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| If I end up getting an Ovation 12 string, what strings are recommended ? Probably depends on which model I can get my hands on.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Just like any string question, this has many answers.
It would depend on the sound you like.
I use D'Addario EJ36 80/20 Bronze.
I would also recommend D'Addario EXP36, also 80/20 Bronze.
The EXP's cost twice as much but the last many times as long.
And I wanna avoid changing strings on a 12-er for as long as possible.
So you could get the cheaper EJ's first, and go to the EXP's if you like the sound.
(new EXP's sound like month-old EJ's)
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Thomasik-Infeld Vienna strings. These were an early birthday gift from Bburg and they just boom. The sustain is un real. A little expensive but well worth it. On all my other guitars I use D'Addario, I fact thats what I had on my Adamas 12er prior to getting these in the mail.
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Location: Tennessee | I like Pyramid best on the 12er. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | For 12s, I prefer the same type of stings as I do on the 6s . . . preferably complimentary, but more likely whatever is on sale. |
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| What string gauge ? Or does that differ with models ? |
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Location: Tennessee | 10-46.
Edited by stonebobbo 2012-08-16 4:49 PM
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Location: NH | JohnW63 - 2012-08-16 1:00 AM
If I end up getting an Ovation 12 string, what strings are recommended ?
#7.
(Or was it #9? It seems so long ago...)
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I don't find any difference in makes, once the gauge is right. local shops only ever have 'extra light gauge' which translates to 10-46, 10-47 or so. I have found some come with a 9 on the high octave G (the highest pitched string on a 12-string) but a 10 works better on my Pacemaker |
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