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Location: ranson,wva | has anyone here ever strung their ovation or adamas nashville style? im getting ready to do a string change on my adamas and ive got a set of octave strings from a 12 set that im thinking about playing with....jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | thanks bill, i did it and i must say i do like the sound....it gives the adamas a verry sweet mellow sound.....takes away some of the boomo=ing bassy overtones....jason |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Mellow?? |
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Location: ranson,wva | it's mellow compared to the tone before with dr.med-heavys on it....i dont know how you would explain it...it just sounds good to my ears
i got it...the words came to me..lol brighter but not as bassy....do that sound better J.W?
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Location: USA | ive never heard of this...
how do you do it? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...any buzzing from the thinner strings passing through the wider nut slots?
Styll, check this: http://www.guitartips.addr.com/tip164.html |
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Location: ranson,wva | replace the low E,A & D with the octave strings from a 12 string set....jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | none tim....jason |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | merci. Might just do it to my Balladeer tonight...should sound pretty nice with an open tuning as well.... or partial capoed. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Styll:
ive never heard of this...
how do you do it? String the low 4 with octaves, keep e&b with regular gauge. tune to standard. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i like it. when i restring my folklore to put the thinline pup in it im gonna restring it that way and put the adamas back normal.....its realy a cool sound....jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | i typed that wrong..jw's got it right. i apoligize for the mis information...jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Nashville tuning
This is achieved on a high-strung guitar - a guitar strung with only the high strings of a 12-string guitar set. This is known as "Nashville tuning" when the strings are in standard tuning.
Alternate Tunings from the Wikipedia |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Jason,
Send me the Folklore and I'll string it for you.
I miss it... |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | I used to keep one of my Artist bowel...uh, I mean Artist bowl Ovations strung up that way when I lived and worked in Nashville. But, truth be known, there was hardly a call for this sound after about 1980. It was almost always used in conjunction with a regularly tuned cue-stick panned left and right in the mix. Stereo 12-string!!! I still like this tuning sometimes.
I noticed that D'Addario still makes a set for this tuning when I was ordering from juststrings.com last night. But, beware of any gauge over an .009 for your high G (third) string. Those suckers will pop a lot!! |
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Location: ranson,wva | you gonna be at the tour michael??
its got a preamp and thinline pickup in it now. tone/vol..nothing fancy,added a bone saddle as well....sounds damn good by me..jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | :(
Not this year.
I was banned by the Engineering Department because I kept trying to peek behind that black curtain... |
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Location: ranson,wva | lol maybe we shall get to meet next year....jason |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Bummer Woodrowfordy |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Originally posted by MWoody:
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Not this year.
I was banned by the Engineering Department because I kept trying to peek behind that black curtain... Michael, that do stink. I was looking forward to finally meeting you and seeing some of your handy-work. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! |
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Location: Scotland | High-string guitar is really a recording technique rather than something you'd actually play for recreation or as a main guitar part. It sounds good mixed way back dead centre between double-tracked regular guitar. Or you can double-track the high-string hard left and right way back in the mix with a regular guitar panned centre. It's also nice for doubling a rhythm part live, but you and whoever is playing the regular guitar need to keep it tight or it can sound real messy. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | All the good sh!t is behind the black curtain |
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Location: SoCal | I've seen high strung guitars played finger style and they sounded damned good. Also, if you're playing in a group, it's fun to have a different sound. I used to have an old Legend strung that way. It was the only way that guitar sounded good.. |
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Location: big island | my wife thinks i'm a bit high strung from time to time... |
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