Ernie Ball EB-2220 Power Slinky Electric Guitar Strings – bold .011-.048 gauge, nickel-plated steel wrap, hex-core punch
The moment these Power Slinky .011-.048 strings snap onto your bridge, the guitar barks with a thicker-bodied growl that has fuelled Slash, Metallica and Kenny Wayne Shepherd riffs for decades. Thanks to a precision-wound nickel-plated steel wrap hugging a perfectly centred hexagonal core, every note leaps out with muscular mids, glassy highs and a low end tight enough to stop a drummer in mid-fill. Bend the plain .011 and you’ll still feel buttery give, yet dig into the bass side and palm-mutes land like cannon shots—ideal for rock power-chords, down-picked blues shuffles or drop-D detours that need to stay articulate, not floppy.
Ernie Ball tempers each tin-plated high-carbon plain string to survive nightly two-step bends, then micro-polishes the nickel wrap so slides glide without finger-squeak. The gauge spread balances tremolo springs, keeps intonation locked and feeds magnetic pickups a hotter signal without the brittle edge of stainless steel. In clean passages chords bloom with harmonic overtones; crank the gain and the added mass drives tubes into velvet compression without losing dynamic headroom. Sealed inside an airtight foil pouch, the set arrives factory-fresh—no tarnish, no loss of zing.
Choose Power Slinky through Elit Music and tap into over 30 years of expertise plus Europe-wide fast shipping, personalised set-up tips and a catalogue that covers every sonic adventure. String up, strike an open E, and feel why heavier never has to mean sluggish.
specifications tehnice
Series: Power Slinky
Model: EB-2220
Wound strings: nickel-plated steel wrap, hex-shaped steel core
Plain strings: tin-plated tempered high-carbon steel
Gauges: .011 .014 .018 .028 .038 .048
Tension feel: medium-heavy punch
Tone profile: strong mids, tight lows, singing highs
Packaging: hermetically sealed foil
Made in: Coachella Valley, California USA
