• Reviews around set (3.22 of 5)

    Ernie Ball Cobalt Regular Slinky Set, .010-.046

    • Great set of strings, responsive with a great tone and easy to tune and hold their tune.
    • Fortunately I didn't like them anyway, and I quickly swapped them out with a good set of Elixers
    • My favorite set of strings :)
    • I think I just got a bad set.
    • On top of being a good set of 9s, so the great flexibility is still there.
    • These are an excellent set of strings
    • I have a set of these on another guitar purchased from a guitar dealer and love them
    • These are a very bright set - you can hear the difference from a nickel set
    • These were my favorite set for drop C tuning
    • They have great sustain, feel silky smooth to the touch, and on a good set of stainless steel frets, they bend like nothing I've ever seen (while managing to stay in tune)
    • I bought my first set from them and loved them so much that I just bought two more sets
    • This is my second set and the first set was perfect.
    • I wanted a skinnier set of top strings, and a heavier set of bottoms
    • I am glad I have a Schaller fully adjustable roller bridge as adjusting the intonation required some unusual settings for this skinny top, fat bottom set
    • EB's claim of a bright and powerful set of string for the most part is true
    • I have NEVER gotten a bad set of Ernie Ball strings.....ever
    • These really are a good set of strings.
    • I will come back and review them again when I have to change the strings again hopefully my next set isn't tarnished also.
    • Great set of strings very good quality.
    • The other stings were typical of other good sets
    • I got the heavy gauge cobalts, so not much to say for playability regarding the other sets
    • I've tried 3 sets of Cobalt strings and hate them
    • Everything you would expecting from a fresh set of strings
    • The best analogy I can think of for the feel is this: If you've ever run your finger along a really fine jeweller’s file, it feels like that
    • I am not a fan of these stings, I do not like how they are wrapped, they create too much drag on my fingers, they tarnish too fast (even when cleaning the strings after playing), and had the bottom E string unravel loose at the bridge and break while playing.
    • Sadly I didn't get a chance to try them out on my amp, because the Hi-E broke (see
    • High e string broke before meeting pitch.
    • Oh, and I don't break the E (9's) string any more
    • The low E string broke as soon as I got it in tune
    • In the set I used before this, the low E was dull; it didn't match the sound or the output of the other strings