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| I finally got a Viper (yay!) and I've been doing some research. Read somewhere that they originally came with Ovation "2E Extra Light" strings, but I can't find anything that identifies what gauges those were.
It feels about right with 10s, but I'm curious what it would have been like originally. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | probably 10s |
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| I use 10's also. I had 9's on mine, and felt like that was too light. |
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Location: Jet City | I usta always use Kaman Performer Extra Lights back in the 80's.
The extra lights were 9-44
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| Thanks! I guess I have to scour the flea markets for an old 2E Extra Light package.
I found a picture online of a package from Kaman Performer Extra Lights: 9 11 15 25 35 44 -- I wonder if the 2E set had the same gauges??? |
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Location: NW Washington State | Here on Jerome's ovationtribute.com are a price list and Viper manual that refer to the 2E strings:
http://www.ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/1977_August_Ovation_US_Pri...
http://ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/Viper%201271%20Owner%27s%20Man...
No info on the gauges; looking at the list they could be 9s or 10s.
-Steve W. |
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Location: Jet City | HiHo - 2016-06-16 5:13 PM I found a picture online of a package from Kaman Performer Extra Lights: 9 11 15 25 35 44 -- I wonder if the 2E set had the same gauges??? I would assume so |
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