Strings, the biggest expense you'll find once you have bought your guitar and equipment. They are of course a necessity, no strings, no music. But the fact that they snap and break and loose their oomph long before that even happens means a regular player will be spending quite a bit of money on a yearly basis on strings alone.

We all know that feel, when you can just tell that the string is on it's way out. Then soon enough you can hear it as that special something is lacking in it's tone and pitch. As with everything in life there are two options when it comes to buying or replacing these temperamental bad boys. You can of course go down the cheap route. Or up the more expensive route where you will find these particular strings smiling at you. I had never heard of this brand before I started to learn the guitar, why would I? I had however heard of Fender, so why not these? I have since learned that the Ernie Ball brand is very well respected in guitar playing circles, especially the very popular gauge of 9 too 42. And it's these 9 too 42 strings that the Ernie Ball brand call their "Super Slinky Strings" I should add that these are for electric guitar use and come in a range of thicknesses (.009, .001, .016, .024, .032 and the thickest string being .042).


Seeing that the thickest string is still relatively thin these don't give off as strong a sound as my guitar playing friend (teacher) would like. He plays a very heavy style of music and wouldn't recommend theses for the more rocky sound. These however he does recommend and I too would recommend for nearly every other style of music. These are described on the packaging as "custom gauge, nickel wound guitar strings" and are made in the USA. The price of these strings can vary dramatically online but the difference won't be as much in your regular music store. These are a very well know name for a good reason. They are a quality product but come with a price tag to match, and when seeing theses may / will need Replacing regularly the cost can really add up.

As I mentioned at the beginning there are other alternatives, lots of them and just because they are not as well known does not mean they won't do the job just as well and remember you won't be stuck with them for life cheap or dear all strings loose their magic sooner than later whatever the price. Amazingly according to dooyoo amazon.co.uk are selling theses for only 58p at the moment so I'm off to but the lot.

Thanks for reading :0) 2night.