Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I have Pyramid flats on mine, I think they're elevens. Love 'em. They're kind of expensive, but I think they're worth it. Plus, I hate changing strings and they've lasted quite some time now.

Ethan, I like the Pyramid flats, too. I have them on both my Ricks and my c63/12 coming this week.

I just put on a set of Gibson Vintage Re-issue .10-.46.

I am not certain what is so vintage about these strings, but they have a a certain snappiness to them I am liking. I'll see.

Only the low E, A, and D are different than the ric set.

I use GHS Boomers 10-46 gauge on both my 330 and 360. I have also tried the nickel roundwound Rickenbacker 10-46 strings and while I liked them, the GHS are much more readily available and cost less, especially around here.

Like Brian, I use the 10-46 Boomers on my 330. I've used them on all my guitars for about 20 years now. Cheap, readily available, consistent quality.

I use D'Addario strings on all my guitars. Chrome .12's on my 325V59, and XL .10's on my 650S and my Gibson. They're great sounding strings, they last for awhile, not expensive, and you can find them anywhere.

Yep, D'Addario Chromes on all my Gretschs, my 325C58, my Epi Dot and EJ-160E. Haven't tried them on my 360/12, I've been happy with the sound of my Rick strings.

I grew up with flats on my Gretsch back in the 60s (Gretsch brand flats) and when really got back into playing in the mid 80s, then again in the late 90s, it seemed like the young clerks at Guitar Center would give me funny looks when I walked in asking for "flatwound" strings. When some grey-haired old senior clerk finally handed me a set of the Chromes, I fell in love (with the strings, not the clerk).

While my big reason for sticking with flats is just because I prefer the sound, another reason is that I am such a ham-handed player, that I get more "string noise" on rounds that I do actual music. The flats really solve that problem for me.

However, I still use rounds on my Ovation, Casino, Strat, Tele, and Les Paul (although I'm pondering flats on the LP..that might sound interesting).

So what's the deal with the chromes? never tried them myself...

I went back to Ric strings for my 12 after trying the Pyramids (great strings, didn't like em), and I use Thomastik-Infeld round George Benson's on my 6 (NOT cuz his name's on em). They're similar in quality to Pyramids, but round. I've toyed with the idea of putting a custom set of those together for the 12, but it'd be an expensive gamble...

the Chromes are flatwound strings, at about 1/4 of the price of Pyramids.

OK so I looked them up, and the Chromes are stainless steel, which it seems to me would be rather cold sounding compared to nickel (which is what all my favorites are made of).

Even the name sounds cold--is this not the case?

I remember accidentally buying a set of steel DR bass strings when I played bass (nickel DRs were my standard) and I actually thought my bass was F'd up until I realized what I'd done. They were awful!