• Reviews around set (3.09 of 5)

    Ernie Ball Power Slinky Nickel Wound Set, .011 - .048

    • The super slinky sets were my preferred for years
    • Nice set
    • and I recommend these (9 guage set though) to all my students
    • But choose the best set to you're liking, guitar equipment and accessories are all subjective.
    • It took me a while to work up to .12s, but now that I've gotten there, these are my favorite set so far among the different Ernie Ball sets, and definitely among other brands.
    • Great set of strings.
    • Needed a cheap set of strings in order to sell an old guitar my brother wanted gone
    • Luckily I didn't sustain an injury, might have been a bad set of strings
    • I only tune down a half-step, so this set is just right for me.
    • Good cheep set of electric strings
    • Love this set
    • very nice set of strings
    • 10-52 is the best set for my play style.
    • For the price not a bad set of strings
    • Bad set of strings
    • This is a great set of guitar strings.
    • Personally, I don't like my sets overly-bright, and these are that perfect in-between for me.
    • I've always liked the slinky's and this hybrid set is perfect when I want thicker low strings.
    • I used to fuss about different strings, but honestly the expensive sets don't justify the price difference
    • Good set of strings for a great price.
    • Great price and a great sounding and smooth playing string set.
    • It is not a magic set of strings that will take away the finger pains for a beginner but it will definitely help, especially if you are buying it for a child.
    • Gibson used to use 10-46 on new guitars and now realized they need have an easier set to bend, so as of this writing, 2016 Les Paul Traditional would come with this same guage.
    • Great set of strings
    • In the end, given 5 sets of top notch strings, I will pick the fresh set vs. a worn set 10 times out of 10.Pros
    • This is the perfect set for a Strat; they give great highs but also great bottom end.
    • Fantastic string set, and handles various tunings with ease: standard, drop C, full step down
    • Great set of strings.
    • Practically ruined a complete set of strings
    • With EB you could get a corroded set or a fresh set depending on chance, mostly due to the packaging
    • Great set of strings!
    • Before the past year, I never got a faulty set of strings from EB, but it seems as though things have changed
    • This is a great set of strings nice and aggressive lows but light and nimble highs
    • Strings are strings, and given a good set of strings, I would only base this recommendation on price and great value (5 stars for that).
    • Great set of replacement strings
    • Oh boy!Oh well, at $14 I can afford another set.
    • Never had a bad set.
    • A new set of strings feels great, whereas using Elixir-type string force you to use strings for a long time, continually degrading as you go
    • , 9 they are particularity good for Les Paul guitars because the are very well balanced without the G string being too loud as on 9-42 set.
    • Great set for those who want a good chug sound put still get those high ends for solos
    • Great set of strings.
    • Too bad this page lists the wrong set for Keef.
    • Sound is not good and last e string just broken after tune
    • Furthermore, they are affordable, so if you break your High E, it is worth putting another set on, as opposed to the one string
    • High E breaks long before they should
    • I bought a set over the summer to put on after breaking yet another E string bending too hard
    • high e string broke...
    • 2/3 high e strings broke on initial stringing
    • The G (gauge 16) is single-strand nickel-plated steel, like the B and top E, so light and bendable
    • Perfect for dropped B tuning, and works just fine in standard tuning (although at a half-step higher you risk breaking the high E with some frequency).
    • After tuning the guitar up, I snipped the excess from the tuning heads and booom the high E comes off and almost rips my eye out in the process
    • A good tip is to use a light, bendy plectrum, which is pretty much essential for the top E (gauge 9).One caution: these strings are very stretchy and take a few hours to ‘bed in’ during which they go out of tune easily, especially the top two, so best not to fit them immediately prior to a performance
    • The E string broke while trying to tune guitar
    • The high E broke in a matter of days
    • Super Slinkys the sμ!t