I've had the ball end of the high E string unwind on a couple of sets.I've never had an issue on the ball ends of the Cobalts (or Slinky's for that matter) ... if that's an issue for you on your other guitars, I'd check the saddles for burrs or sharp edges (the usual culprits).
If you're having the same issue on the same string at the same place, it's more likely that a sharp edge is digging into the string, breaking it and causing the unraveling. Easiest way to fix that is to smooth out the edge.I've had the ball end of the high E string unwind on a couple of sets.
One of the guitars had a Bigsby vibrato, nothing was cutting into the string, the winding at the ball end just came undone, it happened twice.If you're having the same issue on the same string at the same place, it's more likely that a sharp edge is digging into the string, breaking it and causing the unraveling. Easiest way to fix that is to smooth out the edge.
Very interesting review, thanks for posting the link.
Okay, I'm giving the Cobalts another chance on my non-Floyded guitars. They're certainly much more economical than the Paradigms and they sound as good as the M-Steels.Ok ... but I'm saying you shouldn't need a more reinforced ball end if your guitar has no issues. That's not something that happens to everyone.