I've started playing bass for a rock band using my Gibson Thunderbird, and decided, as it had very old strings to change them, and was then horrified by the price of new bass strings. So I went onto http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/ and found their own brand - Legacy - at £7.95 (http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings/ ... tar/legacy), so I ordered some, expecting that they would be offshore manufactured... turns out that they are made in England by Rotosound (the packing slip gave it away...) and... they are excellent!!
Off to try the guitar strings now...