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ROTOSOUND SM55 LINEA PRESSURE WOUND BASS GUITAR STRINGS
Rotosound SM55 Linea Pressure Wound Bass Guitar Strings (40 60 80 100)
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Roto rounds sound but smoother feel
- Thread starter DavidEdenAria
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Personally, I cured that Rotosound feeling like a flat file by using a lighter touch. My Goodness, I used to strangle a neck, could have played whole gigs just with my fretting fingers.
I was wound too tight back then . . .
I was wound too tight back then . . .
Sadowsky blue label stainless are great for being smooth. However they are a bit lower tension and don't bite as much at rotos.
I somehow overlooked that you need short or medium scale.
GHS Supersteels have a medium scale set. But, no shortscale.
Supersteels are great strings and indeed, a bit easier on the fingers. And something I love about GHS strings, is that they are balanced tension.
DR's only stainless shortscale set, are HI-Beams. They lack warmth compared to Rotos. and I'm not sure how well the roundcore will work out, for short scale. But overall, is a good option to try. As DR's do have at least above average tone And they are really easy on the fingertips, due to all of their sets being compression wound.
- Oct 22, 2015
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Most recent time on board with Rotos was probably 1982, so my view about what they sound like compared to others is worth nothing. What I can say is the .040 - .096 DR Hi-Beams sound magnificent to my ear on the StingRay. There is no feeling that I am playing cheese graters, which was true for me with Roto 66.
Lo-Riders (Hi-Beams with a hex core) might be interesting if I weren't enjoying the suppleness of the Hi-Beams.
Lo-Riders (Hi-Beams with a hex core) might be interesting if I weren't enjoying the suppleness of the Hi-Beams.
Gwen, former DM Superround user here (!), try Fat Beams which are Hi Beams wound slower for more BOOTY!
- Oct 22, 2015
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Yeah!
... closest image I could find for Super Rounds. DM Super Rounds is the tone I associate with My 'Ray, and it's been so long I can't tell anymore. They were everything a famous English brand offered, but less expensive, longer lasting, and better feeling.
The .040 - .096 Hi-Beams are just settling in now. I know DR .040 - .100 round cores will work within my truss rod's limits because I just swapped out a .040 - .100 Black Beauties set that was only 6 months old
I'm really digging the Hi-Beams. Listen to Ari Cap's Marleaux as much as I do and then she writes (because all her students listen to her Marleaux)
... brighter! I need brighter! ...
Gear Talk can wait. This can't. (3 of 3)
Bass tone lives in your hands, not your gear. Focus on attack, finger placement, relaxation & technique to build good tone-gear talk can wait
arisbassblog.com
and I know this and tell the same thing to the cohort students when they ask
but
I have this magnificent 47 year old StingRay that, as a cohort uber coach, students see next to other coaches' Fodera &c
it's our cohort celebration Zoom for all the students and coaches to hang, and get a "attaboy / attagirl and well done".
Ari calls on me to play something appropriate to the moment
few of the students have ever heard me play
cold-call, I funk something Ari taught me
on still-zingy new Hi-Beams
and laugh.
All is well.
