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Location: New Jersey | Hi,
I put up a small clip of my new AD 1769 ovation. I'm still getting used to it but I really love the guitar so far.
http://www.stevezeik.com/media/AD1769Sample.mp3
Not the greatest quality but my recording stuff is pretty primative and inexpensive. The guitar does record nicely though!
I put extra lights on it and the strings may be a bit too light. The high e is a .10 now. The strings it came with felt like standard light gauge strings. I think I need to be somewhere in middle of the strings I have on it now and the set it came strung with. So maybe a .11 for the high E would feel right.
Would appreciate any suggestions for strings for this guitar.
Thanks,
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Location: closely held secret | Sounds pretty good, Steve! That guitar does record nicely! Did you record direct or mic? |
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Location: New Jersey | Thanks!
I went direct for the AD 1769. I used a microphone for the distorted electric guitar which started to feedback a bit but I was too lazy to correct that.
I love the sound of a live mic, but I don't have the patience to dial in a good sound and deal with background noise like phone ringing, etc...
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Location: Carle Place, NY | My favorite strings for a cutaway Ovation are Elixir Nanoweb Custom Light gauge (.011-.052). They're a bit hard to find at retail stores, but are readily available on eBay or from any on-line source.
I like the original regular bronze, but they come in phosphur bronze also. The PB's are brighter in sound, a bit too bright IMO. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
My favorite strings for a cutaway Ovation are Elixir Nanoweb Custom Light gauge OK Mitch, I gotta ask. Are you saying that these strings are your particular favorite for a CUTAWAY ovation. And that if your guitar is a non-cutaway you prefer something else? You need to call Paul Moody, ASAP.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
My favorite strings for a cutaway Ovation are Elixir Nanoweb Custom Light gauge (.011-.052). They're a bit hard to find at retail stores, but are readily available on eBay or from any on-line source.
I like the original regular bronze, but they come in phosphur bronze also. The PB's are brighter in sound, a bit too bright IMO. I feel the same way, Mitch. Love the Elixer CL'sand tried the PB's but was very disappointed in them. Didn't like them at all. |
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Location: New Jersey, USA | Steve, thanks for sharing the 1769 clip! I have a late 80's model and you can hear it in a couple of the clips I've posted.
On a related note - is my name familiar to you?? Yours is VERY much so to me. I'm in Franklin Lakes. Where are you in NNJ? Maybe I'll write you privately. We may have worked at the same company in a past life or something. My last name is Placer... |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Originally posted by Mitchrx:
My favorite strings for a cutaway Ovation are Elixir Nanoweb Custom Light gauge OK Mitch, I gotta ask. Are you saying that these strings are your particular favorite for a CUTAWAY ovation. And that if your guitar is a non-cutaway you prefer something else? You need to call Paul Moody, ASAP.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Damn, I was making a joke, but THAT actually makes sense!
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Location: Chicago | very nice! |
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Small clip of new AD1769 ovation
