We’ve attended quite a number of guitar shows so far this year and at each one, we’ve been asked the same question; why don’t Rotosound make a coated electric guitar string?
It feels like The Darkness has been part of the British music scene forever, yet at the same time it feels like only yesterday that our ears were first treated to the Hawkins brothers’ liquid lead lines and righteous riffs.
When you spend time with your guitar or bass it’s more likely that you’re captivated by the music than by the construction of your strings. These humble lengths of wire have more to them than you think, so we’re lifting the lid on the various elements that make up our guitar and bass strings…
Spy inside the studio of Portishead guitarist, bassist, and producer Adrian Utley to discover what inspires his creative process.
How low do you drop tune to? D? C? If you dare to go down to A# then you need to check out our latest Turn On, Tune Up, Rock Out video where Samy Elbanna explains how he finetunes his gear to accommodate shred solos with chugging riffs.
“A beautiful, chaotic mess” is how Adam Devonshire describes his band, IDLES. Despite this (or because of this, perhaps), IDLES have claimed the title of Britain’s most exciting independent band and have picked up plenty of accolades along their journey.
Meet Providence Guitars, a luthier building unique designs that bring together the best – and sometimes contrasting – parts of classic guitars.
What’s one of the best benefits of running a family-owned business for over 65 years? Reconnecting with contacts from over five decades ago.
We sit down with the longest-serving member of the Rotosound team, Coral Lynn, who is retiring this month after more than four decades at the company. If you called up the Rotosound office any time after 1980 you would have most likely been greeted by the voice of Coral Lynn. After 44 years of running overseas orders and logistics, our Coral is retiring. We caught up to reminisce before she locks up the factory for the last time.
Across the UK, scores of luthiers rely on Rotosound strings for their projects and recommend our British made strings to their clients. We thought that it was high time that we visited some of them.
Renown bass player Doug Wimbish visits the Rotosound factory where his favourite Swing Bass 66 strings are manufactured.
At Rotosound we know the positive change that music can make to everyone’s lives and we believe that no one should be left out when it comes to making music. To help with this mission we partnered with Scottish social enterprise 12 Guitars who are making guitar playing accessible to young people and adults of all backgrounds across Scotland free at the point use. By recycling and upcycling unwanted guitars, they have engaged hundreds of young people and given away or loaned over 250 instruments.
We caught up with the 12 Guitars team to shed some light on how this amazing organisation has been helping people pick up the guitar in Glasgow and across Scotland….
