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.

Whipping his racquet through the air like a cesta in jai alai, Rafael Nadal produces such tremendous topspin that the ball sometimes seems to catapult off the court, creating a shot as challenging to ...

More output than other strings, smooth and velvet-like feel, brighter and bigger dynamic range - these are just some of the terms being applied to Ernie Ball's new Cobalt electric guitar strings.

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 ...

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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… ...

You’ll need: Styrofoam balls, mixture of sizes; natural and colored jute or cotton string, hot glue and hot glue gun, straight pin. 1. Make a small knot at the start of the jute or string. Place a dot ...

It sits in a Fells Point antique shop, a kitschy keepsake from a classic Baltimore restaurant. Haussner’s may be gone, but its jumbo ball of string rolls on. And it’s for sale — though, at 825 pounds, ...