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05-29-2010, 09:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nv | | | Rotosounds 66
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Just slapped a set of these on my Tobias a few days ago. Can't get enough of them! I love the way these sound, and feel. Love that scratchy rough feel to my string... Its what gives you those manly callouses 
Anyone else like these strings?
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05-29-2010, 09:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Washington DC,Silver Spring,MD | | | Ya either love 'em or you hate 'em. I love 'em. Though they can get a little harsh if you don't reel them in withyour EQ.
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05-29-2010, 11:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Redmond, Washington | | | you can't keep them off my basses, even my fretless. just a growly, gritty sound. it takes a manly man (or woman) to ride those strings
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05-29-2010, 11:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bremen, Germany | | | I Love 'em. Nice sharp attack |
05-29-2010, 11:34 PM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | | Sound great, hurt my hands, don't last long enough.
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05-29-2010, 11:46 PM
|  | DTID | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Watauga,Texas (DFW area) | | | love the way the sound but they have a break in period for me to get comfortable playing them. |
05-30-2010, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by UncleFluffy  don't last long enough. | They lose the bright "Roto" tone real fast, in say two weeks or so.
LaBella Hard Rockin' Steels sound similar(albeit a little darker) but retain their tone for a couple of months....a much better value IMO. |
05-30-2010, 12:14 AM
|  | ACME, Line 6, SWR, QSC, Greco user/BOSE PAS abuser | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South Texas | | | Buy 'em in groups of 6.
There's 4 sets left in the box now.
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05-30-2010, 08:32 PM
| | | | Theyre my fave strings. Been such since the mid 70's.
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05-31-2010, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nv | | Quote:
Originally Posted by geezerjpj They lose the bright "Roto" tone real fast, in say two weeks or so.
LaBella Hard Rockin' Steels sound similar(albeit a little darker) but retain their tone for a couple of months....a much better value IMO. | really, that's a good find. Are they just as rough?
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05-31-2010, 07:54 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | They're one brand of strings that I generally like the sound of when they're dead, but the new sound is incredible.
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05-31-2010, 07:57 PM
| | | | Put me in the love category. I like the new sound, but i love the sound when the zing dies off. |
05-31-2010, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chicago, Ill. | | | I love them. got introduced to them by fykozonisz, they were on a atelier z bass I purchased from him. these are the only strings I use now. |
05-31-2010, 08:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Mexico | | | I do try other strings but I am never satisfied. I always come back to rotosounds.
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06-02-2010, 03:29 PM
| | | | I once read that someone said that DR low riders sounded similar....anyone ever compare the two?
Not that i would switch, but i was curious after reading that.... |
06-02-2010, 03:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Norway | | | I'm somehow always ending back on Rotosound 66's, dunno why, Guess I just feel at home with them. Ok, they die after a month or so, but I can aford it. |
06-03-2010, 11:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I just put a set of 66's on my G&L SB-2, and love them! The initial zing these strings have is in a category by itself. I'm curious to experience the tapering off, as the strings naturally "die" down a bit. I hope I will still like them.
I worked at home with them on for about 2 days, and then rolled to band practice last night. I was warming up, and our guitarist said, "that sounds punchier than usual." I could tell it wasn't necessarily a compliment. But, when we started playing as a band everything was perfect in the mix. I felt I was cutting through with punch better than ever before. Everything just felt very responsive, and the range of frequency I was hearing was great, IMHO.
I like the profile of this string as much as I do DR Sunbeams (my usual brand). This is the right kind of tension I need for the rock I play.
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06-03-2010, 02:14 PM
|  | Disciple of Groove | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana | | Put me in the love category. Actually, I use Billy Sheehan set on my jazz bass - BS66
Same strings, different gages, which I prefer.
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06-04-2010, 08:30 AM
| | | | I used them from about 1976 to 2006.Loved them however,someone,and I can't remember who,told me about the DR strings,specifically,Sunbeams,and I haven't gone back to the Rotosound 66 since.Maybe I should go back and try a set of them again. However,I have a set of Dunlops that are waiting to be evaluated. |
06-04-2010, 01:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I took the Dunlops off to try the Roto 66's. To me, the Dunlops were too "thwappy" when digging into either E or A strings, specifically on the open notes.
As it stands right now, it's a coinflip for me between these 66's and the Sunbeams. Both great strings, IMHO.
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