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RotoSound Solo Electric Bass 4 String Pressurewound Stainless Steel, .040 – .100, SM55
Posted by admin on 23 December, 2008
NOTE DESCRIPTION DIAMETER INCHES TENSION LBS 1 st G Pressurewound .040 2 nd D Pressurewound .060 3 rd A Pressurewound .080 4 th E Pressurewound .100 “….the story of Rotosound and the birth of a world leading brand started in the 1950’s when company founder James How was playing violin at the time that a film called “The Third Man” was running in cinemas. It was the use of an instrument called a zither in this film which led to James purchasing such an instrument, albeit without a full set of strings. James was captivated by zither music and set out to learn the instrument. Zithers were hard to find in 1950’s Britain and were invariably in poor repair and lacking strings. As a result James ended up with over 250 zithers, utilising just the strings or parts to make complete instruments. He then turned to his qualification as a skilled engineer and set about designing and making his own zither strings. It was not long before he had 250 zithers with strings at a time when the instrument was immensely popular. He sold these and with the proceeds was able to develop new style string making machines which would revolutionise the string making industry. In just three years James How was the first manufacturer in England and perhaps the world to have a semi-automated string winding plant. In the early years the product was known as “Top Strings”. James realised that it was not possible to register such a common word, so “Top Strings” became “Rotop”, from which developed “Rotosound”. One development followed another. James saw that the guitar was becoming a very popular instrument, and would of course be a tremendous consumer of strings. Soon, James How strings were being taken by Vox, Burns, Hagstrom, Hoyer, EKO, Guild, Goya, and Watkins in prestigious quantities. James soon turned his attention to other stringed instruments and before very long was producing strings for the Double Bass, giving
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