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Location: Missouri | Hey Guys, Im a female who plays an ovation for fun, I love a rich full sound are there any particular guitar string that has that rich full sound? ASnd that is fairly easy on your fingers? Thanks for your advice and help.
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| Which fingers? Fretting hand or finger-picking hand?
Welcome. If nobody already said that. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Welcome dover,
What model Ovation do you have?
The strings I've been using lately are D'Addario EJ26 Custom Lights. .011-.052. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hi Dover,Welcome to the club of the Odd,Feverish Cult people :)
Strings..Hmm..you`re stirring up a debate here..I assume it is a steel string guitar,so a Light gauge C F Martin MSP 3000 ( gauge 10 - 47 )or If you do not want to change strings often ,than Elixir NWACL 80/20 bronze ( gauge 11 - 52 ) would do the job ,the choice of bigger gauge on the Elixir is that I`ve found,that they sound a little "thin" hence a bigger gauge,BTW,which Ovation do you play ? :)
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | GospelGuitarGuy Q : "The strings I've been using lately are D'Addario EJ26 Custom Lights. .011-.052."
Please say that`s on an electric you mean.. ( D`addario`s on an acoustic..what`s next..space travel ? ) :)
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Location: Parrish, FL | I'd give Adamas 1818's a try. They work very well for me. Good tone, good life, easy on the fingers.
Great all around.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Try some silk&steel. They are easy on the fingers and have that warm sound. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Hi, Dover;
Welcome to our wonderfully whacky board, where you will learn lots of really helpful stuff about Ovations and most likely some not-so-helpful stuff about various other topics totally unrelated to guitars (or anything else musical, for that matter.) Be that as it may, this is a great place to visit; female folk are definitely out-numbered, but don't let that keep you from dropping by--I truly enjoy this "place."
I also play D'Addario Custom Lights--I have very small hands, and have found them to be a good match for me.
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Location: Vermont USA | Give the silk and steel a shot
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| I'll say silk and steel as well... |
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Location: Utah | Martin Marquis Phosphor Bronze, light gauge. |
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Location: Reno, NV | I tend to agree with FlySig. She wanted rich, full sound. That rules out just about anything under a 12-53.
In my opinion ... Martin MSP4100's (12-54) & Martin Claptons Choice (12-54) are the way to go. Now easy on the fingers? ... That's a whole nother issue. You can't really have both, you have to compromise somewhere.
If you have to go easy on the fingers, and forget about rich and full, try Dean Markley Alchemy 11-52 GoldPhos |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Try Adamas Phos Bronze 1717 (.10 to 47) or 2020 (.10
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I had written out a full spec. sheet,but then thought..oh well..go for C F Martin MSP 3000 ( gauge 10 - 47 ) You `ll do Fine !! Easy Playing and Lots of Good Tone :)
Vic
..around here D`s are considered good on Electrics and Classical only ... ;) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | D'Adds, sound great on the O's...Adamas wounds great w/Adamas; but Elixir's sound great and are easy on the fingers...last quite a while as well!
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