Rotosound RS 66LD Bass Guitar Strings

The Rotosound Swing Bass 66 is 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. This is favorite string of many players including Billy Sheehan, John Paul Jones and Geddy Lee. The steel used to produce these strings is unique, combined with a highly secretive manufacturing process.

By 1963 many bass players were suffering from a lack of tone and definition using flatwound strings and their sound was lost in the mix of many recordings. This led to many hours of work with top acoustic and electric bassists to find the best material combination available to satisfy the needs of these highly regarded musicians.

Around that time, Rotosound founder James How came up with a combination of Stainless Steel and round wire to produce an extremely high output bass string, the likes of which had never been heard before. This string was christened Swing Bass RS66 and for many years has set the standard by which all other bass strings are evaluated. to this day, all Rotosound bass strings are handmade in the same way as they were back in the early 1960's- a technique that Rotosound is passionate about retaining!

• Long Scale; .045, .065, .080, .105