Rotosound Music Strings

We’re very pleased to announce that we received the highly respected Best Export Initiative Award at the MIA annual awards ceremony on the 22nd November 2012 at the Emirates Stadium in London. Presenting it to Jason How, Rotosound Chairman, was Cordelia von Gymnich, Vice President Messe Frankfurt, sponsors of the award. The Music Industries Association, [...]

Hailing from South Wales, UK, The Dirty Youth are a female fronted quintet setting their sights on world domination. Not nestling in to one specific genre is their gift, as they blend rock anthems with metal riffs and a punk attitude. The Dirty Youth released their debut album ‘Red Light Fix’ in late 2011 via [...]

In the summer of 2012 Rotosound announced it had partnered with Caparison Guitars and would be supplying strings for all their guitars and basses. This is a flawless blend of British Strings on Japanese Guitars and Basses. Now you have the chance to see Swedish guitarist, Mattias ‘IA’ Eklundh put his signature models through their [...]

We’re seeking help from our thousands of customers, artists, dealers, retailers, shops, journalists, tour mangers and anyone else who has been involved with us over the years, to help piece together over 50 years of history. The Rotosound team would like to hear stories or memories from anyone who has used our strings since the [...]

With eight studio albums spanning fifteen years under their belt, ARCH ENEMY are stronger now than ever before. The Swedish melodic death metal band have most recently released Khaos Legions, hailed by press the world over as one of the best metal albums of 2011. The album won the band coverage on the front cover [...]

The quintessentially British band, Skindred,  are the only band to have successfully combined elements of punk, rock, metal, reggae and electronic music with such success. Skindred rose phoenix-like from the ashes of seminal British ragga punks Dubwar at the turn of the millennium fronted again by iconic (and Elvis obsessed) frontman Benji Webbe. With him [...]

We always appreciate it when people take the time to say thanks – here’s an email we received from a happy customer in Slovakia ‘Hello Jason, Martin from Slovakia here. I  just wanted to tell you that I’m thankful for Rotosound strings! Really. I’m playing like 4 years constantly in a post rock band which [...]

If you follow us on twitter, you’ll no doubt have spotted Arch Enemy guitarist, Michael Amott, tweeting about his signature strings. Influenced by Michael’s personal playing style, the strings are excellent for achieving wide vibrato, melodic lead lines and furious sledgehammer riffs. Michael says ‘they have great tone, stay in tune, they don’t break easily, [...]

Your chance to catch legendary bassist Billy Sheehan on tour with Mike Portnoy, Tony McCalpine and Derek Sherinian this October/November… coming to a town near you… Oct 17 Opole, Poland Oct 18 Wroclaw, Poland Oct 19 HUN PecSa Music Hall, Budapest Oct 20 RO Jukebox club, Bucharest Oct 21 NL Boerderij, Zoetermeer Oct 22 IT [...]

Warren Borg, aka Worgie, is a producer, songwriter, bass player, programmer and guitarist from East London. Providing live guitars for such acts as Riz MC, Sage Francis and most recently Scroobius Pip. Distinctively attired in trucker cap, charity shop suit and THAT beard, Scroobius Pip is a leading light and unmistakable face of the UK’s [...]