Post by KiT$TeRDoes anyone here know what strings McGuinn uses on his 370/12? Having a hard time
locating strings around here for my 360/12, so will order once I know what's best.
Kitster
I don't know what McGuinn uses now, but I recently did a string change on my
360/12 and I used Pyramid Golds. A lot of Ric players recommend them.
They're pretty expensive (I paid around $30) so be warned.
I had tried a number of different sets in the past, and was mainly concerned
with intonation up on the higher frets. (My Ric still has the original
6-saddle bridge.) The Gold set is unusual in that the wound strings are
flat-wound (yep, just like the strings Jazzers use). Anyway, the payoff for
me is that the octave strings are a little more prominent than with "normal"
wound strings, and also the intonation is almost perfect for everything but
the low-E pair.
No matter what brand you decide on, make sure you get a set with the wound G
string. One of the sets I tried was an Ernie Ball set with a plain G
string, and the intonation of that G pair was horrible. I've read that you
need a wound G string to get it right.
Anyway, that's my $0.02 for what it's worth.