Getting the "right" sound from a 4003.

[brian_murphy]

Regarding Richard's Comment on GHS strings:

I TOTALLY agree. I was always a ROTOSOUND disciple, because, as they say, "everyone else was doing it!"-- Even though RIC has always recommended nickelwound strings. So, when I got my 4001CS, the first thing I did was put the 40/60/80/100 Rotos on it, and it just didn't have much "spring" to it.........kind of heavy and dead sounding. THEN, I went to custom gauge GHS (actually, they are SECRETLY GHS, as internet companies market them as generic) in 45/55/75/105 gauges. The RIC came to life! I have never been so pleased with strings before. I play them on my new (used) 4001S, even though I initially tried ROTO standards on it. If you haven't done the GHS strings on your RIC, I would highly recommend trying them. You will lose nothing in the way of sound (gain in fact), and your frets will love you for it.