Item Reviews for: Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinky Electric Guitar Strings  -  ERN P027 LIST
Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinky Electric Guitar Strings
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Great so far

By: Bryan      Submitted: 3/25/2024

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Product Rating Product Review Time will truly tell the longevity of these, but they sound great, as all slinky's usually do. It might be some sort of internal confirmation bias, but these feel a little more tighter tension than the regular Slinky 9's? Maybe I am crazy. Either way, I like them.
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Excellent Response!

By: Jeff Nelson      Submitted: 3/4/2024

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Product Review Awesome tone. Feels like butter. Excellent response.
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if you rock, blues, country, check these out

By: raindog      Submitted: 12/8/2023

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Product Review cool tones from these new strings. also, smooth and they don't feel like they will cut into your fingers
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Can't go wrong

By: Jack      Submitted: 7/14/2023

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Product Review Like I had mentioned, you just can't go wrong with these set of strings
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Great tone

By: Brady      Submitted: 3/28/2023

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Product Review Sounds great. Excelent playability! Feels so nice.
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Again. AMS comes through.

By: Chris Ferguson      Submitted: 2/6/2023

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Product Review I've always liked Cobalts. Maybe not for everyone. Super Slinky. Hard to describe. Excellent interaction with the magnets. Work great with active pickups and the sustainiac system as well. Thanks Again AMS, Chris
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Great feeling

By: Chris Smith      Submitted: 1/10/2023

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Product Review Great stings for the price great playability I have always loved Ernie Ball strings you can't go wrong
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They are good strings but B string is same as 9g

By: Simon      Submitted: 9/2/2022

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Product Review B string is the same 11g string as a 9g set, and I see no reason for lighter bottom strings. Since most of your boomer bends are going to be GBandE and the B is the same as 9g set, you get 2 strings that are useful for solos. The lower end strings EAD I see no reason for lighter than 9 unless youre doing a lot of bending on the low end which you probably arent. You will want more tension on low end for better rhythm playing and chords, and you want lighter strings on the top nd for bending vibrato for soloing, so I am not impressed with the same B string as 9g so I just stick with 9g cobalt. These are kind of pointless. In fact they kind of suck. Just stick with 9’s or find a set with lower than 11g on the B string. Because thats probably what you want, easier bending and vibrato. I like cobalts but they screwed up on these.
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My 'Go To' set for E Standard and Drop D

By: Larry      Submitted: 1/25/2022

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Product Review I have this set on 4 of my 8 guitars and love the feel of the extra tension on the wound strings.
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Excellent string's

By: Michael Fortson      Submitted: 1/5/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Excellent string's producing high out put. These string's usually last me 6 months
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Good strings

By: Darvin      Submitted: 12/9/2021

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Product Review These strings have great tone but when there done there done
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Excellent strings

By: AK Guitar Man      Submitted: 11/11/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.

Product Review These are my favorite strings. I highley recommend
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Never Again

By: DeWayne Hyatt      Submitted: 9/5/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.

Product Review I have used Ernie Ball strings exclusively for the last 53 years. However after finding numerous packs of rusty strings from my last bulk purchase I contacted Ernie Ball's customer service. They responded immediately saying they took rusty strings seriously and asked for pictures and details in order to "properly compensate me" (their offer, all I had requested was a use by date so I would never find myself saddled with 3 dozen+ unusable packs of rusty strings.) I submitted the proof they asked for and I'm still waiting some 3 months later to hear back from them. Ernie Ball has done nothing but lie to me and ignore the problem. I will not be using their strings again after this experience.
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If you need to brighten your tone here ya go!!

By: Nick D'Orazio      Submitted: 8/19/2021

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Product Review I've been using them sense they came out,a pair of these and some mogami cables and my tone is just amazing!don't think twice you get what you pay for here!
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Big difference in tones and feel

By: Steve      Submitted: 5/14/2021

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Product Review I put 10s on my fender instead of 9s to my ear they sound richer and give me a little more bass which I like. They also seem to stay in tune longer. I will definitely use them again
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Excellent Tone!

By: Don Kuchta      Submitted: 4/25/2021

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I find the Ernie Ball Colt strings to have excellent tone and durability. I’ve been using EB strings for decades.
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HAVE TO TRY THESE

By: LIFE-AFTER      Submitted: 4/9/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review The tone from these strings are outstanding ?? ???? thumbs way up
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Last forever, excellent tone

By: Phil Uselman      Submitted: 3/26/2021

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Product Review Put them on, stretch them out for a few minutes and enjoy them longer than normal strings... with incredible feel and sound... a must try. Makes all of my guitars sound so much better!
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Favorite strings

By: Daniel      Submitted: 2/27/2021

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Product Review Just like all of the Ernie Ball Cobalt, I love these strings. I've always used Ernie Ball, but ever since the Cobalt strings came out some years back, that is pretty much all I've used. The definitely have more output, but also seem easier to bend, and seem to last a bit longer than their regular strings. I don't anticipate using any other type of string any time soon.
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I won’t use any other

By: Justin      Submitted: 2/1/2021

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Product Review Awesome response on my active pickups and passive I have multiple electric guitars and Ernie ball cobalt 9s are the strings for me
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Quality

By: Jimmy      Submitted: 12/9/2020

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Product Review Love the tone and quality of these strings
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Will do in a pinch

By: Kyle      Submitted: 11/6/2020

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Product Review These strings are good, but not great. Responsive and bright for the first week of playing with them on, but they don’t last much longer after that.
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Would recommend

By: S.A.      Submitted: 7/4/2020

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Product Review I really like the feel of these strings. If you don’t mind spending a tad more.
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Love these strings!

By: Kristoffer      Submitted: 6/10/2020

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Product Review First off, I love Cobalts because they bring out the best in my stock epiphone pickups. I have tried many gauges and they all sound great. I am drawn too some of the thicker gauge styles. I am primarily a bass player so the BEEFY and Heavy Bottom gauges are my favorite. Love the big sound they deliver.
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Used for about a week now, good strings

By: Antman      Submitted: 6/6/2020

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Product Review I got some of the 09s and the 10s, they are pretty good at first I was worried they were gonna be a bit stiff but they broke in really well. They have a nice tone, its almost metallic is the best way I can describe it a nice crunch/pop to your power chords, i typically use ernie ball
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Simply the best all around

By: Fender61      Submitted: 6/1/2020

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Product Review I’ve tried about every other string brand out there. Always end up putting the Slinky’s back on. But hey, what do I know - only been playing guitar for 30 years.
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Great feel and long lasting!!!!

By: Mario Benavidez      Submitted: 5/18/2020

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Bought these for me because I sweat a lot when I lay and it kills strings. Three weeks so far and the strings are like new. Found the perfect solution!!
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Cobalt strings are hot.

By: Nick Reed      Submitted: 4/27/2020

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Product Review Love the tone quality of these strings. They sound great. Would recommend them to my friends.
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Cobalt Slinky strings

By: Scott      Submitted: 4/27/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Thes string provide a tighter, more powerful bass. And, they last longer than regular strings. A good value at the price.
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Drop D

By: Chugoholik      Submitted: 2/27/2020

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Product Review Work great for drop D and stay in tune we’ll even when fresh on guitar
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Works fine

By: Jody Holland      Submitted: 1/17/2020

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Product Review I really don't notice the any difference between these and the regular slinky I know their Cobalt but don't really know how much benefits it really has works fine tho
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Only thing I uss

By: Matt      Submitted: 12/10/2019

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Product Review Great strings, these are on all of my guitars. Highly recommend.
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great strings

By: Johnny      Submitted: 6/25/2019

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Product Review Love Ernie Ball strings great sound out of them best strings ever.
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Beautiful sound

By: S Dutta      Submitted: 4/6/2019

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Product Review Love the strings.from ams,they have a great sound .any thing from heavy metal to clean tones an after they settled in hardly ever have to tune my guitar
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Great strings

By: LarryF      Submitted: 12/27/2018

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Product Review Really great sounding strings!
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I love these strings!

By: Gareth Croson      Submitted: 11/27/2018

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Product Review Nice.
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Love them

By: Kevin B      Submitted: 11/22/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Smooth feel and great tone. Been playing for 20 + years and these are the best strings I've had
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Have not had a chance to try yet

By: Jason F      Submitted: 9/27/2018

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Product Review Seem great
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LOVE these!

By: Manic      Submitted: 9/27/2018

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Product Review I was nervous to try them when I first heard of them, but I've been using them since I first tried them. They sound great take bending nicely and stay "fresh" longer!
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Did NOT like them at all

By: Papa Joe      Submitted: 9/12/2018

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Product Review I did not like them at all. Being made of cobalt they were very stiff feeling strings, sounded too bright and tinny. They were hard on the fingers and my concern over them cutting into and wearing grooves in my frets bars prompted me to remove them right away and replace them with Ernie Ball nickel compound supper slinkies, (Pink Pack), which I like very much for all of the opposite reasons.
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Great product

By: Sid Snyder      Submitted: 7/3/2018

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Product Review These strings feel smooth & sound bright for a long time
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Great Strings! Worth The Extra Money.

By: Manuel Riojas Jr      Submitted: 6/27/2018

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Product Review I normally don't buy more expensive strings but A.M.S was having a 2 for 1 deal on these so i bought them. I'm hooked. They feel way better, sound better and last longer. Well worth spending a little more for the quality.
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I'm glad to buy strings that I don't have to change as often.

By: Jon Burke      Submitted: 6/27/2018

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Product Review I like these better than the strings I have been using for years.
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Great product

By: Cap      Submitted: 6/27/2018

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Product Review Great strings for the money
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Perfect strings for my Strat

By: Dean C from Arkansas      Submitted: 6/27/2018

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Product Review The strings feel really good...good bending.
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Quality Strings For A Working Guitar Player

By: Keni Melby      Submitted: 6/26/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great strings. I’ve recently switched from another brand and will continue to use these going forward! I recommend any serious player to give them a try! Nice chime quality to their sound. They are not too bright but just enough definition and body that make my guitar a pleasure to play!
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Great strings !

By: Jeff S.      Submitted: 6/26/2018

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Product Review I've been using these strings for quite some time now. The 9's and 10's. I love the tone in the longevity.
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Love these strings.

By: Joe Perez      Submitted: 10/25/2017

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I've been using slinkys for a long while, then I heard about the cobalt strings. As soon as I put them on my Gibson and started to play I became a fan of these strings. They have a more metallic sound, and a longer sustain plus you can bend the crap out of em. Hope this helps.
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Clean and bright

By: Dave Schulien      Submitted: 12/5/2016

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Product Review Just put them on one guitar, very happy, but I'm hard on strings. We'll have to see how long they last compared to standard strings.
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I am hooked.

By: Greg      Submitted: 11/26/2016

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Product Review I am skeptical of some of the advertising claims, but these are the best for me. Definite big gain in output. I use on my LP and Rick. I like the feel. Stay in tune. I bend the hell out of them. Better tone than regular slinkys and other brands that I tried. Slight guitar setup change for pickup and intonation. Now I buy them by the stack. I don't know how long they would last, much longer than regular strings, but I change them because I have an OCD thing about it. They are worth the few extra dollars. I gave away all my other sets of strings.
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Finally found the right string for my stock Gibson.

By: scottpaine_69      Submitted: 9/8/2015

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Product Review I recently purchased a 2015 Gibson Les Paul Classic. I'm leaving it stock and not changing the pickups. It has a 57 classic neck and super 57 bridge which is low out put for me because my other les pauls have EMG ZW 81/85 actives. I finally tried the Ernie Ball Hybrid Cobalt Slinkys .09 to .46 and they a perfect for my passive pickups in my stock Gibson I went through 3 types of strings and multiple brands including my go to on my other les pauls (GHS BOOMERS) but the Ernie Ball Cobalts are by far the best for the vintage output of the passive pickups. My guitar is no has a muddy low end on high gain and the cut through with the mids and highs. The guitar sounds tight and rings much longer. The range of sound is amazing and the cobalt reacts better with the magnets of the pickups which makes it sound like you are playing a hotter pickup without swapping out the pickups. I know people are saying they last a long time but I change strings once a month. They Stay in tune very well.
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My Favorite choice

By: AMK      Submitted: 7/28/2015

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Product Review These are my favorite strings, I like the feel of wound strings. They have a nice bite or grip that you just can't beat. Keep em clean and your in business. Sound is amazing, some of the coated strings you can get the howl but it is a muffled howl compared to these. Rock on.
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Pricey but good.

By: RedWineKline      Submitted: 6/18/2015

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Product Review I'd give 5 stars if they were a buck cheaper. They stay in tune well, but most strings do on my favorite guitars. I have friends that play these strings exclusively and according to them they really do go longer before corrosion is an issue. I just hate paying ten bucks a pack.
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Amazing feel & sustain

By: Eric Lawyer      Submitted: 3/4/2015

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Product Review Reduced finger noise, enhanced sustain and tone that kills!
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Best sounding strings out there!!

By: Johnny Cool      Submitted: 12/29/2014

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I have over 20 guitars and I use different strings for different guitars, but since I started using cobalts about 6 months ago I've begun switching most of my guitars to them. They have wayyyy more definition and full tone then any string currently out there...try em , you'll believe it too!
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No doubt these strings are unique!

By: Maestro Deathstomp      Submitted: 12/5/2014

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Product Review First off the claim Ernie ball makes is high output and clarity. Both completely true! This is notable especially on the wound strings. I had to pretty drastically change lower pickups away from the wound strings. But once I made adjustments considering the cobalt material interacts differently...whamo!!!...they sounded amazing! Now another noteworthy thing about cobalts on the wound strings- they do feel different. A little gritty not quite as smooth. A new set stabilizes really quickly as well! All in all a very unique string set. I had to go back to the drawing board a bit, setup wise, because they're so unique. It was with it for me! I have been using them exclusively.
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Well worth the $

By: CJ      Submitted: 10/28/2014

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Product Review Started using the cobalts about 6 months ago. Love 'em. Once they are broke in they stay in tune longer than other strings I've tried. They feel good under the fingers, have a nice warm clear tone and don't wear out very quickly.
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Everything EB claims and more!

By: Jimmy Johnson from Scotia, NY      Submitted: 6/11/2014

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Product Review I've been a fan of Earnie Ball strings since I started playing almost 35 years ago. I've used the Nickel Wound Slinkys pretty-much consistently. I tried these, however, on a new Ibanez guitar just to see if I could get a more unique tone. And I achieved just that! Excellent!!! Nice, smooth. I always use 10's. I put these on my guitar and I feel like I'm using 9's... bends are much easier and the general "under-the-finger" feel is just lighter. This is where these strings really hit!!! It's so hard to REALLY explain... it's deeper, but with added brightnes and no loss of mids either. It's almost as if the string knows what you're going to play and increases just the right EQ for that note. I've been able to get tones out of my current guitar/strings/amp that I've not been able to achieve from any other setup - sustain and controlled feedback are phenomenal as well! Most definitely!!! You just have to experience these for yourself.
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Well worth the money.

By: Chip      Submitted: 3/25/2014

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Product Review Love these strings. I use them on both my Les Paul and SG. Well made. Not as soft or smooth a feel as coated strings. Natural wound 80/20 mix kicks a$$ for tonal quality. Yep!
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Better than most!

By: Nathan J LaChapelle      Submitted: 1/16/2014

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Product Review Very nice strings, great feel. The tone of these strings doesn't differ much from the other Ernie Ball Slinky's I've tried. I have tried Ernie Ball Not-Even-Slinky and these Super Slinkys are MUCH better for the tone I need. These strings are super soft and silky and great for soloing! A nice bright tone for all music genres, from country to metal! Yes
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Great Strings...even better than Blue Steel

By: Patrick Armstead from Huntington, WV USA      Submitted: 12/9/2013

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There really is a difference !

By: Darin from United States      Submitted: 7/25/2013

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Your general opinion of this product. At first, I was reluctant to pay 10 bucks for a set of strings. Ya know, how many times can they reinvent the wheel? BUT, they really did it. These strings last longer and really do sound better. Try them yourself. Take a Cobalt string and tie it on beside a different type and then let your ears prove it. Very dependable and long lasting. I play at least 35 hours per week plus which normally means changing strings every two weeks. Not anymore! N/A Tone like no other string I`ve ever used in 20 years N/A N/A These strings last longer and sound better than any I`ve ever used.
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Good for ya

By: Mike from USA      Submitted: 7/4/2013

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Your general opinion of this product. Arrive quick as usual from AMS. Always fun to come home from work and have a box waiting for you..even it is guitar strings. Superior strings sweet Snappy snap Action jackson
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Loud strings

By: D Trujillo      Submitted: 3/27/2013

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So far these strings are great for my application. I use them on a Goldtone GT-750 6 string electric banjo. The signal is loud and clear. Seem to wear and hold their tone well. Your general opinion of this product. I like the product. Work will with my application. strings keep their tone.
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best

By: Steve D      Submitted: 1/6/2013

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Your general opinion of this product. best strings i have ever used. period.
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Some of the best strings ever

By: Jamell Richardson      Submitted: 11/5/2012

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Yes very dependable, sometimes i dont change my strings for 5 & 6 months at a time and it still have the same clarity great Your general opinion of this product. Recommend to any guitarist Feels great Whatever guage you choose. there strings Great