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Has anybody tried these on a ric 12 string?
If so I would welcome your thoughts!


http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products ... 12_string_

Too light for me.

Curt Mangan strings are the best low cost strings. To put anything else on a Rickenbacker would be----uncivilised.

Ric-O-Buc wrote:Curt Mangan strings are the best low cost strings. To put anything else on a Rickenbacker would be----uncivilised.

Even more than Thomastik-Infeld flats?

Just a thought on those strings ....
With such light strings, you might have to compensate for the neck tension and adjust the Truss Rods.

I've worked on a half-dozen older 12 string Ricks (including Dave Stewart's) on which the owner has fitted an .009 string set, and found them to be a breeze to play. The thought of an .008 set leaves me conflicted, though, so I'm going to buy and fit a set to one of my 12ers to see what it feels like.

JakeK wrote:

Ric-O-Buc wrote:Curt Mangan strings are the best low cost strings. To put anything else on a Rickenbacker would be----uncivilised.

Even more than Thomastik-Infeld flats?

I did quote the QUALIFIER "low cost". You priced the T.I.'s? Not close.....

johnt wrote:Has anybody tried these on a ric 12 string?
If so I would welcome your thoughts!


http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products ... 12_string_

That's my favourite 12 string set. I think they play and sound great!

-The light gauge also makes for easy 12 string bends!

-Another thought; your 12 string neck will have a long, healthy, straight life with nice, light, gauge, low tension strings on it-you'll be pretty much worry free from up-bows, numerous truss rod adjustments, and neck re-sets!

jingle_jangle wrote:I've worked on a half-dozen older 12 string Ricks (including Dave Stewart's) on which the owner has fitted an .009 string set, and found them to be a breeze to play. The thought of an .008 set leaves me conflicted, though, so I'm going to buy and fit a set to one of my 12ers to see what it feels like.

Just out of curiosity, would you share your experiences with newer models with the ".10" guage strings?

Interesting views. I've gone for a set of 12 string Rotosound 10's. I use Rotosoun on m 330/6 and acoustics and I'm more than happy with them so I have high hopes for the 12 string set.
These Ernie Balls are on the list to try out though.

Ric-O-Buc wrote:

jingle_jangle wrote:I've worked on a half-dozen older 12 string Ricks (including Dave Stewart's) on which the owner has fitted an .009 string set, and found them to be a breeze to play. The thought of an .008 set leaves me conflicted, though, so I'm going to buy and fit a set to one of my 12ers to see what it feels like.

Just out of curiosity, would you share your experiences with newer models with the ".10" guage strings?

The RIC .010 set is my benchmark; they sound fine both uncompressed and with compression, stay in tune, and the playing "feel" is very good. All of my Rick 12ers except the acoustics, 325/12 and CW are fitted with them. The CW has T-Is and sounds "fruitier", for lack of a different term.

I really enjoyed playing the 360/12 that I set up with .009s for Stewart; got me thinking about why he could be using them...of course, it was playability (easier fretting of chords), and although I don't string-bend on a 12, what Paul A. says about the .008s hits home here.

Any Rick with ".10" guage (sic) strings" would be a bear to tune, however...and I fear mightily for the health of the truss rods.

I'm half way through fitting the Rotosounds. This is my first time ever re-stringing a 12 string of any knd, never mind a ric. You need about 7 hands to do this! Arrrrgh!

I think I may have been driven insane by re-stringing my guitar! I'll never say a bad word about The Edge for having a guitar slave again, I now know what they're for.

Wibble.

(told you I'd gone insane)

OK finished! Finally.

My impressions of the Rotosound strings are they are on a par with the Ric strings tonally but they have a *much* softer feel to them on the fretboard. To my hands they are easier to finger and play. I like 'em.

Wibble.

John, if you do a search on this site, (perhaps using the phrase "changing strings" or "string change", you'll find a number of suggestions from folks who have interesting methods and time-saving shortcuts.