Home of Rotosound Music Strings • Making History Since 1958

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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

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The perfect all-round electric guitar string

R10 Rotosound Roto nickel wound electric guitar strings. Best quality affordable giutar string for rock pop country metal funk blues

More power, sustain and longer life

Rotosound Ultramag Ultra Mag pink UM9 UM 9 Electric Guitar Strings. Nickel on steel British handmade quality best instrument string. giutar stings srings wire type 52 alloy roundwound round wound plain wrapped wrap high output set premium

Pure stainless steel for a bright, vintage tone

Smooth and rich sounding made from 100% nickel

Flatwound guitar strings made with Monel tape

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Custom gauge strings from iconic players

MD11 Rotosound Roto Michael Amott Signature MD 11 Nickel regular medium Light Top Heavy Bottom Hybrid Gauge Electric Guitar Strings giutar guage stings srings rock palm muting 11-54 drop tuning metal rock

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.

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

More power, sustain and longer life

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

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

Custom strings from iconic players

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

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

Long life polymer coated strings

NXB45 Rotosound Nexus Polymer Coated 45 105 Type 52 medium scale standard electric bass guitar strings set elixir ellixir elixer elicksir XT

Black nylon tapewound strings

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Nickel roundwound strings

rb45 Rotosound Roto Bass strings. Affordable Steel nickel roundwound round wound swingbass bass wire precision jazz Rickenbacker 4003 John Entwistle bajo guitare rock metal standard gauge guage regular bright

Roundwound strings designed for drop tuning

Rotosound Drop Zone RS66LH 65-130 Foil Swing Bass low tuned electric bass guitar strings set

Phosphor bronze acoustic strings

rs44ld Rotosound Bronze Bass phosphor acoustic strings stings srings base gitar giutar standard regular long scale best tone

Coated phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings

nxa11 Rotosound Nexus Acoustic coated guitar strings long life platinum polymer flattop string

Our classic phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings

jk11 Rotosound Jumbo King Acoustic phosphor bronze guitar strings long life platinum flattop string

'Contact Core' design phosphor bronze strings

sb11 Rotosound Super Bronze contact core acoustic phosphor bronze guitar strings long life piano string design psd country gold flattop string

80/20 bronze strings with crystal clear resonance

tb11 Rotosound Tru Bronze acoustic 80/20 bronze brass guitar strings flattop string

Nylon strings for classical and Spanish guitars

cl3 Rotosound Superia Pro classical nylon strings for professional Spanish guitar. High tension tie end

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.

Nylon and synthetic gut strings for most sizes

RS85T Tenor Rotosound Ukulele strings nygut synthetic gut string

Expertly made for students and professionals

rs6000 Rotosound violin string monel professional flatwound set

Traditional banjo strings for tenor and G banjos

rs65 Swanee G banjo nickel wound strings

Double bass
and more

Viola, cello, mandolin, double bass, and bouzouki

RS4000 Rotosound double bass strings. Monel flatwound high burnished traditional upright bass strings rockabilly

Rotosound's range of stompboxes

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Adjustable stands for guitar, bass, or ukulele

RGS-200-BK Rotosound guitar stand black gitar hook bass acoustic adjustable foldable folding folds rest prop aluminium plastic flexible Stratocaster les Paul telecaster jumbo parlour precision jazz body big small

Straps for electric, acoustic and bass guitars

Rotosound STR strap guitar stand black gitar nylon bass acoustic adjustable foldable folding folds rest prop leather flexible Stratocaster les Paul telecaster jumbo parlour precision jazz body big small

Rotosound clip-on tuners and metronomes

Rotosound AMT-530 clip on chromatic tuner and metronome

All you need to care for your instrument

Rotosound Lemon Oil LO2 cleaner and conditioner 59ml bottle front

High quality trigger capos

Rotosound GC-200-CH Capo. Trigger spring capo electric acoustic guitar silver chrome

Accessories

Since opening up shop on London’s Denmark Street in the sixties, Rotosound has been producing quality accessories for musicians.

Merchandise

Rock up in style with our range of official Rotosound clothing and lifestyle products.

Rotosound WH-LP t-shirt on model-2

Show everyone that you play the world's best strings

Stay sharp in any weather with Rotosound headwear

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Keep hydrated on stage or in the studio

Rotosound water bottle

Iconic Rotosound graphics for your home or studio

Art print Rotosound Giving Out Good Vibrations poster retro vintage 1970s music artwork

Rotosound merchandise and musical gift items

Loaded Rotosound RSTB-1 shoulder gig gear bag

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Behind The Scenes

Coral’s 44-year career at Rotosound

We sit down with the longest-serving member of the Rotosound team, Coral Lynn, who is retiring this month after more than four decades at the company. If you called up the Rotosound office any time after 1980 you would have most likely been greeted by the voice of Coral Lynn. After 44 years of running overseas orders and logistics, our Coral is retiring. We caught up to reminisce before she locks up the factory for the last time.

7th July 2023

The Beatles on Dutch television in 1964 © Eric Koch for Anefo

Learn to Play

Song Lesson: The Beatles – Please Please Me

The second and popular single by The Beatles “Please Please Me” is a great practice tune if you are learning to play guitar as it has both easy and challenging parts. While this song was originally slower and more bluesy it was their producer George Martin that made changes so it would be more upbeat like “Love Me Do.” Here is a quick guitar lesson on how to play “Please Please Me” by The Beatles.

7th June 2023

Rotosound John Procter Builders Brew luthier workshop London

Behind The Scenes

Inside the workshop of luthier John Procter

Across the UK, scores of luthiers rely on Rotosound strings for their projects and recommend our British made strings to their clients. We thought that it was high time that we visited some of them.

2nd June 2023

Scott Holiday Rival Sons guitar string. © Antje Naumann AllSystemsRed

Learn to Play

Rival Sons: Pressure and Time Guitar Lesson

This week we get to grips with Rival Sons’ Pressure and Time guitar parts. Rival Sons is a blues hard rock band from Long Beach California that started around 2009. Their 2011 hit “Pressure and Time” is not just catchy and riff laden, but also a perfect song to play for someone learning how to play guitar. It has a mix of beginner, intermediate, and advanced techniques and it follows a common blues rock structure. Here is a quick song lesson on the Rival Sons song “Pressure and Time.”

10th May 2023