4003FL strings advice

rneuburger · Post by **rneuburger** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:39 am

I've bought my 4003FL with nylon strings and changed now to the original RIC strings, but I am not yet sure that I will stick with them.
Anybody with suggestions on 4003FL strings?

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:59 am

Welcome Ralph! I have a 4003FL with a set of the old RIC nylon strings (which you can't get anymore) but I have played LaBella's and they are pretty darn close. I think the main reason I like my old RIC strings is because they are old and have gotten nice and soft with years of oily buildup. (gross, but effective)

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:03 am

Welcome, Ralph!
Please post some pics, we particularly love to see out of the ordinary Ricks.

stanislav · Post by **stanislav** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:16 am

I use the LaBella black tapewound strings, 760N. They are easy to play and look cool against the black trim option.

wints · Post by **wints** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:18 am

Welcome Ralph.

D'Addario Chromes. Give a great sound and feel good too.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:16 pm

Welcome Ralph! I had Chromes on my 4003FL and loved the tone. Of course, the toasters helped in that department, too.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:27 pm

Welcome to the forum, Ralph. I have D'Addario Chromes on my 4001FL and I have RIC strings on my 4003FL.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:29 pm

Pyramid Golds sound great on them, do do TI's. I wouldn't keep RW's on a fretless very long unless you have an extremely light touch. I have Pyramids on my new 4003FL and I just put light gauge GHS bright flats on my 72 4001FL and they sound good.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:37 am

"do do TI's"

Geez, Bob, they're not THAT bad, are they?

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:52 am

nah, they're just expensive....

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:56 pm

Another vote for LaBella flats. I use them on my 78 4001FL and they sound great. I have the same set on my 82 4001 . They feel very comfortable and regardless of being flats, they still have that RIC growl.

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:00 pm

I dig the labellas...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:59 pm

do do Ti's, Freudian slip I guess.

rneuburger · Post by **rneuburger** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:14 am

Thanks everyone for sharing!
I will start with trying the LaBella flats. The RIC RW's will indeed go of.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:27 am

I like the Chromes! Nice smooth feel and great sound. I don't play fretless, but they sound great on my fretted Rick basses. Same on my OLP/Music Man SR bass.