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    RAISING THE TONE Man Of Steel

    Nov 15, 2019 3 minutes

    Continuing our mini-series on the guitarist’s ultimate consumable, this issue we talk to Jason How, chairman of UK manufacturers Rotosound. The history of the Kent-based company has been strewn with innovation since the 1950s and it was bass players who were first to benefit from their revolutionary ideas with the Black Nylon string in 1962. Some bass players who were just getting used to Fender’s Precision Bass approached the company looking for a string to help them make the transition from upright bass to the new

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