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Location: Ohio | Anyone know what they're putting on new Ovations? I'm replacing my 6778LX strings, don't like them, but thought I was putting on lighter strings with some Elixir Polywebs custom light. Turns out the stock strings are *much* lighter.
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Location: NJ | I may be wrong, but I believe that D'Add.EXP Lights is what's coming on guitars from the Factory . . . |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Stock strings from the factory are D'Addario EXP .012"-.053".
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Location: Ohio | Wow...these must be different then. The low-E on the Elixirs is .052, and it's substantially fatter than what's on there (which if it were .053, couldn't tell much difference).
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | I put Elixir lights on, and they seemed tight and hard to play. Switched to Elixir extra lights, and they're good, although the E (.047) seemed a little floppy.
Also, while I've been happy with the strings put on from the factory (EXP lights), when I went to put on regular D'Addario lights (EJ16) they seem heavier than what came from the factory. Are EXP lower tension that regular D'Addario maybe? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | exp 12-52 |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by Randy22:
Are EXP lower tension that regular D'Addario maybe? No.
But I would suggest you get a cheap set of "slide rule" calipers to verify the gauges of your strings |
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Location: Reno, NV | In my opinion, anything lighter than 11's sounds too thin. There has got to be balance between tone and playability. RiffD, try some of the Ernie Ball Super Slinky's (2148) 11-50. As named, they actually are pretty "slinky". More so than some of the other brands like D'addario(EJ26).
Ovations usually come with 12-53's from the factory. If you bought it with thinner strings, than someone changed them out. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...when I asked Ovation, they said the factory-installed strings on my AE68 Viper were D'Addario EXP17 (0.013"-0.056"). |
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