Post #246,338
2/28/06 1:13:19 AM
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I've just installed some 10.5s
Note that I don't have any string breakage issues - just talking a tone perspective here.
D'Addario make a .0105-.048 set which I've been using lately on my Les Paul. I went from .010-.046 on the LP to these .0105s because I was thinking the little heavier string would sound fuller on full chords through a very cleans amp, yet still give some britghtness and strign definition for lead work. they feel great, too.
On my tele (clone with Fender pups) I've been using the .010 - .052 D'Addario nickles. Those light top, heavy bottom strings really helped to give some bottom end oomph to the usually thin sounding tele twanger.
On acoustic, it's .012-.053 80/20 EXP coated lights. I like the brighter tone of th 80/20 vs the phosphor bronze for fingerstyle work. I'm usually adding a lot of arpeggios, suspended pull offs, and runs between chord changes - as opposed to straight strumming all the time.
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Steve
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Post #246,360
2/28/06 9:35:27 AM
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My "lawsuit" acoustic likes 13s
I've tried everything to get it to set up to lighter strings...but it just sounds 'right' with bronze 13s. I use [link|http://www.mguitar.com/strings/display_set.php?display=35|Martins] for the acoustic.
For those not familiar with the lawsuit guitars ([link|http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=1065&sid=351#|pic of mine]), the Japanese manufacturers came to the US and simply stole the design of the 3 most popular acoustic brands of the time (Martin, Guild, Gibson). If you'll notice, the lettering on the top of the pic is "standard" Martin script font. (even says "Takamine and Sons" instead of CF Martin and Sons) From 10 feet, I'm playing a Martin. Feel is darned close also...and I paid $130 new, compared to the Martin it was ripped off from that was nearly $500. (age...those martins are now 800-1200). In the mid 80s, these manufacturers were sued by Martin and Gibson and lost, and thus were forced to change designs.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #246,377
2/28/06 12:30:43 PM
8/21/07 5:55:42 AM
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Yeah, I remember them
they had a synthetic backed Ovation clone as well but it had icky frets (not smooth, rough kind of machined - I think the neck was actually aluminum with wood or plastic blocks inlayed between the frets to "fake" a fretboard).
They did make some nice low cost woodies.
I have a small format mid-'60's era Gibson LG-1, it was my dad's and is a great road guitar. Small format likes lighter strings I think.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #246,395
2/28/06 2:38:12 PM
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I'm not a big fan of ovations
Something about the sound is not right to me... and I hate trying to do sit down playing with them.
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Post #246,403
2/28/06 3:10:23 PM
8/21/07 5:56:06 AM
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They're only good sounding plugged in thru speaks
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #246,405
2/28/06 3:12:55 PM
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Through the PA, not a guitar amp
unless, of course, it's a full range acoustic amp.
Even then, though, I don't much care for the sound - and opposing curves between my belly and the back of the guitar are a problem. I used to have an Ovation 12.
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Steve
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Post #246,461
3/1/06 6:36:29 AM
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ICLRPD: They did make some nice low cost woodies. (new thread)
Created as new thread #246460 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=246460|ICLRPD: They did make some nice low cost woodies.]
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #246,379
2/28/06 12:34:10 PM
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Lawsuit axes could be great
I played with a guy in high school that had an Ibanez Les Paul copy - and boy did they copy. That was one sweet guitar, and even reading the headstock logo you'd almost think it said 'Gibson' due to the way they did the Ibanez logo.
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Steve
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Post #246,389
2/28/06 1:55:28 PM
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Plays and sounds as good as the Martin original
Its 25 years old and still plays, looks and sounds fabulous.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #246,404
2/28/06 3:11:26 PM
8/21/07 5:56:09 AM
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Wow - almost nothing I have still "looks" fab
the road takes its toll.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #246,406
2/28/06 3:14:50 PM
2/28/06 3:24:23 PM
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Some large pics inside - you've been warned
Yeah, I'm showing off :)
All-original '57 Les Paul Custom - seen the road with both my Dad and me. Is now a family heirloom and worth more than some small countries. I cherish this guitar.
[image|http://users.frii.com/slowe/images/57.jpg||||]
This was my dad's acoustic, a '63 Gibson J-50 - also been on the road, and a cherished family heirloom:
[image|http://users.frii.com/slowe/images/j50.jpg||||]
Since the LP above rarely leaves it's case and never leaves the house, this is my main electric player, an '03 Les Paul Studio:
[image|http://users.frii.com/slowe/images/lpfull.jpg||||]
I don't have any pics of my Larrivee acoustic, my tele clone or my full electric rig with pedal board and amp.
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Steve
[link|http://www.ubuntulinux.org|Ubuntu]
Edited by Steve Lowe
Feb. 28, 2006, 03:24:23 PM EST
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Post #246,529
3/1/06 8:59:42 PM
8/21/07 6:00:48 AM
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Sweet
I knew a guy with a '50s era cherry colored Les Paul but it had what we would call the SG body style. Really warm sounding with those PAF pickups.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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