Ernie Ball 2625

Great quality with good clean sound

I've been using these strings for the past few years, I've never had a string snap, and the sound is beautiful as always.

Nice Sound

I move from this gauge .74 (F#) to .80 . . . Better tension and definition.

Great for standard/slightly-dropped

Typical Ernie Ball quality, they hold up well to a good beating and last quite a while if you wipe them down after playing.

Tension-wise, depending on your scale length, they hold up totally fine for standard 8-string tuning and hold up quite well at half a step down.

Drop E and the like they get a little flubby but otherwise, perfectly fine strings for an 8.

Very good 8 string set. They are like skinny top-heavy bottom for 8 stringer. If you like the set 10-52 for your 6 stringer, the EB 2625 will be perfect for your 8 string axe, either for F# or drop tunnings!

8 string Ernie Ball set

Strings fit a 27" scale guitar perfectly. The tension on some string is a little unbalanced, but that doesn't affect the playing very much.

Bright, long lasting strings

The Ernie Ball 2625 string set for was one of the first on the market for 8 string players, and as with all EB strings they are bright, smooth and long lasting. Upon purchase of an eight string I was reasonably skeptical regarding one of the major manufacturers getting the gauges right, and resigned myself to mixing and matching to get the desired tensions. I was therefor pleasantly surprised to find the 2625 set absolutely bang on! That said, scale length and tuning become serious factors... tuning too much below standard on anything under a 27inch scale length may present a very floppy 8th string. However, swapping out the supplied .74 for a .80 single string is no huge inconvenience.

Recording with Slinky‘s is always a joy, and this set is no exception, retaining a natural feel and long lasting tonality. When swapping out the 8th string (another manufacturer - no names mentioned!) that string becomes dull and indistinct on average twice as quickly as the rest of the set.

So Ernie Ball does it again - although on reflection perhaps the .74 could be increased a little to cover all bases...