Hybrid Slinkys- Ernie Ball Electric Guitar Strings

I’ve been using Ernie Ball strings on my Gibson electric guitar for a while now and I absolutely love them.

Ernie Ball is well-known and a chosen favorite in the Rock guitar industry and is used by guitarists such as Jimmy Page, Slash, Steve Vai, Clapton just to name a few.

My preferred gauge of guitar string is the Ernie Ball ” Hybrid Slinky “, which strings range from 9 – 46. These strings produce a nice rounded sound on my Gibson and its top strings are crisp while the bottom ones deliver a really punchy bass.

Best thing about these Hybrid Slinky strings is that it’s incredibly cheap. I buy a box of 12 each time and that breaks it down to about $3.99 per set of strings. Bad part of it is that my hands sweat a lot when I play guitar and somehow my sweat corrode the strings faster than other guitar players. I wipe the strings down really well but still I will go through a set of strings every 3 weeks or so.

This custom gauge of strings is perfect for heavy riffing in Rock and Metal and also makes a great lead tone. For those of you who play Blues guitar, you will get a great tone for that too.

The strings are super-easy to vibrato and bend because they’re so thin but yet there’s no loss of tone quality. These nickel-plated strings really pack a punch!

I’ve tried Fender guitar strings and also D’Addario’s and I still prefer the feel and sound of the Ernie Ball’s. Two thumbs up!