Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom
Thought typically a faithful D’Addario man, I’ve made a switch, atleast for the time being, to Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom
These strings, gauged .010, .013, .017, .030, .042 and .052, give me awesome slinkage for maximum bendiness, while preserving that fat chunkocity I’ve come to love .013 gauge D’Addarios for.
My only complaint is the unwound third, but I’m slowly getting used to that. That, and the fact that I stopped earning D’addario Players Points when I switched… and I’m only 3 sets of strings away from getting this pint glass!
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You’ve been using a wound G on your electrics? Whoa!
I go back to the days of buying a Super Slinky set for under $3, and the sets included an extra B & high E.
Do they still do that?
I’ve been using D’Addarios for over 20 years.
Unfortunately they don’t give you the extra 1st and 2nd anymore…
and yeah, I’ve gotten used to a wound 3rd… the unwound just seems to give me too much feedback and too many harmonics (I never thought I’d say such a thing…)
I haven’t noticed these before they are kind of similar to the Zakk Wylde GHS Boomers, although I think one of his custom sets goes down to 60 or something crazy! I’ve always been a fan of Ernie Ball’s though as they were the first set of strings I bought 20 years ago!