String gauges?
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:14 pm
just a quick one, anyone know what gauge the factory strings would have been on a 91' 4003?
Current gauge is 45-55-75-105, Owen.
Probably the same back then in '91.
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:41 pm
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:22 pm
Hm... The E is a bit on the heavy side. It's a matter of personal taste, no argument there. I never use an E that's heavier than 95 on any of my bass guitars, including the Ricks.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:43 pm
sergio - your bass must be as floppy and buzzy as hell
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 3:00 pm
According to my records, strings available from Rickenbacker at the time for a four string bass were:
.045-.055-.075-.105 rw nikl (standard)
.040-.058-.080-.102 rw ss
.044-.063-.080-.102 rw ss
.040-.054-.076-.096 compressed rw nkl
.044-.058-.080-.102 compressed rw nkl
.044-.056-.077-.098 round ground nkl
.046-.062-.077-.098 round ground nkl
.045-.055-.075-.105 rw nikl (standard)
.040-.058-.080-.102 rw ss
.044-.063-.080-.102 rw ss
.040-.054-.076-.096 compressed rw nkl
.044-.058-.080-.102 compressed rw nkl
.044-.056-.077-.098 round ground nkl
.046-.062-.077-.098 round ground nkl
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:42 am
Owen:
Not at all - no floppiness, no buzzing either. It's just that I hate feeling an E string that's too heavy and hearing an E string that's noticeably louder than the other three. As you probably have guessed by now, 5 and 6-string basses really aren't my bag. Similarly, I dislike a very light G string on my bass guitars.
Not at all - no floppiness, no buzzing either. It's just that I hate feeling an E string that's too heavy and hearing an E string that's noticeably louder than the other three. As you probably have guessed by now, 5 and 6-string basses really aren't my bag. Similarly, I dislike a very light G string on my bass guitars.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:21 pm
For what its worth I swear by D'Addario EXL 170's, .45 .65 .80 .100 these are nickle roundwounds and are very bright and long lasting. Never had a bad string in 12 years.