please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message rotosound manufacturing limited industry music founded 1958 headquarters sevenoaks kent england united kingdom key people james how founder jason how chairman products guitar strings website http www.rotosound.com external video oral history jason how reflects on the origin of the rotosound name and the luck of being in kent at the time of the british invasion and jimi hendrix . interview date may 12 2008 namm national association of music merchants oral history library external video oral history maryn how remembers his dad rigging up a machine to make his first strings . interview date may 12 2008 namm national association of music merchants oral history library rotosound is a british guitar and bass string manufacturing company based in england . contents 1 history of rotosound 2 notable rotosound users 3 references 4 external links history of rotosound edit started in the late 1950s by james how a musician and engineer by trade . how started manufacturing music strings for many famous artists across the world . it is still a family run business . all rotosound strings are made in england . rotosound s trademark swing bass string set was first produced in 1966 . john entwistle of the who came to the rotosound string factory looking for an even sounding heavy roundwound bass string . entwistle spent the afternoon there trying string after string before settling on a set that would become known as swing bass 66 . a fake jingle for rotosound can be heard on the who s 1967 album the who sell out immediately preceding i can see for miles . this jingle would later be covered by the american band shellac on their album excellent italian greyhound . jaco pastorius was also a dedicated user of swing 66 bass strings . notable rotosound users edit michael amott arch enemy zeta bosio soda stereo jean jacques burnel the stranglers cliff burton metallica stanley clarke john deacon queen john entwistle the who herbie flowers guthrie govan julian neville turrentine jones colin greenwood radiohead fernando guillen disambiguation needed ink swingbass66 steve harris signature set jimi hendrix medium strings alex hutchings ryan jarman the cribs exclamation pony james cashman altamonte brooklyn electric co. john paul jones led zeppelin greg lake emerson lake & palmer geddy lee rush phil lynott paul mccartney the beatles duff mckagan brian may queen michael paget bullet for my valentine jaco pastorius louis johnson the brothers johnson mick ronson dave sharman billy sheehan swingbass66 chris squire yes roger waters snowy white doug wimbish eva gardner 1 jason decay cauldron references edit http www.rotosound.com eva gardner external links edit official homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rotosound & oldid 742574201 categories companies based in kentmusical instrument manufacturing companiessevenoakshidden categories articles lacking sources from may 2014all articles lacking sourcesall articles with links needing disambiguationarticles with links needing disambiguation from march 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 14 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view