After releasing its first new-gauge guitar strings in over a decade with Ultra and Burly Slinkys, Ernie Ball is clearly on a roll, as it unveils new Primo, Mega and Mammoth Slinkys.

Mayer, of course, is delighted by all this, who leaves no question as to how important the strings are to this whole operation. “I’ve always said that I don’t play the guitar, I play the strings,” he ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...