“I’ve always said that I don’t play the guitar, I play the strings”: Ernie Ball and John Mayer team up for signature Silver Slinky guitar strings in a unique gauge that could be the Goldilocks option between heavy and light

Ernie Ball John Mayer Silver Slinky electric guitar strings.

Ernie Ball has unveiled its latest signature electric guitar string set, and has been developed with and for the blues-pop superstar John Mayer that is a first for the brand, arriving in a custom gauge it describes as “unique’.

Now, there comes a time in every guitar player’s life where they begin to question whether their strings are the right gauge or not.