Ernie Ball Incorporation

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The Ernie Ball Incorporation is an American guitar and string manufacturer.

Originally founded in 1958 by Ernie Ball in Tarzana , California , the company grew from a small music store to one of the world's best-known manufacturers of strings for electric guitars and basses . Today the company is headquartered in San Luis Obispo , California. In 1980 the company bought the instrument manufacturer Music Man .

Nowadays, Ernie Ball Inc. produces the following strings for electric guitars: Super Slinky , Extra Slinky , Regular Slinky , Power Slinky and Hybrid Slinky . Ernie Ball strings are also available specifically for acoustic guitars . The company also makes strings for electric basses and picks . In 2005 two new types of strings were introduced: a series for Dropped-D ; this includes Beefy Slinky and Not Even Slinky ; the second series was an old rock 'n' roll series that was re-produced. This includes, for example, Super Slinky Rock 'n' Roll Classicswhich have a warmer sound due to a nickel winding instead of steel.

Artists and bands who use Ernie Ball strings (selection)

Steve Vai , Rise Against , Nickelback , Eric Clapton , Ron Wood , Steve Lukather , Steve Morse , Jimmy Page , Angus Young , blink-182 , Angels & Airwaves , Plus44 , Eagles , Evanescence , Green Day , Guns N 'Roses , Iron Maiden , Less Than Jake , Maroon 5 , matchbox twenty , Metallica , MxPx , NOFX , Phantom Planet , Slipknot , Social Distortion , System of a Down , The Used , Linkin Park .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernie Ball Artist Listing

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