does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message daisy rock girl guitars type private industry musical instruments founded 2000 founder tish ciravolo headquarters van nuys california usa area served global key people tish ciravolo ron manus products daisy rock and debutante by daisy rock website http www.daisyrock.com daisy rock girl guitars is a girl guitar company founded in 2000 by tish ciravolo . daisy rock girl guitars has instruments available in over 26 countries worldwide and the company is co owned and distributed by alfred music publishing . company history edit tish ciravolo credits her oldest daughter nicole for inspiring her to create daisy rock girl guitars . when nicole was one and a half years old she drew a picture of a daisy while coloring with her mother . tish was inspired to draw a guitar neck and headstock on the picture . she developed the design and took it to her husband michael ciravolo the president of schecter guitar research . schecter had grown under michael s leadership from its original roots as a small instrument parts company in the 1970s and 1980s into a major guitar manufacturer . early schecter endorsees included michael s old friend robert de leo from stone temple pilots as well as artists like prince . the resulting first model the daisy guitar debuted in november 2000 at seattle s rockgrl conference . during the conference musician courtney love saw the guitar and liked it so much she graciously gave her stamp of approval with an autograph . within two years the company went from a brand new guitar manufacturer with only 75 guitars to sales of over 400 000 by the end of 2002 . daisy rock entered into a partnership agreement with alfred music publishing the world s largest educational music publisher . under this agreement alfred became the co owner and distributor of daisy rock girl guitars . sales in 2003 grew 150 % surpassing the 1 million mark . in 2004 sales doubled again surpassing the 2 million mark . in 2005 sales reached 2.5 million . as of 2010 daisy rock has sold 175 000 units . needs update references edit external links edit official website v t e alfred music behind the player behind the player blasko behind the player duff mckagan behind the player fieldy behind the player john 5 behind the player mike inez behind the player munky behind the player paul gray behind the player robbie merrill behind the player shannon larkin behind the player stephen perkins behind the player tim skold behind the player tommy clufetos related daisy rock girl guitars tish ciravolo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title daisy rock girl guitars & oldid 743513669 categories guitar manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies based in los angeleshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2014all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parameterswikipedia articles in need of updating from september 2014 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 add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 37 . 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