Rotosound colors?

Introvox · #1 07-21-2006, 11:49 AM

All I've ever used are Roto's Swing 66

This will never change...

Does anybody know if RS will eventually make colored 66's...namely Black?

My Dean Fretless (Trans Black, / Black fretboard would look soooo very cool with black strings on it...

Tiwaz · #2 07-21-2006, 12:42 PM

http://www.juststrings.com/rts-rs88ld.html

JustOpenYourMind · #3 07-21-2006, 05:24 PM

Don't try the set in that link!

Seriously if your ideal tone is the swing66's your gonna hate nylon flatwound, they sound dull with little to no brighness you can hear a sound sample on the rotosound site if my memory serves me well...

JustOpenYourMind · #4 07-21-2006, 05:32 PM

I'll add:

rotosound does not make coated colored strings.

If you like the new string sound and change strings every month or so then you are like me in the tone departement.

I must say I hated every coated strings I tried because they sound duller than new string, much duller. Usualy, when my strings start to sound like a new coated set it's about when I change them...

ERMAL · #5 07-22-2006, 11:15 PM

Back in the early 90's Rotosound did make a set of black strings. They were called "Spacers" and were essentially black 66's. They weren't coated or nylon - they were regular round wound black adonized steel strings and each ball end and satin wraping was a different color. They looked great on my Rickenbacker Blackstar but unfortunatley they are no longer in production.