Doug Wimbish sees how music strings are made at our factory | Rotosound
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2023
- Renown bass player Doug Wimbish visits the Rotosound factory where his favourite Swing Bass 66 strings are manufactured.
From his early days as one of Hip-Hop’s earliest architects in the Original Sugarhill Records Rhythm Section, to his long-time membership in Living Colour and TackHead, Doug continues to prove himself as one of the world’s finest, versatile and most sought after bass guitarists. Doug’s highly regarded career spanning all musical genres has also included recording, producing and touring with many world renowned artists including The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Herb Albert, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Carly Simon, Seal, Al Green, Billy Idol, George Clinton, Depeche Mode, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, James Brown, Mos Def, Tarja Turunen, Ronnie Wood, Freddie Jackson, Michael Bolton, Schiller, Cheb Khaled, Hari Haran and Peter Wolf, to name a few.
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s “The Message”, listed by Rollingstone.com as the #1 Greatest Hip Hop Song of all time, featured Doug’s bass lines as do many other Sugarhill Records classics including “Apache”, “8th Wonder” and “White Lines”. Wimbish wrote the bass line on The Sequence’s “Funk You Up”.
• Links:
www.rotosound.com
www.dougwimbish.com
• About Rotosound:
Rotosound are manufacturers of the World’s Finest Music Strings - a legacy which goes back to the birth of Rock n’ Roll itself. Since 1958 Rotosound strings have been an ever-present on some of the most famous recordings ever heard.
Developed in conjunction with some of the world's top artists, Rotosound strings are synonymous with unbeatable tone and longevity and are manufactured in Great Britain. - Věda a technologie
Rotosound became my brand of bass string in my teens. I just turned 45 and will use NOTHING else.
I’ve always played on RotoSound strings since I began playing bass in 1977. Only two times did I try different strings, but for me, I love the tone, and feel of the RotoSounds. Way to go Mr Lee!
I use all varieties of Rotosound guitar strings. I would love to visit that factory.
Hi D, it's E, nice to see you, how are you, looking good .. take care .. still thinking of you sometimes .. kiss
hello can you do a sound sample for rotosound cello strings.
We'll see what we can do!
I like the sound of Rotosound bass strings but they always went dead in a day or two. Hopefully they have gotten better.
Hello Jerry we're really glad that you like the sound of our bass strings!
I don't know when it was that you last tried our strings but in recent years we have changed our packaging to vacuum sealed packs that eliminate corrosion before the pack is opened and built new winding machines that reduce the risk of dead strings.
As with any strings, we recommend wiping down the strings after use with a soft cloth and a string cleaner product - check out the Rotosound SC2 that also conditions the strings.
@@rotosound_uk Thanks for your response - I'm glad to hear of your improvements.