type private industry musical instruments founded 1972 founder dean markley headquarters 17505 n. 79th ave suite 307 glendale arizona 85308 key people lori mccallian ; ceo john weaver ; partner ceo blackhawk management group inc products instrument strings acoustic guitar pickups musical instrument accessories number of employees 20 est website deanmarkley.com dean markley strings is a company that manufactures musical instrument related products primarily strings for acoustic and electric guitars classical guitars and bass guitars . the company also produces pick ups amplifiers and tuners with instrument strings being their feature product . 1 contents 1 history 2 blue steel guitar strings 3 references 4 external links history edit before starting the company dean markley was a music store owner . in 1972 he began selling string designs he came up with himself through experimentation . his first breakthrough into success was when he created the voice box effects pedal used by peter frampton in his smash hit show me the way . 2 blue steel guitar strings edit one of dean markley s recent notable innovations are blue steel guitar and bass strings which are cryogenically frozen with liquid nitrogen to make them last longer . 3 references edit our products deanmarkley.com dean markley strings inc.hoovers.com dean markley bronze hits 20 thefreelibrary.com external links edit dean markley interview for namm oral history program 2007 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dean markley usa & oldid 739276227 categories musical instrument makers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages polski edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 19 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view