makes great strings, though importing UK made strings into the USA may prove expensive. Apart from the shipping tax and duty implications the $ is pretty weak against the £ right now.
John Pearse sells single strings in the gauges you'll need for a mandocello set. Nickel only, not P/Bronze, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
http://www.jpstrings.com/brstring.htm |
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Location: La Quinta, Ca. | Thanks all.
I'll wait for a respose from Ovation and take it from there. |
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Location: La Quinta, Ca. | $19 a set through Ovation customer service...ouch!
Anyway, they're on their way.
Ovation has them made for them by D'Addario btw. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Expensive but you don't really need to change them as often as guitar strings, do you?
I use the John Pearse strings on my National baritone and they work fine so that's another option as our esteamed Mr. Templeman has pointed out. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | If you're making a set, sometimes First Quality Music has deals on individual strings. |
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