60 years ago, guitar teacher Ernie Ball pioneered his light-gauge electric guitar strings. Named Slinky, these sets have been used by countless guitarists, including some of the world's best-known ...

NAMM 2025: Last October, John Mayer joined forces with Ernie Ball to launch the Silver Slinky set, a set of electric guitar strings boasting a unique in-between gauge and a custom core-to-wrap ratio.

NAMM 2025: Ernie Ball has teamed up with Polyphia’s generational talent, Tim Henson, for two new signature string sets that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More output than other strings, smooth and velvet-like feel, brighter and bigger dynamic range - ...

To spread the word about its new Paradigm guitar strings, manufacturer Ernie Ball — which introduced its Slinky strings in 1062 — has invited rockers like Dream Theater's John Petrucci, Kenny Wayne… ...

Heavy metal and Ernie Ball go together like two peas in a pod: the company’s got a long and storied history of working with some of the top metal guitar players in the world. But did you know that ...

Ernie Ball, a pioneer maker of rock'n'roll guitar strings used by legions of artists from the Rolling Stones to Merle Travis, died yesterday (Sept. 9) at his home in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He was 74.

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