Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

Brian Sharpe (20950)

Bass Equipment Forum
5/23/2011 6:13 PM

It's no secret that I like Rotosound flatwound strings but I recently cam across and ad for Tru Bass 88 strings.

Rotosound's website says:

"Super smooth with ultra low tension transforms any electric bass into a jazzy upright sound. Great on a fretless bass. Also works well with any kind of jazz, fusion, dub and reggae styles."

Anyone out there tried them?

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 1:07 AM

Adam Copelin (12723) wrote:

Are those the black nylon wrapped strings? If so, I had them on my
Peavey for a Jazz band once. They fit the bill, but at the time I didn't
feel like they jived with the bass. Now though I might think
differently. They're definitely deep and thuddy as I remember. Now I
want to try them again :)

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 5:50 AM

Brian Sharpe (20950) wrote:

Well they're one of the nylon wrapped strings, deep & thuddy is what I'm looking for.

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 12:06 PM

Adam Copelin (12723) wrote:

They should do the part then! I saw a post below
here about filing the nut. On mine, either the E or
the A wouldn't settle, and I had to pop the G into
place when tuning it up, so be aware of that. I was
in a pinch at the time and just used it with the
string sitting on the nut. Not ideal, but didn't
make a huge difference either.

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 2:02 AM

Brad Mock (15518) wrote:

I have a set of those on my Washburn AB20 bass, nice smooth and thumpy with just enough brightness for clarity. Not my favorite strings but they do work on that bass.

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5/24/2011 5:47 AM

Brian Sharpe (20950) wrote:

Did you have to file your nut? Rotosound's website lists the diameter of the G string as .065 which is quite a bit thicker than most.

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 6:49 AM

Jean-francois Turbide (3902) wrote:

I would say yes cause the dia. are;

65

75

100

115

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 1:48 PM

Leroy Sams (4749) wrote:

Yo Jean,

115 ??? that's not a string that's a steel cable.... LOL

Leroy

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 2:29 PM

Jean-francois Turbide (3902) wrote:

Yes....LOL....consider that the standard is .100 for an "E" string therefore, .115 is 15thousand of an inch bigger and that equals to .007 on each side of the string to be filed at the nut..that is substantial...

.125 is of course 1/8 of an inch.

J_F

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 2:33 PM

Greg Rhodus (7348) wrote:

B string on a 5 string is around.130

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/25/2011 2:14 PM

Leroy Sams (4749) wrote:

Phooooooo !!!!!

I'm a Wimpy 95 Guy...

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Re: Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Strings

5/24/2011 11:36 AM

Brad Mock (15518) wrote:

I didn't need to on the Washburn but it was already set up for acoustic electric strings.

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