Ric strings for a 12 stringer

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:21 pm

On recent trip to several guitar shops I was interested to see what strings were available for my Ric 12 stringer. Boy what a disappointment! When I mentioned Pyramid, Rickenbacker etc the response was poor. It's D'Addario or nothing. Can anyone point to where I can get Rickenbacker strings, but I'm not interested in having to buy a huge quantity in order to get them shipped to Australia. Any suggestions or is it D'Addarios?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:04 pm

Ron, I'll check to see whether I have a spare set of the Rickenbacker strings at home later today (Pacific Time Zone, USA). If I do I'd be glad to mail a set to you to help out a fellow Forumer. I do have a set of Pyramids, if you'd like to try them out, too.

By the way, I am using a set of D'Addario flatwounds on my 460 (six-string), and I love them. If D'Addario's 12-string set is of comparable quality, then they would be a good alternative. maybe someone here in the Forum has used them and can tell us what they are like.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:29 pm

I have a spare set of Ricks if you want them. Email if so as to where to send.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:18 pm

Gary or Jerry,
Have sent email to you via @alumi and @aol as listed in your profiles. Don't mean to be pushy but have you received this email?

Hope you get this one

Ron

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:15 am

Ron, I did receive your e-mail, I've just been a bit too busy to reply. I'll do so in the next day or two.

ted_williams · Post by **ted_williams** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:03 am

I've used D'Addarios on my 12-string, and found them to be quite acceptable.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:21 pm

I didn't get it

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:34 pm

I have an extra RIC set that I have offered to send with a set of Pyramids, waiting for Ron's reply.

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:27 pm

I prefer the RIC 12 string set because the feel smoother than regular roundwound strings. I guess it's the fact that they are "compressed"?

But as we all know, not many stores stock RIC strings. So often I buy singles in the gauges as the stock RIC set.

More often than not they end up being Ernie Balls, and they work just fine.

It's just important to use the same gauge as the RIC set.

I tried the pyramids, and I know this may be heresy, but I hated 'em!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:58 am

Ron has received the sets I sent him (a standard RIC set and a set of Pyramids) so it will be interesting to hear his comments about them. I have no problems with either the RIC set or the Pyramids.