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I play a Rickenbacker 4005 bass (original owner) and have been using RS66LB strings on it since I first discovered them some time in the early 80's. Before then I had been using standard RS66 strings. I have small hands and fingers and the difference between RS66 & RS 66LB strings made a huge difference in my playing. I had to do very little EQ tweaking to regain any low-end I might have lost when I switched to lighter gauge and the difference in the overall "feel" and response of the strings was instantly noticeable....especially in the attack and sustain of the E-string. Now I'm 58 years old and my hands are rather damaged from hard work. It was affecting my playing. So I finally tried RS66LA strings and the difference between them and RS66LB's was the same for me as how I felt decades ago when switching from RS66 & RS66LB. I lost almost no low-end and any change is very easily adjusted by a tiny tweak of EQ on my rig. The ease of play, attack and sustain are incredible. The response of the E-string is fantastic and when I play F, G, A's, etc on the E-string my bass responds like never before. Very clean & no mud whatsoever. I was afraid such light gauge strings might be loose and floppy on the fretboard but nope...they feel like Rotosounds always do; piano string sturdy. Of course I can easily get less treble & harmonic response if a given song requires a less "classic Rickenbacker sound" by using the tone controls on the bass. In fact, now the tone controls make a better difference than ever. Rotosound RS66LA strings have now become my only string of choice.Read full review
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Great strings! Bright-yet-punchy. Great sound!
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I love the tone 😍 and crunch of these strings time on fender jazz like rush bassist and Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham
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Quality bass strings
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light gauge are nice to bend
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