String Sizes

brian · Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:15 am

Does anyone here know what size strings the 325/12s were shipped with ?

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:35 am

According to the owners manual they used .010" through .042" on the regular strings and .010" through .026" on the octives/unisons. Set #95404.

The six string versions use .012" through .054". Set #95106.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:51 am

Who could play one beyond the fifth fret anyway?

brian · Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:03 pm

So the "short scale" 12 string uses the same strings as the regular scale 12 string, unlike the "short scale" 6 string models which use a different mix of strings. Ok, thanks Ken.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:32 am

Actually this guitar was not strung with 10s at the factory, at least they weren't on the 1999 re-issues. I used to own one myself....it was a special made set of 12s, and the gauges of each individual string has been posted here before, they still may be listed in an active thread...we'll do some checking.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:04 am

I'll add that there was never a replacement set available for this guitar ready-made in a blister pack from RIC, at least none that I'm aware of.

brian · Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:15 am

While I've tried searching but have been unsuccessful, any ideas on the search parameters to use ? I don't have a string gauge but I could take it to a store which does. But as I didn't buy the guitar new I have no idea wether the current strings are the original size or not.