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ken_j wrote:

beatlefreak wrote:

johnallg wrote:My pic of Paul W's DCM:

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Uhh...Nice pic, John, but what does it have to do with bulk strings?

The guitar behind it has a D'Addario hang tag on it.

B I N G O

Someone called bingo................how much did you win?

winston wrote:Someone called bingo................how much did you win?

100 sets of D'Addario strings?

My 4001c64 I just got had the color coded ball ends.To my knowledge, D'addario is the only company that uses these.By the way,"Pinkie" now has TI flats on her... Just right!!!!.....Ron

I actually like D'Addario strings. They're inexpensive and they sound good when worn just a bit

guitfiddle wrote:Does anybody remember a few years back when the owners manual said to use a 95-75-55-40 set? I still get conflicting stories about what that was all about. Some say it was the Ric standard for a few years. Others say it was a misprint.

This is a feeble memory but early on in my RIC-following days (i.e. early 2007) I remember running into this question on the corporate forum and, if I'm not mistaken, John Hall called it a misprint.

For most strings, a 40-55-75-100 set will be very tensionally balanced, but 0.095-0.105'' for the E would all work out okay (RIC may go with .105'' to really focus up the E string and get the articulation of the notes to come through, I know I was really happy with how my first 4003 sounded because of that). I also know some folks here use the gauge set you mentioned on their Rics and are quite happy, so I think it's okay to play with that E string a bit.

cassius987 wrote:

guitfiddle wrote:Does anybody remember a few years back when the owners manual said to use a 95-75-55-40 set? I still get conflicting stories about what that was all about. Some say it was the Ric standard for a few years. Others say it was a misprint.

This is a feeble memory but early on in my RIC-following days (i.e. early 2007) I remember running into this question on the corporate forum and, if I'm not mistaken, John Hall called it a misprint.

For most strings, a 40-55-75-100 set will be very tensionally balanced, but 0.095-0.105'' for the E would all work out okay (RIC may go with .105'' to really focus up the E string and get the articulation of the notes to come through, I know I was really happy with how my first 4003 sounded because of that). I also know some folks here use the gauge set you mentioned on their Rics and are quite happy, so I think it's okay to play with that E string a bit.

I just got some Curt Mangan "Pick of the Rick" strings from where else but POTR. I'm looking forward to checking them out. They're 45-55-75-105 in nickel just like the Ric standard 95511 except much less expensive.

Curt Mangan strings are a great alternative. I used them to record my first band's first album, and many people here have heard some of those tracks and commented positively. If I were still using that gauging I might stick with CMs.