Jus Lukin Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) - Edited February 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I have the Thomastik nylon ocre strings on my acoustic and although they sound much more mellow than steel core strings, they certainly don't sound like a double bass. I'd go for either the Thomastik flatwounds or the Rotosound black nylon wrapped jobbies - the latter in particular will give you loads of doghouse style thump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 These...... [url="http://www.rotosound.com/tru88.html"]http://www.rotosound.com/tru88.html[/url] Or I use these now as they feel slicker and are sensible guages...... [url="http://www.ghsstrings.com/products.php"]http://www.ghsstrings.com/products.php[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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simon1964 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 [quote name='TheRev' post='481959' date='May 7 2009, 01:43 PM']I have the Thomastik nylon ocre strings on my acoustic and although they sound much more mellow than steel core strings, they certainly don't sound like a double bass. I'd go for either the Thomastik flatwounds or the Rotosound black nylon wrapped jobbies - the latter in particular will give you loads of doghouse style thump.[/quote] +1 for the Rotos. I'm not normally a fan of their strings, but I've got the bklack nylon ones on my cheapo acoustic, and they sound great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 (edited) I have been informed by a reliable source that the black nylon wound rotosounds emit the same sound as someone kicking a cardboard box Edited May 8, 2009 by allighatt0r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 [quote name='allighatt0r' post='482940' date='May 8 2009, 02:01 PM']I have been informed by a reliable source that the black nylon wound rotosounds emit the same sound as someone kicking a cardboard box [/quote] Quite a tuneful cardboard box...... Actually that reminds me - about a year ago in Jersey I saw a pair of street buskers, and one of them was playing essentially a broom handle on a wooden box with baling twine as a string. She pulled back on the broom handle top tighten or slacken the string to cahneg notes. It made a credible bass sound........ So maybe thats where the idea for the Rotos came from..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I've got LaBella black nylon tapewounds on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agroupuk Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I had Rotosound flats on my Tanglewood TW55. They sound really nice - very double bassy. But I have recently (a month or so ago) swapped them out for Thomastik Infeld Acousticore (nylon cored strings) I now dont have the double bass sound I had previously but my playing of the acoustic has improved and I am a lot more articulate using these. I think the E string is around .85 in size compared to the 110(?) that the roto's had. Much easier to play but a lot brighter. I love the sound and wont be swapping back anytime soon - Try the Acousticores if you can (Sound like roto flats are what you want tho) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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