I've been playing electric guitar and bass with Ernie Ball strings all my life. Out of curiosity and for comparison, I've tried other brands, but I've always come back to Ernie Ball. These Mega Slinkys in particular offer what I was looking for: a middle ground between regular and power strings (which I use on short-scale guitars). But on Stratocaster and Tele, long live the Mega Slinkys.