MB STRINGS GROOVE 5STR 045-125

electric bass nickel plated steel 

MEDIUM LIGHT GAUGE: 045 065 085 105 125
5 STRINGS - NICKEL PLATED STEEL | LONG SCALE

The GROOVE series bass strings are made of high quality selected nickel plated steel wire, 
hand-wound on hexagonal high carbon content core from our master string makers offering 
calibrated diameter and tension for best tone and feel. They are the best choice for bassists 
that love traditional warm nickel sound.

Markbass Strings are made at our factory in Abruzzo (Italy), using the best selected innovative 
materials and ultimate quality controls matched with the ancient tradition of master string makers.   
Maybe not many people know that since the past centuries Abruzzo has been the motherland of 
almost all string makers.
The art of string making was born in this beautiful part of the world and many great brands in 
today’s worldwide market can trace their own origins here,  it's a history made of skilled hands, 
hard work, sacrifices and so much genius: typical features of  people from Abruzzo.
This artistry and know how have been exported worldwide as well, offering a superior product 
with exceptional performance, amazing feeling, intonation and reliability!

 
Tru Bronze Acoustic Extra Light 10-50

Comprising 80/20 brass wire covers, these strings offer the resonant advantages 
of this material coupled with considerable clarity and tone. 
An alternative to the 92/8 bronze Jumbo King series, crystal clear resonance would 
describe this string's character very well."

Beyond the bronze age
One of the earliest copper based materials used for acoustic strings was the 80/20 
brass series from around the 1940s. It is commonly referred to as “yellow bronze”.
 
Comprised of 80% copper and 20% zinc, it offers a zingy bright top end with strong bass 
frequencies and a scooped mid-range."

British quality
Manufactured in the UK to precise tolerances and using only the finest materials, 
you can rely on Rotosound acoustic strings for consistent tone and performance 
in every packet.

Gauge: 10 14 20w 28w 40w 50w
Construction: Roundwound
Wrap material: 80/20 Bronze
Tone: Bright Superb sustain
Output: Medium

Until mid-20th century, Banjos used exclusively gut strings, a material that had been 
used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance 
of timbre – very different, in other words, from modern nylon strings. And until recently, 
the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for lute-makers, 
composers and performers alike. A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make 
a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut – but without its typical 
defects (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic conditions). 
Nylgut® has precisely these qualities, allowing the rediscovery of the sonorities that were so 
familiar to the great musicians of late 19th and 20th century, and at the same time ensuring a 
higher tuning stability, even better than the best gut and nylon strings

The 4th string on sets 1B and 2B for Old Style Banjo is unwound. They are made up of a 
recently discovered bio-plastic – that we named Sugar – that has been loaded with metallic 
powders. Thanks to this technology, we were able to produce unwound strings with very bright 
sound, stable and with a smooth surface, that are not affected by the oxidation, that is 
typical of metal wound strings.