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Is this normal? Rotosound (flats) RS77LD users needed!

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BECKER

Jan 24, 2016
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#1
First time user of these strings here. Should I worry about what appears to be the unraveling of the wrap of the string in the area between the saddle and bridge string through? Is this normal for these strings? Please see the pic below and thanks! These strings are brand new and playing normally so far.

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#3
I've had it happen on at least certain basses. I know they're great strings, but maybe not every bass wears them well. I didn't keep them on. Maybe they would have been fine, but in my opinion, a bass string shouldn't do that. I returned the faulty set and got a different brand.
 
#5
I've had the Roto RS77's on a couple of basses; the heavy ones from a 5-string LD5 set, tuned BEAD, on an '06 Carvin LB-20 with a Hipshot B bridge; and the RS77LD set on an '18 Gibson Thunderbird with a Babicz Full Contact bridge. And, I have to say; I have never had that happen with Rotos. With any other brand - or type - of string, as far as I can recall. Personally? I'd give serious thought to having Rotosound replace those...:rollno:
 
#6
Thanks for the responses! The sales representative at Sweetwater where I bought the strings tells me this is normal for flats to do this and I should anticipate no problems with these strings. Just contact them if I have any tuning stability issues. I'm thinking I'm going to return the strings to Sweetwater if they'll take them or Rotosound directly if Sweetwater is a no go.
 

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