Home of Rotosound Music Strings • Making History Since 1958

Jimi Hendrix Noel Redding Alan Marcuson Rotosound Guitar Strings_Purley Orchid Ballroom March 1st 1967

Rotosound has produced instrument strings and accessories for more than 60 years from its family-run factory in Kent, England.

Innovating the roundwound bass guitar string and igniting the sound of rock and roll, we’ve been at the forefront of making music since 1958.

Iconic Music Strings

From Pink Floyd to Guns 'n Roses, Queen to Nirvana, the best players in the world have chosen Rotosound strings.

We've collaborated with rock legends to develop our strings including Iron Maiden's Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan, and The Who's John Entwistle.

Played By Legends

Continually at the cutting-edge of groundbreaking music, Rotosound strings have become synonymous with the British Tone having been used on era-defining records from The British Invasion, Punk, New Wave, Brit Pop, and Indie.

A commitment to making quality strings at an affordable price has seen musicians of every generation choose Rotosound strings time and time again.

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Pink Floyd Roger Waters Syd Barrett using Rotosound strings at Abbey Road Studios 1967

Rotos

The perfect all-round electric guitar string

Ultramag

More power, sustain and longer life

British Steels

Pure stainless steel for a bright, vintage tone

Pure Nickel

Smooth and rich sounding made from 100% nickel

Top Tape

Flatwound guitar strings made with Monel tape

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Signature
Sets

Custom gauge strings from iconic players

Electric Guitar Strings

Six decades of development and road testing from the world’s leading musicians has lead to our range of electric guitar strings. From smooth Pure Nickels to cutting British Steels, we make a guitar string for everyone.

Bass Guitar Strings

Where Rotosound made its name! Since the sixties we’ve been creating innovative designs that provide players with an unrivalled tone and quality of bass guitar string.

Swing Bass 66

The classic Rotosound roundwound bass string.

Rotosound RS66 LD Swing Bass strings. Steel roundwound round wound swingbass bass wire precision jazz Rickenbacker 4003 John Entwistle bajo guitare rock metal standard gauge regular bright

Ultramag Bass

More power, sustain and longer life

Rotosound Ultramag UM45 Foil Type 52 long scale standard electric bass guitar strings set

Jazz Bass 77

Flatwound electric bass strings made from monel

Rotosound RS77 LD Jazz Bass strings. Steel Monel nickel flatwound round wound jazzbass bass wire precision jazz Rickenbacker 4003 John Entwistle bajo guitare rock jazz standard gauge regular warm full

Signature Sets

Custom strings from iconic players

Rotosound BS66 Billy Sheehan Custom Set stainless steel roundwound bass guitar strings gitar stings srings

Solo Bass 55

Stainless steel
pressure wound strings

RS55LD Rotosound RS55 LD Solo Bass strings. Pressure wound pressurewound Steel roundwound round wound swingbass bass wire precision jazz Rickenbacker 4003 bajo guitare rock metal standard gauge regular bright

Nexus Bass

Long life polymer coated strings

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Tru Bass

Black nylon tapewound strings

Roto Bass

Nickel roundwound strings

Drop Zone

Roundwound strings designed for drop tuning

Bronze Bass

Phosphor bronze acoustic strings

Nexus

Coated phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings

Jumbo King

Our classic phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings

Super Bronze

'Contact Core' design phosphor bronze strings

Tru Bronze

80/20 bronze strings with crystal clear resonance

Superia

Nylon strings for classical and Spanish guitars

Acoustic Guitar Strings

With a wide range of materials and gauges, we have the perfect string for every acoustic guitar, from our sonically-rich Jumbo King sets to our innovative contact-core Super Bronze range.

Traditional Strings

More than sixty years of string making expertise goes into our traditional instrument strings. From banjos to bouzoukis, violins to double basses, our range of strings cater for the student and the professional alike.