Customer Reviews

Rotosound RS88LD Black Nylon Flatwound Bass Guitar Strings (65 75 100 115)

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These are my favorite strings of all time. I have them on a Yamaha RBX200F (Full Scale Fretless Bass). Wow... I have been working on a lot of stuff for Double bass and these play nice, are kind to the fingers and have the Dead Sound that I am looking for. Definitely not for Funk. The Rotosound Web Site has sound samples listen prior to purchase.

OK...short and simple. I will never buy different strings (brand, model) again! I have been looking for this exact feel for years. I was using D'Addario flatwounds (chrome), which I loved and still do. But I wanted to branch out and experiment. After going through several brands and types, I came across these in a bass guitar forum. Playing a lot of jazz, I need as minimal fret buzz as possible. At first, they might feel ackward to you but maybe not. Either way, you'll warm up to them quickly. Wait until you slide with these babies.

Hi! I am an old school bass player.R&B,Blues,soul,country,and classic rock are my favforite types of music to play.I will never buy another brand of bass string again.These Rotosound 88's,are absolutely superior.I Love Them! They give my Luna acoustic electric bass,the soft,warm sound of a 50's stand up bass,but can also produce the the,driving sound of Motowns James Jamerson,or Tower Of Powers Roco Prestia,if need be.The black nynlon coating is easey on your fingers,and there is no fret noise. These strings are not meant to be played like guitar,but like bass the way bass should be.I highly recomend these strings for bassist's looking for that 60's sound.Rick Johnson,Livermore Ca.

I have a six-string guitarrón that has been highly modified for playing jazz double bass lines in upright position. Using these Rotosound 88s--and adding the 135 and 50 Rotosound 88s for the two outside strings--has given me the closest thing to a double bass sound that I think I could ever expect to achieve on a guitarrón--and I've tried many different types of strings. Admittedly, this is an unusual application for these strings. My guitarrón has only a 26" scale and I tune all of these strings up a fourth from what was intended on a bass guitar. Specifically, I have the 135 tuned to E1 (41.2Hz), the 115 tuned to A1, the 100 tuned to D2, the 75 tuned to G2, the 65 tuned to C3, and the 50 tuned to F3. These strings feel great, play great, and last.

I put these on a Rickenbacker 4001. The sound quality of these strings is really cool, dead but lively, nice thick pointy high mid clunk. Reminds me of Paul McCartney's sound especially when I play with a pick. My only gripe is that 115 for an E string is a bit huge, makes for a sloppiness that I have embraced but it took a bit of getting used to. The feel is incredible, super smooth, all around a very cool string to have as an option.

Just installed these bad boys on my bass guitar...Im an a somewhat amateur bassist who needed a lower more beefy sound(since my genre is reggae ska). These strings did the job..so far. I have a Fender Squir p-bass n had issues with the stock strings which had a lot of noticeable (and annoying) buzz. With these strings, it helps a lot with being able to move up and down the fret board more easier and with less stress on my finger tips. Overall, great product just like ALL of the reviews said. Highly recommended to those that are looking for that "true" bass sound.

These strings have a very smooth, almost slippery feel. Very easy on the fingers. They have a more "dead" sound than most bass strings, sounding similar to an upright bass. I recently bought an acoustic bass to practice on, and all other strings sounded even brighter and more metallic than normal. These work great on the acoustic, and make it sound much more like an electric bass than any other strings I tried.

I put these on my 1986 MV Pedulla fretless and it sings. These are the ones that Sir Paul played on Abbey Road. Easy on the fingers too.

I docked a star, not because of the quality as these are PHENOMENAL strings, but that a return slipped through the cracks....I received someone else's junk. The ends of the strings were previously bent and cut to length. They were a very close match for mine, looked to be in excellent condition so I strung them out of curiosity. Tow of them broke before they got remotely close to tuned. I see now why they were returned, as they looked like they were tightened way too tight. All in all it's just frustrating that the professionalism of not double checking products that go out has slipped, and now I'm stuck with the factory round-wound strings that came with the guitar.

The strings are great looking, I just misunderstood the description. I was looking for Upright Bass strings and when I was reading the description I guess I misunderstood these strings. But I'm sure they'll be fine for my electric bass...