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Indulge in the world of lower tunings with the Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky Guitar Strings (12-56). Crafted by the string virtuosos at Ernie Ball, these strings are meticulously engineered to cater to the lower tunings often preferred by metal musicians, while maintaining a harmonious tone and slinky feel. These strings are not only about the sound; they provide the perfect tension for drop D, drop C, and other detuned tunings.
The Not Even Slinky set encapsulates an optimal balance of tonal brightness and darkness when detuned, thanks to the nickel-plated steel wrap wire and tin-plated hex core wire. These strings ensure that your notes ring out clearly with minimal fret buzz, making them the perfect companion for your drop tuning adventures.
Maintaining the signature slinky feel Ernie Ball is renowned for, these strings provide a familiar and fast feel, offering nimble fretting and bending. Whether you're accustomed to standard or lighter gauge sets, the playability of these detuned-focused strings will make you feel right at home.
With Ernie Ball's strict manufacturing standards and precision, these strings promise consistency, long life, and corrosion resistance. Restringing is kept to a minimum, so you can focus on what matters most - playing your music.
Key Features:
- Ideal string tension for drop D, drop C and other detuned tunings
- Nickel-plated steel wrap wire and tin-plated hex core wire for balanced tone
- Signature 'Slinky' feel for nimble fretting and bending
- Precision manufactured for consistency and long life
- Gauges: .012, .016, .024, .032, .044, .056
Videos
Science of Loud
String Gauges: What is Right For You?
String Gauges: What is Right For You?
Science of Loud
What Guitar Strings Are Right For You? | Ernie Ball
GAK
Ernie Ball Electric Guitar Strings Comparison - The Ultimate Strings Demo!
Guitar World
Strings comparison - Ernie Ball 12-56 Not Even Slinky vs. Cobalt
Alex S
Best Strings for Drop C (and Why!)
Conor Rocks
Ernie Ball 12-56 guitar strings on LTD-EC256 | How its sounds.
Patrick Pigi
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Based on 13 Reviews and 54 Ratings
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Fat Strings
You will need these if you intend to play drop C or lower. They are very fat and will not rattle in low tunings. If you can bend well on these you can bend on anything. They also sound fine in standard tuning.
2464
best 12 string set
I string my 12 strings with (except the Stella Harmony because the strings on it are original to when I bought it) this set as there are thick and nice and I love them. 1000% recommend.
5668
detune? no way
I use these for a fair different tunings I tend to change gauges for playing rhythm or lead 11s/12s rhythm 9s/10s for leads seem to be rhythm and sing at the moment
197
Down Tuning Like A Pro
I used these on my Epi Les Paul Gothic and Squier Telecaster for down tuning to Drop C - B. Great sustain, great tone.
Good for downtuning
Leanne Trachy prefers to downtune a whole and half step down for a lot applications. She overall also prefers the thickness and and tensity of thicker strings.
118
For optimal detuning
So these strings are strings I use for my Ibanez. For a much heavier tone, and a much richer tone. If you want to drop-tune your guitar to anything, these are the strings to get. Because if you use a lighter gauge, the strings will get really f**ked up and the tension will be weird and it'll ultimately screw up your neck to the point where you would need a professional to fix it.
1148
Good Strings
The Ernie Ball not even slinky is a great guitar strings, its comfortable, heavy, but my strings got rusty in a short time so that's kinda makes me sad about this strings, but they're still good and and its nice to play it.
2008
The best for DropC tuning
I love Drop-C tuning, and this strings set have been always my choice. From 1 step down to Drop-C, never had problems using it, and it always sound great! Nice feel, good response and never going out of tune.
2512
Definitely best for detune
Strings should only be used if the player is planning on playing on Eb tuning or lower. These are not to be fiddled with at all. Great for a very deep (almost baritone) sound for a guitar, but not something I would consider strumming.
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In this video, at around 2:40, John is talking about using Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky (.12-.56) for C standard tuning.
At 3:06 in the video, it clearly shows these strings.
At around 14:30 in the video, Lee's guitar tech shows the strings used on his guitar, showing a pack of 12-56 strings and that he "gets rid of the 56 and then we replace it with an 80 custom gauge set"
Kurt mentions at a rig rundown with premier guitar that his number to 64 Fender jaguar was having some tuning issues so he uses other strings along with not even slinkys instead of the beefy slinkys on that guitar
I asked him what strings he used and that was his answer
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In an Instagram post titled "String Guide 2021 🎥," Ryan Bruce discusses his use of Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky Guitar Strings (12-56), providing insight into his string preferences.
According to Reba, she uses Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky strings.
When asked on his stream, he said these are the strings he used (July 2021)
"I use these strings for drop A tuning"- Ricky Olson
In this video for Premier Guitar Neil talks about strings. He states that he uses the not even slinkys on his guitars. Neil claims these strings are great for drop tunings. He likes these strings because ADTR tends to tune to drop c or lower. These srring guages are the perfect tension for his style and tone of playing
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In this Instagram post, Matthew Caws is shown to keep Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky strings in his guitar case.
Guitar strings I use on this bad boy that I've always used on my previous guitars are the Not Even Slinkys. Got a nice heavy 56 and 12s at the bottom. I've always loved these strings because if I want to get a ballsy, heavy tone out of it, they're awesome to play, super easy to rock around on. When you match that with the StingRays, you know, you can't really go wrong
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If you do not like the feeling of the plain .24 gauge g string of the not even slinkys. Get the magnum slinkys which feature a wound .22 gauge g string. Night and day difference for some.
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