Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings - 9-46 Gauge

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Hybrid guitar strings are made by some of the biggest brands in the business, including Ernie Ball, D’Addario, Elixir and Curt Mangan. Catering for this growing audience is obviously important, and many brands are experimenting with the gauges that they offer to meet demand.

Something that a lot of guitarists will experiment with are string gauges, as they can dramatically affect the feel and sound of their instruments. And trust us, there’s plenty to choose from! Light Guitar Strings First and foremost, Ernie Ball makes the best strings. When you factor in cost and quality, they're just the best. As light gauge strings have a thinner construction, they typically sound brighter and more articulate too. This is another quality that country players adore about skinny strings. To most guitar players, 9-42 and 8-38 gauge strings are considered “light”. Heavy Guitar Strings Guitars with longer scale lengths put the strings under more tension compared to guitars with shorter scale lengthsIn addition to our Slinky Flatwounds we have our traditional flatwound bass strings. These strings are wound with flat stainless steel wrap and offered in four 4-string gauges and one 5-string gauge.

Essentially, hybrid guitar strings give you the best of both worlds. They typically feature heavy bottom strings and light treble strings. But before we look into why they’re becoming a favoured choice, lets first identify the reasons why there are so many different guitar string gauges available. What’s The Difference Between Guitar String Gauges?Those that are obsessive about finding the perfect setup are particularly sensitive to the gauges of their strings, and therefore finding the best set is subjective as it depends entirely on your particular style and playing demands. However, hybrid guitar strings are definitely on the rise as many musicians are transitioning to them. Some guitarists may also dislike the inconsistency of hybrid guitar strings, whereby the amount of pressure required to bend one string will differ with that of another. The three treble strings will be of a similar tension when tuned to pitch, but if you regularly bend or apply vibrato to your lower strings too, it may be harder to predict how much pressure you’d need to apply for it to sound natural and in tune. Which Brands Make Hybrid Guitar Strings? Ernie Ball, along with George Fullerton, created one of the world's first modern acoustic bass guitars in the early 1970s. In the spirit of that tradition, we offer a set of acoustic bass strings for those acoustic bass players out there. These strings are made from phosphor bronze (92% copper, 7.7% tin, and 0.3% phosphorus) wire wrapped around tin plated hex shaped steel core wire.