Something quirky (new rotosound 66's)

[Steve Slate]

Out of the gate it may be your tuners but Roto 66s are known for a wide change in sound in a short span. That’s why players like Chris Squire were known for changing to a fresh set every single day for their snappy sound. Other players like Ron Wood and John Entwistle used worn in ones for a fatter yet still growly tone.

Don't know where you got that info but Entwistle changed strings everyday/Show. As he stated in GP mag. "I designed the Flaming things" He was the first to get the ball rolling for Chris Squire and Greg Lake in the early days!!

 

[marchone]

Don't know where you got that info but Entwistle changed strings everyday/Show. As he stated in GP mag. "I designed the Flaming things" He was the first to get the ball rolling for Chris Squire and Greg Lake in the early days!!

That was cleared up above.

 

[Steve Slate]

That was cleared up above
GTK!!

 

[GTHintz]

Awesome posts! This thread really got busy in the last week. I feel like rotos don't have the popularity that they used to. With the modern options we have its easy to write these off nowdays. Getting used to rotos again after years of almost every other steel round ever made has been interesting for me. I don't know how I'd approach these for recording unless they were broken in enough but for what I do which is mainly self indulgence at home I'd still recommend them to others. By the way I've not noticed anything unusual with my frets since they've been on my bass. But to be fair i haven't noticed bad fret wear on any other bass either. And in those days i played more often and dug in harder than i do now. They always scuffed them the same as any other roundwound. That included a cheap Rogue bass, fender p bass, rickenbacker, & hohner b2a headless I've had.