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Location: Location Location Location | So a few months ago I picked up a nice looking Elite 6768 on Ebay. It had a few minor issues, which I had my local guitar tech resolve, along with a good setup. I got the guitar back and it played fine, but it seemed to lack gusto. Light strings, and very low action; maybe too low I thought, but no buzzes. So I put on a set of Martin Lt/Mediums strings. Better, but still needed more, and the extra tension didn't raise the action at all.
A couple of days ago, I put on Medium strings, EJ17's. Bam! To my amazement, still no change in the action, but a bit more tension, good though.
After the strings settled in, and the initial brightness was gone, the guitar just took off, like saying yes! That's what I needed mediums.
Yes, quiet night here in Austin.
:D Gary |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | sometimes that's all it takes |
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Location: NJ | EJ17's are my faves . . . . |
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| 12's or 13's on my adamas's sound great!
While were on the topic, and not to change the duirection of this thread, but I am trying to find some single strings for the barritone as I want to run a set over one space and buy a large single bass string so I can get 5 wound strings on the Baritone. What company makes the biggest long neck single string?? I have looked in Juststings.com but there are so many companies,
Thanks. I want to see just how much I can get out of this thing tuned to a B |
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Location: Scotland | John Pearse make phosphor bronze singles up to 0.080, I'm pretty sure D'Addario do too. |
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| Yep found it the John Pearse singles for Baritone go to up 72 and even 76. That is huge! That should make a great booming bass string.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Now y'all got me thinking... (strange, huh? :confused: )
I am trying to decide if my Orange Flame T would survive EJ17's...
Anyone one put any of them big steel cables on a T?
[I know that they worked well on my 1718, but that thing was more heavily built...] |
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| 13-56 is not much for most Ovations. Just keep a watch on the neck and is if starts creeping up just give it a little tweek to compensate. 13's can sound great on some guitars, I know my adamas's love the extra tension and respond well.
13's are more work on the fingers though. Give em a try. |
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