On the lighter side are the Mighty Slinkys (8.5, 11, 15, 22w, 30 ... thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose. John Mayer and Ernie Ball unveil a set of acoustic guitar strings made from an ...

John Mayer has added to his growing list of signature gear with the release of a custom gauge Ernie Ball string set. Called Silver Slinky as a nod to his best-selling Silver Sky PRS, the esteemed ...

John Mayer and Ernie Ball have announced the Silver Slinky electric guitar string set – a new signature set that brings a previously unavailable string gauge that Mayer himself has been playing ...

Ernie Ball’s stock ... to produce more strings in anticipation of increased demand. While the idea of Petrucci using more strings is obviously life-changing regardless of the number at hand, it is ...

Ernie Ball has unveiled its latest signature electric guitar string set, and has been developed with and for the blues-pop superstar John Mayer that is a first for the brand, arriving in a custom ...

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.

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.

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, ...