Any other 7 string players familier with these 35-140 Rotosounds?

Graham Monette · #1 09-12-2010, 09:09 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROTOSOUND-RS-667...item1e55efeec0

I currently use 0.18-135's, just a pack of 6 string D'Addario Pro-Steels with a guitar string for the .18-.20.

How do these thicker higher strings compare? and how do they sound tonally?
Any suggestions for stainless steel/"Prosteel" sounding 7 string packs?

HUGE thanks in advance for offering any help you can.

FunkMetalBass · #2 09-12-2010, 11:11 PM

I've never seen a pack with such odd strings before. A .035 is too heavy for a High F and a .140 is too light for a low F#.

It's a custom set that I think you should not get. Roto might be able to help you out directly, hopefully with something lighter on top, but that eBay set is just unusable.

knuckle_head · #3 09-12-2010, 11:37 PM

If you ditch the .130 that would be an okay 6 string B set.

Graham Monette · #4 09-13-2010, 09:22 PM

^ Yeah I was going to say that sounds as "heavy" as it gets. a .035 for the highest string seems crazy.

Are there any other great packs out there you guys would recommend? I assume it would be the best bet to keep the .018-.135's? or do you guys have any other tricks that have worked for you?

FunkMetalBass · #5 09-14-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Graham Monette

^ Yeah I was going to say that sounds as "heavy" as it gets. a .035 for the highest string seems crazy.

Are there any other great packs out there you guys would recommend? I assume it would be the best bet to keep the .018-.135's? or do you guys have any other tricks that have worked for you?

That's more or less what I would use.

I'm actually very much a fan of Circle K's balanced sets with a .150 on the bottom and a .021 on top.

ixlramp · #6 09-14-2010, 03:19 PM

That RS667LD set is for F#BEADGC. Rotosound's Swing Bass 66 6 string set is RS666LD 35 45 65 80 105 130. So they've lazily added a .140 for F# with no thought of correct tension, probably because 140 is the largest gauge single they have available. The 35 C string looks stupid tight in the way D strings usually are. This is traditional thinking applied to an ERB set, and is the most unbalanced set I've seen. I would also recommend Circle K Strings