Ernie Ball

The grime that come from your finger, as well as your attempts to "cook" you bass strings in a boiling pot of water shorten its life as well as eats a chunk out of your wallet. You can forget all about that as Ernie Ball will be introducing its new set of Coated Slinky Bass Strings at this Summer's NAMM.  

Anyone familiar with Dream Theater knows that John Petrucci needs a guitar that won't explode because his fingers are made out of magic. He dipped into the Ball Family Reserve for a guitar that could handle Dream Theater's hour long virtu-opuses.  

The new Ernie Ball Family Reserve line introduces artist-specified custom designs -- like the Stuart Smith double-neck Silhouette -- to a consumer market. That is, a consumer-who-can-drop-5-G's-on-a-guitar market.  

Crash Romeo hail from New Jersey and play what they unapologetically call "Pop-Punk." The band's bassist, Steve Matthews, tells Gearwire what he uses and why.  

Gather your bandmates and prepare to be decaffeinated by J. Irving-Giles and the Monsters of Coffee in the 12th Ernie Ball/Music Man Battle of the Bands.  

Ernie Ball is known for two things: strings, and the MusicMan instruments they release. Josh Hines of Cook County Ramblers tells us why he chose the Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray for his round bass sound.  

Ernie Ball is auctioning off a one of a kind "Global Warming Guitar" with some incredibly detailed designs. All of this talk about Global Warming is balderdash. though, the rising temperatures seem to coincide more with my unfathomably hot winning streak than "science." By the way, I'm going to win this auction.  

Longer life through the perfect combination of metals? I swear, with each passing year, the guitar string manufacturing industry begins to more and more resemble old-school alchemy.  

Guitarists, hobbyists to professionals, tend to take one of two views on guitar strings. They are obsessive over them or they don't care and change them biannually. Gearwire did a completely unbalanced and unscientific...  

The Ernie Ball crew went costume crazy at Winter NAMM this year. Lots of spandex, outrageous wigs, and leather jackets. Ernie Ball rep Adam Gainey stopped teasing out his faux-hawk long enough to talk to Gearwire about EB...  

Winter NAMM 2007 is many things to many people. For some, it's the opportunity to make an impression in the music marketplace. Many small, struggling companies put their best foot forward at NAMM and hope for the best. Larger,...  

The Ernie Ball company invented the rock and roll guitar string when they introduced their trademark Slinkys in the early 1960s. Ten years ago, they again led the pack when they registered the choice internet domain name...  

Ernie Ball/Music Man gives Gearwire viewers a sneak peek at their latest wah-wah pedal. Grab a hanky and check out Gearwire's Ernie Ball Wah sneek peak video for the tear-jerking inside scoop. ...  

Not since the days of Michael Anthony have the time-honored rock-n-roll traditions of bass playing and boozing found such harmonious union. Yep, its the Ernie Ball/Music Man Dargie Delight limited edition martini-olive bass!...