John Mayer and Ernie Ball have announced the Silver Slinky electric guitar string set – a new signature set that brings a previously unavailable string gauge that Mayer himself has been playing for the past few years to the masses.

John Mayer has added to his growing list of signature gear with the release of a custom gauge Ernie Ball string set. Called Silver Slinky as a nod to his best-selling Silver Sky PRS, the esteemed bluesman has revealed the set has been in development for several years, calling the final result “the ultimate set for my playing style”.

Whether or not you agree with the assertion that Mayer plays the strings or the guitar – or both – his signature set runs from 10.5-47 and will be a crowd-pleaser for players in-between gauges