Rickenbacker bass strings.

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  • Mr Badguy
    Full Member Status

    • Jan 2004
    • 3564
    #1

    Rickenbacker bass strings.

    I recently bought a Ricky 4001 bass and the trouble I've had finding strings that fit the bastard. Anybody got any ideas outside of the ridiculously expensive "Ricky sound" strings?
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    Tags: bass, rickenbacker, strings
    • jhale667
      DIAMOND STATUS
      • Aug 2004
      • 20929
      #2
      Perhaps check out JustStrings.com?
      Originally posted by conmee
      If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.

      That is all.

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      Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
      I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667


      Originally posted by Isaac R.
      Then it's really true??:eek:

      The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???

      OMFG...who in their right mind...???
      Originally posted by eddie78
      I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.

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        • chefcraig
          DIAMOND STATUS
          • Apr 2004
          • 12172
          #3
          The cheapest and easiest way I know is to buy an average set of flatwound strings (avoid GHS like the plague. D'Addario aren't too bad, but tend to loose their "newness" relatively quickly.), turn up the treble response in your bridge pick-up and play with a pick. No, I'm not kidding, and it's honestly that simple. The combination of all three elements will give you the classic "Rick" sound without sending you to the poorhouse. Besides, you'll be able to revert to other sounds without being stuck with that same tactile Rick tone on every song you play.









          “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
          ― Stephen Hawking

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            • Hardrock69
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Feb 2005
              • 21888
              #4
              Just do like they did in the old days....first...get a cat...then...

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                • Nitro Express
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 32798
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Hardrock69
                  Just do like they did in the old days....first...get a cat...then...
                  You have to have metal stings for a pickup to work. I like the Dean Markley Blue Steel stings. I play a Jack Casady signature with the Gibson style three bolt bridge. The problem I have is on some brands of strings the wrapping at the ball end is too long and it will go over the saddle. The Dean Markley strings last longer too. I pretty much have them on all my bass guitars now.
                  No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                    • Nitro Express
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 32798
                      #6
                      But when I think Ricky, I think of this.

                      No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                        • ashstralia
                          ROTH ARMY ELITE
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 6566
                          #7
                          rotosound make extra long ones for, well, extra long ones.

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