Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:50 am

Pyramids are close in sound to Fenders, they're a little lighter though. They are not as bright as Fenders are when they are new but keep their tone for a long time. They have a very round type of sound, very even, I think their sound is more complex than Fenders, better sounding mid, they are really a nice sounding string and ought to be for the money they cost. I have them on several Rics.

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:03 pm

Jeff: I don't want to palm mute all the time, and I just like that old style bass sound. Rounds are also more likely to break than flats. And at the moment I only have 1 bass, and it looks like I am moving from guitar to bass.

Bob: The pyramids sound like the way to go! The fenders do feel stiff, so if the pyramids are lighterfeeling, then that'll be nice.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:07 pm

I can recommend Pyramids too.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:27 pm

I have never broke a round but I have broke a flat ...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:36 pm

I broke an E string once. Blew my mind, and my band's mind...but hey...that's rock and roll, baby!

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:07 am

Thru the years I've broken plenty of both.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:50 am

I use round wounds and break strings (any) on a regular basis.....that's why I change them before every gig

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:05 am

the last time I broke a string was about 1970 ... and I am not gentle with my basses ... I have had 3 ric basses where I popped a string out of the nut ... but the string was still intact ...

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:45 am

"I change them before every gig"

That would get expensive.

edski · Post by **edski** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:49 am

Broken an A and a D string...both on my Fretless J Bass...separate incidents.

Technically I did break a G on my 4001, but that was when I was young, and stupidly detuned the strings after I played it (didn't know any better then). Eventually the repeated re-tensioning broke the G at the tuning peg, but that wasn't the result of playing stresses.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:15 pm

I've never broken a bass string in 31 years of playing, but I know players that break them all the time.

henny · Post by **henny** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:23 am

I've broken a few G-strings.... (lol)...

RutleDirk · Post by **RutleDirk** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:39 am

Ronn,

Great paint job! What did you use for a reference?

I dig the blue pic, too!

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:00 pm

Dennis, thanks!
I used the booklet inside the MMT LP, and the Anthology "video" of "Hello Goodbye". As I think I said somewhere, I substituted teal for silver/grey 'cause I liked it better.

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:42 pm

Heres my two beautys ! Photogenic are'nt they