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Rotosound RS88M Tru Bass 88 Black Nylon Tapewound Bass Guitar Strings - .060-.115 Medium Scale 4-string

.060-.115 Black Nylon Tapewound Medium Scale Bass Strings
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Upright Tones for Your Medium-scale Electric Bass!

Put Rotosound's Tru Bass 88 Medium-scale strings on your 4-string electric bass guitar and get the sound and feel of an upright! Particularly good on fretless bass (but also well-suited for jazz, dub, and reggae on fretted instruments), the Tru Bass 88 black nylon tapewound bass strings can be heard on such famous albums as the Beatles' Abbey Road and Lou Reed's Transformer. Tonally, the sound is similar to that of an acoustic upright bass, with a smooth feel and extremely low tension. Add a new dimension to you tonal palette, with Rotosound's Tru Bass 88s!

Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Black Nylon Tapewound Medium-scale Bass Guitar Strings Features:
  • Standard gauge
  • Medium Scale
  • .060, .075, .100, .115
  • Black nylon tapewound
You get smooth bass tones with Rotosound's Tru Bass 88 bass strings!
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Tech Specs

  • Guitar Type: Electric Bass
  • Number of Strings: 4
  • Coated: No
  • Gauges: .060, .075, .090, .115
  • Winding Type: Tapewound
  • Core Material: Steel
  • Winding Material: Black Nylon
  • Scale Length: Medium, 30.5"-32"
  • Manufacturer Part Number: RS88M

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Loved them

Loved these strings on my hard body Squire Mustang, so ordered the same for my accoustic Fender Kingsman. Now I'm right where I sound and feel home.
by Rick Uttley from Bella Vista, Arkansas on
Music background: 60's-rock, 80's country, 2015 and on - Christian Contemporary.

Mega bass sound

Recently purchased a guild starfire bass from sweetwater and wanted nylon tape wounds that I have played for over 50 years My sweetwater rep advised these would dive me the 60s sound I wanted and he was correct I love them ! I had a strange thing happen with a G string actually snapping while tuning and no questions asked replacement set was sent
by John Taggart on
Music background: Retirement brought playing back after 50 YEARS

rotosound

excellent great fit for my guitar.
by vickie from pahrump, nv on
Music background: musician for 56 yrs

RS 88's

These are great strings! They are what McCartney used on the last Beatles concert in Let It Be in 1969 and maybe on Abbey Road as well. They are big strings as the guage suggests and some nut filing may be needed to get them to fit on some basses. They are not as low tension as some other black nylon strings, but they are not stiff by any means. They put out a real thumpy, upright sounding tone that is great for that early 60's, Motown, British Invasion kind of sound of classic rock or country.They are also very smooth, no drag or resistance on the fingers at all. Moving up and down on the fingerboard is quite easy as it is other tapes. Overall they are nice strings and worth trying if you are looking for that type of sound. Special thanks to Aaron Hoff at Sweetwater for getting my order processed quickly and keeping me informed on the order.
by Randy on
Music background: Semi-Pro Bassist

Absolute garbage

These strings have weird intonation issues. The e string also had these unpleasant dissonant harmonics. Rotosounds are supposed to be classic but these are awful. Don't waste your money because sweetwater wouldn't even let me return them. Utterly annoyed.
by Tim from Palm Coast, FL on
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