Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky guitar strings
The Ernie Ball 2626 Not Even Slinky belongs to the range of guitar strings that made the Ernie Ball name known around the world. This electric guitar string set comes from a long history in which the brand became closely linked to the development of lighter string sets and sets with an unwound G string.
If you are searching for Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky guitar strings, you are looking at a model name that clearly connects to the famous Slinky family. Within that line, Ernie Ball has been a familiar name among guitarists for decades.
The background of Ernie Ball 2626
Behind Ernie Ball is Roland Sherwood “Ernie” Ball, born in 1930 in Santa Monica, California. Music had already played an important role in his family for generations. As a teenager, he was already working professionally as a steel guitarist in the Los Angeles area, and later he played with Tommy Duncan among others. During the Korean War, he performed with the U.S. Air Force Band.
After returning to Los Angeles, Ernie Ball played local stages and appeared on television in the “Doyle O’Dell’s Western Varieties Show.” That visibility led to studio work and teaching. In 1958, he then opened a guitar store in Tarzana, California.
Why the Slinky line became so well known
With the rise of the electric guitar, Ernie Ball saw that many guitarists would benefit from a set with a lighter, unwound G string instead of the wound G string that was standard at the time. When major brands showed no interest, he had custom sets produced himself in 1962 and sold them under the Ernie Ball name in his own store.
Later, he noticed that some players were putting together even lighter combinations themselves, for example by using banjo strings as the high E and replacing the low E with an A string. Based on that, he had a similar set made and named it Ernie Ball Slinkys. Those strings quickly became popular with stores and guitarists across America.
An established name in electric guitar strings
In the early seventies, Ernie Ball strings were used by well-known names such as Jimmy Hendrix, Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Since then, the company has continued to grow into a major string manufacturer with factories in multiple locations.
The Ernie Ball 2626 Not Even Slinky carries that name and tradition. If you are looking for a string set from the well-known Ernie Ball Slinky series, this is a model that is immediately recognizable within the range. At Magna Music, you can also count on advice from people who work with guitars and accessories themselves, which is helpful when comparing different Ernie Ball string sets.
