DROP ZONE & DROP ZONE PLUS | ROTOSOUND

DROP ZONE & DROP ZONE PLUS | ROTOSOUND

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

WORLD FAMOUS MUSIC STRINGS

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1958

James How and brother Ron form Orchestral & Jazz Strings in Blackfen, Kent, England

1959

The first strings were called 'Top Strings' then that changed to Rotop

1960

Orchestral & Jazz Strings supply strings to Burns, Vox, Eko, Hagstrom & Baldwin

1963

Rotosound brand registered. John Entwistle begins a long association with Rotosound

1966

John Entwistle, seen here with James How, visits Rotosound factory

1966

James How Pioneers the Tru Bass black nylon bass string

1967

Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding and Rotosound’s Alan Marcuson, London 1967

1967

The Who Sell Out released, featuring The Rotosound Jingle. John Entwistle using Swing Bass strings

1967

Pink Floyd and Rotosound Strings at Abbey Road Studios

1969

New design packaging.

1971

Slade using Rotosound Bass and Guitar strings

1972

Transformer by Lou Reed features Herbie Flowers using RS88 Tru Bass strings

1973

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon features Roger Waters using RS77 Jazz Bass strings

1974

Rotosound pioneer the Superwound bass string

1975

Multi Core bass string set developed

1975

Queen’s Brian May and John Deacon using Rotosound strings

1975

Country Gold contact core acoustic strings introduced

1977

JJ Burnel of The Stranglers using RS66LD Swing Bass strings

1977

Out of the Blue by ELO Features Kelly Groucutt using RS77 Jazz Bass strings

1977

The Jam using Swing Bass 66 and Gauge Selection guitar strings

1977

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers features JJ Burnel using RS66 Swing Bass strings

1979

Sting from The Police using RS77 Jazz Bass strings

1979

Jaco Pastorius using RS66 Swing Bass strings

1980

1976 RS55 Solo Bass, pressure wound string developed

1980

U2’s The Edge using Starfire Guitar Strings

1981

Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet using Superwound Bass strings

1981

John Taylor of Duran Duran using Superwound Bass strings

1982

Rio by Duran Duran features John Taylor using Superwound Piano String Design roundwounds

1982

Level 42’s Mark King endorsing Superwound Bass strings

1987

Duff McKagan using Rotosound Bass Strings

1988

Spacer black anodised bass string developed

1989

Billy Sheehan signature set unveiled at NAMM

1991

Nevermind by Nirvana features Krist Novoselic using RS66 Swing Bass strings

1994

Founder James How dies

1995

What’s the Story, Morning Glory by Oasis features Paul McGuigan using RS66 Swing Bass strings

1996

Oasis using Rotosound strings

2001

New machines being developed within the companies R & D department

2002

New accessories added to the product line including Capos,slides,instrument leads and straps.

2004

Franz Ferdinand hit the top 10 with the single 'Dark of the matinee' using Rotosound ...

2005

Frederick Export become Rotosound's Export agent worldwide

2006

New computer controlled faster machines going in production

2008

Guthrie Govan using R10 Roto Yellow Electric Guitar Strings

2009

New design string artwork

2010

Rotosound Fuzz re-issue being developed

2012

MikeyDemus signature string set released

2012

Paul Allender signature string set released

2012

John Renbourn, one of Rotosound's original 1960's endorsees. At the Acoustic Guitar Show.

2012

Michael Amott signature string set released

2013

You Me at Six, Florence & the Machine, Vaccines, Temples, Paloma Faith, Grizzly Bear using Rotosound.

2013

6 new Psychedelic guitar pedals being developed

DROP ZONE & DROP ZONE PLUS

Two specialist sets from the Swing Bass 66 range aimed at bass players who use drop tunings.

These sets allow players to lower their tunings down to B and an earthshaking F# respectively.

Product Code

G

D

A

E

RS66LH

65

80

105

130

RS66LH+

85

105

135

175

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