Ernie Ball EB-2626 Not Even Slinky electric guitar strings – heavy .012-.056 gauge, nickel-wound, balanced for extreme down-tuning
The first down-stroke on these heavy-gauge .012-.056 nickel-wound strings and the amp reacts like it just gained an extra speaker cabinet: every riff lands with granite certainty, harmonics sparkle instead of fizz and your palm-mutes turn into controlled explosions. Not Even Slinky was engineered for players who live below standard E – from C# doom crunch to B-standard prog runs – yet don’t want the rubbery feel that usually comes with low tunings. A bright nickel-plated steel wrap wire grips a tin-plated hex core so firmly that intonation stays laser-true even when the tremolo bar dives two octaves.
Lean into a bend on the plain .012 and you will feel focused resistance rather than stubbornness; the mid-gauged plains (.016, .024) sit perfectly under fingers for modal lead lines, while the wound trio (.032, .044, .056) delivers enough mass to keep a 25.5″-scale baritone breathing. Slide players love the even output across strings, metal rhythm guitarists love how the extra tension tightens low-end tracking, and studio engineers love the way the alloy’s harmonic spread slots between kick drum and vocals without crowding either. Each micro-polished wrap wire minimises finger squeak under high-gain compression and the natural corrosion resistance of nickel fights sweat through week-long tours.
Every set is sealed in an airtight foil pouch in California’s Coachella Valley, then shipped by Elit Music —a team with over 30 years of real-gig experience—so it lands on your workbench factory-fresh, ready to turn downtuned ideas into earthquake riffs before inspiration cools. Heavy never felt so precise.
These are the technical specifications
Series: Not Even Slinky
Model: EB-2626
Wound strings: nickel-plated steel wrap, tin-plated hex core
Plain strings: tin-plated tempered high-carbon steel
Gauges: .012 .016 .024 .032 .044 .056
Tension feel: heavy, balanced for low tunings
Tone profile: punchy mids, tight lows, clear highs
Packaging: hermetically sealed foil
Made in: California, USA
