crez5150 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 British manufacturer's first coated strings shipping from March 1st British string manufacturer, Rotosound, will be shipping its first ever coated strings as of March 1st. The string range, dubbed Nexus, will comprise seven sets initially for bass guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar. The bass strings are black polymer coated set over a Type 52 wrap, which, the company tells us, have a high energy with rich mid-tones and offer an alternative to steels with high presence. The gauges available will be 40, 60, 80 and 100, and 45, 65, 85 and 105. A single Low B (130) will also be available for five string bass players. The Nexus Acoustic sets are clear polymer coated wound, gold series plain strings with a phosphor bronze base that gives enriched highs and gentle mid-tones and come in three gauges: 10s, 11s and 12s. Lastly, the new Nexus electric range is also black polymer coating over nickel alloy that add a lot of warmth compared to conventional nickel strings. There are two sets available here: 9s and 10s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 What's pricing like? These will have to go a bit to come near Elixirs. I've tried a couple of others, DR Long Life (wooly), the D'Addario (?) ones, some cheapies from the US and none of them measured up to Elixir for long life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 If black polymer means the strings will look black instead of silver I hope they are not like the DR strings colour coated ones. I've had a few sets of the Peacock Blue strings which look fantastic when you first put them on but after a week or so they look scabby & sh!t. They was very bright sounding strings & do keep their brightness for ages but they don't keep the G string for ages, it lasts about a month (that's from about an hour's playing each day) then snaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Type52 wrap? That's a bit cryptic isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [quote name='Buzz' post='422884' date='Mar 2 2009, 08:22 AM']Type52 wrap? That's a bit cryptic isn't it?[/quote] It's a specific alloy of steel... it relates to the proportion of nickel to iron. Something to do with 52% Nickel (not sure if that's as overall proportion or 52% of the amount of iron). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Vaguely interested if they're reasonably priced, but I'm not holding my breath. Slightly put off by the recent quality of RS66 sets, which I used for years but gave up on after a succession of dead A strings & arbitrarily snapping Gs. They'll have to be a lot cheaper than Elixirs, as well as blacker. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFW Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Maybe they'll last as long as a set of decent non coated strings now. Yep, I'm a confirmed Roto hater. I seem able to kill a set in minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 do those coating really do anything i thought string technology was about cores wraps and steel material..stainless or nickel coated rotos must be losing out on their normal range to have to go boutique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='423458' date='Mar 2 2009, 05:48 PM']do those coating really do anything i thought string technology was about cores wraps and steel material..stainless or nickel coated rotos must be losing out on their normal range to have to go boutique[/quote] Depending how the coating is, yes it does stuff. Elixir coat the entire string, effectivly sealing it from dirt/grease/chips etc... which mean it takes much longer for it to die, reports have them going on the months or even years with no noticable drop in sound, and the coating makes it smoother to play as well. Other companies coat the just the winding, which ends up being roughly the same, just to a lesser degree. I'm interested to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [quote name='Buzz' post='423466' date='Mar 2 2009, 05:55 PM']Depending how the coating is, yes it does stuff. Elixir coat the entire string, effectivly sealing it from dirt/grease/chips etc... which mean it takes much longer for it to die, reports have them going on the months or even years with no noticable drop in sound, and the coating makes it smoother to play as well. Other companies coat the just the winding, which ends up being roughly the same, just to a lesser degree. I'm interested to be honest.[/quote] i have used elixir and was completely happy with the intiial...deadness...which really seemed like a well played in string and kept that way for far longer than other non sealed strings the point is that the sealing is not all that obvious to the eye...i thought colour coatings a bit twee...especially when the lights go down or everyone is looking at the singer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 If they are anything like their other strings, then they will be dead out of the pack, or after about 6 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [quote name='steve-soar' post='423495' date='Mar 2 2009, 06:28 PM']If they are anything like their other strings, then they will be dead out of the pack, or after about 6 hours. [/quote] long live TI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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