custom 45-100 Rotosound Swing 66

Salut !

I saw a luthier in France selling Rotosound swing 66 with custom gauge , if I remeber well : 45-65-80-100
The packaging is not the new orange, it's black ( I will take a picture soon )

Have you ever heard about that ?
Can't find anything about it on the net.

I think that's the gauge set I really want for my basses, but the luthier is selling them for approx 30-35 euros , so 10 to 15 euros more than the classic RS66LD on the net
 
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I have bought 45-65-85-105 sets in the standard orange packaging.

I have also bought other Rotosound sets (77 flatwound 40-100, anything 55 Solo Bass) that came in the black "custom" package.

I would think you should be able to find 45-65-85-105 for a price comparable to RS66LD... seems surprising to me that that set would be a black custom package.
 
I have bought 45-65-85-105 sets in the standard orange packaging.

I have also bought other Rotosound sets (77 flatwound 40-100, anything 55 Solo Bass) that came in the black "custom" package.

I would think you should be able to find 45-65-85-105 for a price comparable to RS66LD... seems surprising to me that that set would be a black custom package.

It was in fact something like 45-65-80-100
 
Rotosound has a wide variety of "PRE PACKAGED" string sets in the "Swing Bass 66" line.

Stainless:
30-85
30-90
35-90
40-95
40-100
43-110 - Sheehan
45-65-80-105 - Their most popular set
45-65-85-105
50-110

That is just their 4-String standard tuning sets.

In the Nickel line they have:

40-100
45-100
45-105

In their Rotobass Nickel they have a few more:

35-95
40-100
45-105
50-110


They do also offer singles which can be used to make a 45-100 set.

When it comes to packaging... Sometimes they do not sell enough of a set to justify making its own packaging or they are out of it, so they have a generic black packaging that they add a sticker too... like pictured below... A dealer or "luthier" can order some quantities of a "custom gauged" set and have a sticker applied just like these...

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