Dean Markley

Gearwire Gallery is back after a brief absence. First up is this somewhat confusing image from Dean Markley. We are still puzzled by the correlation between vikings and bass strings.

Bill Holland Is this...  

Guitarists, hobbyists to professionals, tend to take one of two views on guitar strings. They are obsessive over them or they don't care and change them biannually. Gearwire did a completely unbalanced and unscientific...  

It's 1992 again in the Gallery. The magazine is Guitar Player and the company is Dean Markley pushing their Blue Steel bass strings. Pictured is one Vail Johnson, bass player for noted soprano-saxophone Smoove-Jazz titan...  

Dean Markley strings knew better than to challenge D'Addario on their home turf. As Gearwire Gallery readers know, in the 1980s and 90s D'Addario was the undisputed king of movie spoof concepts in their print ads. Loyal...  

Jennifer Batten? Today we see what Dean Markley Blue Steel guitar strings spent their endorsement dollars on in 1993. Ms. Batten, possibly fresh off the road as sideperson to Michael Jackson stares off into the future...