Majesty

Ernie Ball RPS 10 Slinky 10-46 on the Music Man Majesty is John Petrucci's exact factory-spec rig — the result of a 20+ year partnership between Petrucci, Music Man, and Ernie Ball that produced the Majesty as a holistic instrument-and-string design. The Majesty ships with RPS 10 Slinky as the official factory string, and as the Music Man Majesty product page describes it: "the crisp, articulate tone starts with its Ernie Ball RPS 10 Slinky strings." Petrucci has used Slinky for his entire Dream Theater career — from 'Pull Me Under' through every Liquid Tension Experiment and solo album.

Conventional wisdom: every prog-metal forum upgrades to NYXL 10-46 or Cobalt Slinky 10-46 — the 'higher output' alternatives that promise hotter pickups. Mismatch logic: the RPS variant has reinforced ball-end plain strings — exactly what Petrucci needs for his alternate-picking endurance across 4-hour Dream Theater sets where regular Slinkys would snap on the high E during 'Constant Motion' / 'The Dance of Eternity' shred passages.

Best for serious Majesty owners or prog-metal players who play long sets with aggressive alternate-picking; skip if you don't snap high E strings and prefer NYXL's higher output for stage volume.