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Your cart is empty.The most popular Roundwound bass string ever. Rotosound was the first string company to produce this kind of string. Introduced in 1962 it changed the sound of the instrument instantly. The favourite string of many players including Billy Sheehan, John Paul Jones and Geddy Lee. Available in all popular gauges and scale lengths. The steel used to produce these strings is unique, combined with a highly secretive manufacturing process.
Jim Dandee
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
I use these on my Jazz Bass and they sound great.They last about 6 to 8 weeks for me.A bit of wear to the frets.Overall these are my go-to strings.
Cire Ocir
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
I'm convinced that rotosound bass strings are the best sounding strings out there. They are a bit more stiff unlike Slinky bass strings but they sound amazing.
Byron K. Guernsey
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
I really like these strings. The sound, the feel... the look. For round-wound bass strings, they are hard to beat.
laurent b.
Reviewed in France on February 12, 2024
Pas beaucoup d'expérience avec les cordes de basses. Toutefois j'ai monté ces cordes il y a des années sur ma unique basse, et j'ai simplement racheté un jeu identique suite à une corde cassée (G) au niveau de la clef, lors de maintenance de l'instrument.J'avais oublié le son des cordes neuves. 5 étoiles mais je ne peux comparer, mais pour moi elles sont très bien. Utilisées uniquement instrument branché direct sur carte son dans DAW.
Cliente
Reviewed in Italy on February 12, 2024
Montate su un Fender Jazz American, usate per musica jazz e pop, superlative nel suono e molto scorrevoli
Calendos
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024
Went on a string hunt because other string brand company I was using for years wasn’t cutting it for me. These strings 12/10 perfect for me. Extremely versatile. Extremely durable.
nora
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2023
good strings first time ive used these but they sound great see how long they last
Ola
Reviewed in Sweden on December 8, 2022
Mina första strängar till bas - känns som ett bra och prisvärt alternativ.
David A. Fung
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021
I'm a long-time bassist (over 40 years) with many basses. The regular stainless wound Rotosound RS66 Swing Bass strings have been my favorite 4 string set for that entire time, and still are. For those of you who know them, the standard RS66 have a very unique "grand piano" sound for about 3-4 days, then that beautiful edge goes away. I love the clear sound that they mature to, and it stays very stable for me for months or a year after that. Love the gauges, love the feel (they are rougher feeling than most strings).On guitar, I prefer really dark strings, and often string up with pure nickel wrap strings - Gibson Vintage Reissues or Ernie Ball Rock & Roll Slinkys.So when I spied these nickel plated Rotosound RS66N nickel plated roundwounds, I definitely had to give them a try. I was hoping for a little different tone color after they settled out, and curious if they would have a "zing" period like the stainless. When I put them on (this was on a 1990 Warwick Thumb 4 neckthrough), it was a resounding "meh". No piano sound at all, but that's not totally suprising. The feel is identical (good) and the string balance and sustain is good as well. But there was nothing there to get excited about, might as well have bought something more vanilla to my ears like D'Addario.For most of the time I've been playing them, Rotosounds cost about 30% more than D'Addario or Ernie Ball. They seem to be more at parity these days. In the past, Rotosounds were often variable in quality, and you would get occasional dead or dud strings right out of the package. The quality is very consistently high today, and the RS66 stainless sound as good as a "good set" back in the day. As much as I would have liked these to be another delicious flavor of strings, they have pretty much convinced me to stay with the regular stainless RS66.
NYBassman
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2021
Haven't used Rotosound strings since the 80's when I had a Rick. Decided to give them a try 'cause my usual strings were out of stock. What a pleasant surprise when I put these on and played 'em! Nice bright highs and rich deep lows. And cost less than most others. Welcome home, Rotosound!
Richard K.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018
Have never tried these before- just put them on two of my basses. I usually play a set of strings 'til a string breaks- so a very long time. After about a month of playing they still sound fairly new, I think they sound good, feel good, and have even response up and down and across the fretboard.In the pictures I included, the Epiphone Accu-Bass is a string-through body (to explain why the silks line up differently).I will have to update this review later after I get more experience with playing these strings, but so far so good.
music magic
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
For 40 years I've been using these strings, specifically the nickel round wound. My personal preference is nickel over stainless. Rotosound strings are one of the best strings in the world. Thru the years I've tried many many different kinds of sets and the only two that I rely on consistently are the rotosound RS 66 series and Thomastik Infeld but the Thomastiks are three times the price at approximately $95 a set(and well worth the money if you're inclined to try a set). You will not however be disappointed if a round wound is what you're looking for. There's a reason bass players like Geddy Lee and Steve Harris use Rotosounds. Fantastic quality at a good price and made in England to boot. Thanks James Howe for being the father of the modern round wound bass guitar string.
Jose I Gonzalez
Reviewed in Spain on May 26, 2016
Muy buena calidad, buen precio y no se puede pedir más. Las terminaciones hacia las clavijas están forradas en un azul más bien claro y los enganches que van en el puente también son de varios colores.
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