Ernie Ball

Ernie Ball in short

Roland Sherwood " Ernie" Ball (1930 - September 9th 2004 at Obispo San Luis in California) the creator of the mark of cord S for guitars Ernie Ball , used for more than forty years by guitarists known such as Jimi Hendrix, Steve Lukather, Steve Vai, Slash, Matthew Bellamy of MUSE, Daron Malakian of System off has had Down, Green Day, Blink 182, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Albert Lee, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Angus Young of AC/DC and much of others.

According to the British type-setter Mo Foster, Ball was the first industrialist in the Années 1950 to notice and exploit the tendency of the users of Electric guitar to use cords of Banjo, more fines and light that the usual cords, in order to improve the jouability of the instrument. That carried out it to develop the sets of sets called “slinky” which became its leading product.

One allots also the development to him of the first low Guitare acoustic modern, introduced under the name “Earthwood” in 1972.

Mr Ernie Ball is deceased the September 9th 2004 at Obispo San Luis.

Artists playing on Ernie Ball

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In Perfect Circle
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Angels and Airwaves
Avenged Sevenfold
Blink 182
Buddy Guy
Clapton Eric
Deftones
Dispatch Mode
Dream Theater
Dweezil Zappa
Eagles off Death Metal
Evanescence
FreAK
Gilbert Paul
Gilmour David/Pink Floyd
Good Charlotte
Guns' N Roses
Hammet Kirk/Metallica
Hazel Jimi/24-7 Spyz
Incubus
Iron Maiden
Jimmy Page
Judas Priest
Lagwagon
Larue Dave
Lee Albert
Levin Tony
Mad Caddies
Maroon 5
Mayer John
Mc Cartney Paul
Metallica
Steve
Morse Motley Crüe
My Chemical Romance
Death
napalm Navarro Dave
Nickelback
Nine Nails
Inch No Doubt
NoFX
Porcupine Tree
Puddle Mud
off Queens Off The Stone Age
R.E.M
Rondat Patrick
Slash
Slipknot
Social Distortion
Sonic Youth
Spinal Tap
Stone Sour
Sugarcult
Switchfoot
System off has Down
The Black Crows
The Darkness
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Distillers
The Fratellis
The Volta
Mars The Rolling Stones
The Used
The Vandals
Thrice
Tool
Townshed Pete/The Who
Bomb
tsunami U2
Vai Steve
Weezer

See too

Music Man

External bonds

the French site Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball/Music Man

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