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| Just got the call,I've got to wait until after work. What's the check list on a new 6751(other than sticker glue inside the bowl :D ) |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | VERY COOL!
I wish you the best with her! Have fun!
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Congrats! be sure and post pics in the gallery when you get a chance. That way we can all share in your joy. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Check list for a 6751(well, any 12-string):
-Tune
-Tune
-Tune
-Tune
-Tune
-Tune
-Play
12 strings take more than twice as much tuning, it seems.... :D
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Location: Upper Left USA | Of course you'll have to play:
to everything, Tune, tune, tune
there is a season, Tune, tune, tune...
Congrats! Remember that in everything Ovation makes - they put more of it into the 12 strings! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Congradulations,
If it sounds and play's anthing like my 1989 Elite 1758 You ARE going to be HAPPY!!!!!
Post Pics when you can. Tuning really isn't a problem. Use a good electronic tuner Then check by octave's, ( 12th open E with D string 2nd fret,etc). Once it is in tune a Quality 12 string like Ovation will stay in tune pretty well.
Opp's I think I just Drooled on my keyboard. With all you guys getting new "O"'s I'm beginning to have a "G.A.S." attack.
Have a Great Day. :cool: |
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| Originally posted by MWoody:
Of course you'll have to play:
to everything, Tune, tune, tune
there is a season, Tune, tune, tune...
Congrats! Remember that in everything Ovation makes - they put more of it into the 12 strings!
This made me Moby Dick Diet DR.P out my nose! Does everybody play the obligatory Byrds when they pick up a 12 string? |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Does everybody play the obligatory Byrds when they pick up a 12 string?
The answer is yes!! By the way,..you have now been officially Welcomed to the club!!
Anytime you Moby Dick anything(Coffee, Diet Coke, Water and the like) You have been made official! :D |
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| Thanks for the welcome. What other songs do 12 stringers live on? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Walk Right In. 1962 I believe. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Mr. Tamborine Man |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Turn, Turn, Turn
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Location: Upper Left USA | May I suggest:
Let Everything that has breath - Phillips, Craig and Dean
Empty Me - Jeremy Camp
Praise Adonai - Paul Baloche
Heathen List:
Turn, Turn, Turn - Byrds
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Its Only you and Me - Dave Mason
Sweet Madam Blue - Styx
Change the World - Ten Years After
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Location: Central Oregon | Foggy Mountain Breakdown |
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Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 | Even In the Quietest Moments, Give A Little Bit, Sister Moonshine... almost anything Roger Hodgson wrote for Supertramp.
Congrats on your new child! |
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| Thanks guys. Knew Byrds, Pink Floyd. Everybody's old Fa..s , like me. How about Norweigan Wood, Behind Blue Eyes, Here Comes the Sun and for those under fifty, The World I Know by Collective Soul? |
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Location: NJ | "World I Know" goes over very well at gigs.
I play it on my 12, and my partner on his 6.
Also:
"Life By The Drop" - SRV
"Alberta" - Clapton
"Wanted, Dead or Alive" - BonJovi
"Tangerine/Thank You" - Led Zeppelin
"Handle With Care" - Wilburys
"Losing My Religion" - REM
"Bad Day" - Tonic |
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Location: SoCal | Almost anything you play on a 6 string will sound different on a 12 string. There are very few things that I play on a 6 that I won't play on a 12. Don't get stuck in a trap of thinking "6 string tunes" vs. "12 string tunes".
Of course, it's easy for me, knowing only 3 chords..... |
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Location: NJ | I'd have to disagree to some extent, as there's a bunch of tunes that just don't "sound right" on a 12 . . . |
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Location: SoCal | All I'm saying is to try all your tunes on the 12. You'll decide for yourself what sounds right and what doesn't. And I suspect you'll be surprised at the tunes that you thought wouldn't sound good on a 12, that do sound good. Don't go in with preconceived notions.
All I am saying,
Is give 12's a chance...... |
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Location: NJ | . . or ill-conceived nations. |
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Location: SoCal | Hey, a lot of my ill-conceived notions have led to fun times... |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Some of my favorites to play on the 12 string include:
Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
Southern Cross - CSN
Yer So Bad - Tom Petty
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison
I also started using it for "Come To My Window" with my partner. That one sounds great on the 12. |
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| Dang, not having a twelve before I never thought of some of these. Tried Blackbird, loses something.What about Teach Your Children,CSN or Wildwood Flower? |
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| Yee-ha again! Got it. Sounded great out of the box, they took a coupla shims out, plays great. One serious complaint, after playing for 2 hours my fingers hurt! What up that? :cool: |
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Location: Waterloo, IL | I have found that the 12 string helps increas the grooves on my calluses. Instead of one groove in the callus on each finger I have two new ones on either side of it. Of course, if I would just stick to either the six string or the twelve string I could reduce the number of grooves for a little while. ;) At least it gives my fingers a chance to recover from one guitar while I play the other. :cool: |
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| If it makes your fingers hurt send it to me. |
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| Originally posted by schroeder:
If it makes your fingers hurt send it to me.
Wouldn't want to perpetrate a flaw in the breed. :D
Can anybody tell me if you can register your warranty on the internet, or even if you need to? |
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| Okay, quiz me this Batman. The 6751 that was loaned to me to play while I waited was a 2002. There is a distinct difference between the loaner and my new guitar. Acoustically, the 2005 sounds much better, less muddy. Definitely better action, less buzz, I sure that's because the shims are removed. Any differences in year models to explain sound improvement? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Hi,
Glen Campbell Does The "William Tell Ovature"
On His 12 string Hamer. I've also seen him do it on the 12 string Ovation Bluebird he used to play in the late 70's.
Have a Great Day
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| To-de-dump
To-de-dump
To-de-dump,dump,dump
Interesting, I'll play with that one, thanks. |
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Location: Tennessee | Try "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" ... and listen to Warren Zevon's version on The Wind, which was played on an Ovation 12. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | As far as 12-string songs....NO ONE has suggested "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"?????!!!!!! :eek:
OK, now I have.....
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Yee-ha! My Ovation's in!