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Absolutely not, although they would have you believe so. The original RIC flatwounds were produced by Maxima in Geretsreid, Germany (near Munich). Unfortunately, the owner died many years ago taking the "secret" of their compound wound strings to the grave. They did not have either the tension or ...

Can someone put me in touch with Dale or let me know an email for his luthier business please ?

If you want your bass to be like McCartney's bass was with the beatles then leave in the capacitor and use flatwound strings ... If you want your bass to be Like the "Wings" bass then remove the capacitor and put in a 4003 high gain ...


It’s a common thought that McCartneys post 1975 ...

The Ltf set really sounds great pick-played on a fretted Rick.
I tried a set for awhile on my defretted Cii,which sounded really nice,but i replaced them with the Optima RB set,which seem to have a bit more lively upper range.
If thr ltf strings hadn't been cut for the Rick,i would be trying them ...

Great post.

I agree with the origin poster... the C64 is not a good body shape... I’m the same, a huge wings fan, think Rockshow dvd/wi gs over America love album.

With regards to some earlier comment on the horseshoe being ripped out. McCartney never ever used the horseshoe pickup. His Beatles ...

Hi guys.

These strings are available as I begged Optima to make them for me. I got in touch with the owner of Optima strings in November last year and I asked if they can make me some sets based on the old Maxima/Ric Strings. He said that he still had the original spec/build sheets for the original ...

I don't know? Is that same set I purchased (Optima 4099), but my first set which are definitely more flexible, were in the older packaging so I was wondering if they changed the construction. Hope not. Unless the others were just bad sets but seems strange to get two sets the same.

Have any other ...

Amazing.

I've used TIs a lot in the past but last years or so I purchased a set of Optima 4099 flats as I had heard they were very similar in feel and tone to the original maximas. Well... When I put the Optimas on my 4003 I loved them, the sound was perfect, that E string was exactly as I wanted ...

Haha... Awesome. I saw that set but only after it was sold and I was like DAMN!!! But then I found my stash and couldn't believe my luck.

Enjoy, I'd be interested to Know what you think of them?

Ah.... Did you buy that set on Canadian eBay for $140 a couple weeks ago? I did see those. Nice one!!

I'm just trying to decide what to put some of these on... Definitely the C64S for sure! Can't wait to test run these

Yeah true. I'm certainly gonna enjoy these, can't wait to get them strung up

It did cross my mind about contacting Macca's guy but how to go about it I'm not sure. Kinda wanna use them myself though. But maybe he can have a few lol.

So... It's not everyday you find a shop that has 11 boxes of sealed vintage Rickenbacker S4440 Flatwounds they are just taking up room in the store and they want to get rid of...

but today that happened to me... SCORE!!!!!!

I'd like the know the gauge of the S4440 set, I've heard that it was 112 ...

I've been using TI flats for years on my ricks, mainly because of their kindness to the necks and because people say they nail the McCartney sound. I really feel they don't and listening to this sample confirms that. (baring in mind that the sound clip is just using the toaster with tone rolled back ...

Thanks for the replies guys, but I already have a fireglow C64 and a mapleglow 4003 and although your V63 is beautiful Andrew, I am specifically looking for a 4001C64S.

keep your eyes peeled for me.

thanks.