Roto sound Strings rule!!!!!! I'm a roto sound man!

[de la mocha]

Just switched back from flatwounds after a year and I was completely blown away by the tone and brightness of the strings. I love rotosounds. For now on i'm gonna live by them.

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[JayAmel]

Yes they rock. But from my experience (25 years using them), they generally have short lives...

[slugworth]

I'm also a die-hard Rotosound player. I've been playing bass for almost 30 years and have tried every brand of string out there, and have gone back to Rotosound exclusively. They are the brightest and longest lasting string on the market, and the folks there treat me like gold. I just bought 24 sets, my favorite is the SM66 "Swingmaster" set, stainless roundwound 40-100.

Cheers,
Slug

[Aussiephoenix]

I love rotosounds.
they have a nice bright tone, perfect tension, and they last quite a bit.
usually use swingbass 45 steels

Others that I like:

D'addario XL Prosteels - sound great on passive fenders. dont last as long as rotosounds.

[vashts80]

The tension on Rotosound Swing 66 strings is definitely less than DR Lo-Riders. I used to be a Roto4Life man until I tried Lo-Riders due to a floppy B on a 34" scale with Swing 66s. Lo-Riders have a better tone too, in my opinion.

[denton57]

Which Rotosound roundwound set do you Rickenbacker players recommend for a 4003? I have TI flats right now, but want to try some roundwounds with my new amp.

[Daveman2]

I used to use them but they lost thier life SOOOOO quickly that I switched to GHS Bass Boomers until I find something better, haven't tried a whole lot of brands

[addylewis]

Originally Posted by de la mocha

Just switched back from flatwounds after a year and I was completely blown away by the tone and brightness of the strings. I love rotosounds. For now on i'm gonna live by them.

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Ah yeah...long scale blue packet Nickels yeah? - I've just done my degree with them on my 2 main basses - so they must've done something right.

I've just discovered flatwounds actually (I like the dead sound for fingering) and those Jamerson LaBellas are GREAT and very DEAD sounding as soon as you put them on instead of 6-8 months later

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by denton57

Which Rotosound roundwound set do you Rickenbacker players recommend for a 4003? I have TI flats right now, but want to try some roundwounds with my new amp.

Swing Bass steel rounds 40-100 work lovely on a Ric.

I'm a confirmed Rotosound player, I use 45-105 on my other basses though. No other string has quite the same degree of "zing" to me, and they last well enough. I buy them five sets at a time for £12-50 a set from stringsdirect.co.uk and at that price I can afford to change 'em pretty much when I want. I usually get 4 or 5 gigs out of them (depending on sweat levels!).

[phxlbrmpf]

I like them too but they seem to have relatively little tension which improves playability, but on the downside, I found it hard to avoid noise and "clicks" when playing fingerstyle.

[markowens1234]

I don't know, I recently put on a set of Rotosounds and their life has been awful. The D and G are still pretty poppy, but the E and A sound like complete bunk. It's time for new ones and it's been only two weeks. I will not be a repeat customer.

[DubDubs]

I've used two sets of rotosounds and the E was very floppy on both of them. They sounded very nice and I like them more than many other strings but in my oppinion DR's sound better and don't have a floppy E.

[WillBuckingham]

The "classic" rotosound strings are the standard gauge swingbass 66's and those are 45, 65, 80, 105, right? Those are great strings when you luck out and get a good pack . . . but i've had too many dead E strings to keep using rotos . . .

[Gothax]

me hates rotosound eat frets

[Mr Venus]

I love Rotosounds. After experimenting with flatwound, tapewound and half-round I came back to Swing Bass. Got small hands so I use Medium Light, 35-55-70-90. I suppose you lose some bottom end but it doesn't seem to be a problem for me.

[John Webb]

I just put my first set on my spare bass (Jackson Charvel 1B).
The are pretty noisy with left hand movement. Feels like I'm paying piano strings compared to others I've tried. Jury is out yet. They sound pretty mean and scary?! Rock and roll?

Peace,
jpw

[Gothax]

Originally Posted by John Webb

The are pretty noisy with left hand movement. Feels like I'm paying piano strings compared to others I've tried.

then you should stay away from D'Addario

[senrats]

Questions:

Anyone ever try the Rotosound flatwounds? Want them for my fretless.

Swing Bass VS Medium Light - What are the sonic advantages? I've always played the swing bass set but was wondering if I could still get meaty sound and gain greater facility by using the medium lights.

[JacoLesFlea]

Ok decided to pick the bass back up...garage band in high school..first bass was a Global. My brother records on a Yamaha fretless..He tells me I should look for a Fender Precision since I have bigger hands and the neck is a bit wider financially impossible for me so I ordered a Washburn T24 Taurus...cheap and what I have read in reviews a well made axe for the money...anyways I got a set of Rotosounds standard gauge and am going to throw those on as soon as I get my bass......What type of string will it come with out of the factory?? Oh yhea, are the rotosounds to much string for this model bass??

[Marcus]

Rotosounds are awful. Their flats are lifeless, and their rounds are remarkably rough to the touch.

For flats, I prefer TI and for rounds, you can't go wrong with DRs.