Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Has anyone tried the light guage 40-95 set of 9050's. Do they work as well? I'm thinking of trying a set on my Beatle bass copy.

They would probably play like elastic bands. 30" scale basses play loose as it is with normal gauge strings.

Jason what gauge did you use on the Thunderbird? I have some med. light Fenders SS flats and have been thinking of trying them on mine.

I have the 50 - 100 set on there. Just put them on before practice last Saturday. Like Ed said, I have quite a bit of treble on my EQ (set for my Rick...didn't change it) and I was blown away with the punch. I could actually feel it. There's not as much sustain as I'm used to but I was grinning the whole time. This is the first time I've tried flats on any of my basses. It has opened my eyes to new possibilities.

Mark I'm currently using D'addario half rounds on my 4001 and there still pretty taught even when I dune down to a C. Their tone is very similar to the Roto jazz's but their a little mellower and a lot more flexible.

I always liked GHS brite flats. They're round wounds ground flat so they're brighter than pure flats. That's what's on my f*nd*r j*zz (w/ frets), my fretless 4002 had them for a while but I've switched it to Thomastik flats as the GHS were starting to chew the board a bit...
I tune CGDG and thus have a drawer full of E-strings

I don't like the feel of GHS bright flats, I like the smooth flats. 50-100 fender SS flats are the med. light gauge, the only thing I don't like about them is the E string is a little floppy.
I have med light Chromes on my Thunderbird now and they sound really good, flats are great strings huh? I have med Chromes on my 72 Fender P bass and they sound great too. Fender's not a curse word, no need to blank out letters. I like many different basses although most of them are old except for new Rics which are great basses, my new Thunderbird is also a great bass, little pricey though, but worth it.