Rotosound SH77 Steve Harris Monel Flatwound Bass Guitar Strings (50-110)

I never tried flatwound strings or any strings made by Rotosound. Since I'm an Iron Maiden fan, I thought I'd try these on a P/J type bass. I selected these specific strings because my bass has a maple frettboard (not rosewood) and it really gives it a high end sound. The flatwounds, bring up the bottom end and tone down the high end to balance the bass out regardless of whether I favor my Precission pickups or the Jazz ones. The actual feel of these strings is not as rough as roundwound strings. However, since they are a very heavy gauge, I find myself working harder to press on the fretts. No big deal. I switch back and forth between finger style and picking. For some odd reason, I thought you couldn't use a pick on flatwounds, but I was proven wrong. They definitely have a unique clear, but mellow sting to them when picked! All in all, not bad for the price.

Great strings i love them very good

Heavy high tension and bright when new but brightness decay quickly in a few days

I put these on my Peavey Millenium 4 BXP. I had no issues with the tension of the strings vs. the neck as was mentioned in another review, although they definitely string up tighter than the lighter strings that I had been using. I play daily and have a definite feel for how my bass should sound. As noted in the title, these flatwounds feel very nice to the fingers. Prior to buying these, I'd only played roundwounds and was delighted to get rid of the finger noise that comes with sliding my fingers down the neck. This was especially appreciated when using tapping techniques on the fretboard. They look nice, they sounded nice, and they are very easy on the fingers. That said, after they'd been on my bass for about a week, the A string went dead. It still played, but had a "thump" and a muted sound when I would play the string. The other strings still sounded right, but the third string just sounded wrong. We fiddled around with it and still couldn't get it to sound right. Upon closer examination, we found that the string had started to unwind under the blue silk up by the tuning post. I don't know if this was the issue, but it was the only visible difference between that string and the others. I changed the strings out for some Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings (55-75-95-110) and it played right again. Sadly, I had to go back to the finger sounds as my fingers slid around on the strings. But, the Slinkys are half the price of the Rotosounds, and they sound fine. When it comes time to change out my strings again, I will give the Rotosounds another shot, but, I was disappointed with how this set turned out. It could have been the way that I wound the posts, or, it could have been a quality control issue. I loved the feel of these strings and hope that my next set works out better than the first.

The strings are such amazing, the texture is really soft, they are very thick, so I had to adapt my Yamaha RBX170 bass guitar for it. The white piece in the top of the neck was customized by myself for it and works nice. The sound of this strings is quite that metallic sound that always have mr Harris, and they are designed for that kind of music. Tapping with this strings is really hard. So If you do a lot of tapping or hard stuff like Billy Sheehan is better that you get his rotosound customized strings. But if you want to do classic rock, heavy metal and all that stuff this is the real deal.

Sounds great but man they are high tension. I had to take them off, they are not friendly to your bass neck.

Like others have addressed these strings are tight. You will probably need to adjust the truss rod when you put these on. I love how tight they are. These are on my Steve Harris signature p bass. I was never a user of flats, but I absolutely love these strings. These strings are for manly men....Great tone, awesome highs and lows. They have great thump, but also cut through on the highs. It is possible that you may need to adjust your amp EQ to make them sing. Switching between basses depending on the song, I may turn the treble up slightly. They are flats so they won't sound like bright steels.

This is written as a top tier Iron Maiden fan. In the fan club, own all the studio and live albums, even the rarities. Mine are installed on his signature Fender P Bass. The sound is great, but as mentioned many times they will not produce the bright sound for long. Just like the great D'Addario Chromes, the zing leaves pretty early. Probably the most difficult thing to get over is the tension. I've got the action lowered to help overcome this - as with Steve I have some fret noise with almost every hit, it is that low. Your left forearm will be crying out while playing fast fills and power chords. Your right fingertips will ache from essentially slapping against a solid object for extended periods. Steve must have some incredible strength built up from playing thousands of hours on these. I'm a left handed mechanic and have a hard time with them. If you must have every last bit of 'Arry tone, go ahead. The tension and quick loss of brightness is why I'm giving it a 3/5. As with most flats, the tone is versatile enough to cover any genre.

Beste Flatwound-Basssaiten aller Zeiten. Und ich habe fast alle Marken ausgiebig gespielt.. Trotz Flatwoundbasis ist ein extrem hoher Trebleattackcharakter vorhanden der wirklich den "Biss" dieser Saiten darstellt. Leider hält diese Brillianz nur ein paar wenige Stunden. Danach hat man zwar immer noch eine tolle Flatwoundsaite aber dieses spezielle Etwas gibt's dann erst wieder beim nächsten Set. Wobei ich extremen Wert darauf lege 1:1 ohne Ausnahme den Ton von Steve zu bekommen. Diese Saiten sind nicht alles wenn man das möchte aber ohne sie geht es auf keinen Fall.

Volevo assolutamente il settaggio di Steve Harris per il mio Fender Precision. Ora sono ok! Ho un suono molto simile a quello di Steve Harris! Grandissima muta! Straconsigliata!

Excelente cordas para quem curte um som voltada para o Harris, apenas tem que se atentar que tem que ter pelo menos o pedal signature dele para funcionar , senão fica uma flatwond fora do padrão para um estilo clássico de flats. É bem característico para um som Maiden ( tem que ter o pedal ) , se comprar sem equipamento para abrir o agudo e o estalado dele nos trastes vai se decepcionar. Na minha opinião não serve para quem não curte o som do Maiden e quer um som de flatwond, vai de Labella ou Chromes da D'ddario .

I play a Fender Mustang and I was looking for a heavier gauge to make up for the shorter scale, in a flat wound. These are just right for me.

Excellent quality strings from Rotosound. Mine were fitted and set up with a couple of adjustments to tighten the truss rod of the bass, (Tokai Hardpuncher); strings lowered at the bridge to give low flat action. Bass volume and tone all the way up, Amp EQ set flat with a touch of compression. Great smooth fell make rapid finger style playing more precise (and therefore easier), with great sharp tone. Recommended if you want to play those galloping bass lines - which is probably why you are looking at these strings! Just ensure you are fitting them to a bass that has a working truss rod, and probably best suited to 'P' style basses - I would not personally fit them to my J style basses.