Ever Since I first saw the Blue Steel strings in a local music shop for my acoustic I switched to only use the Blue steels for all my guitars. The sound is crisp and sounds great plugged in or unplugged.

They last forever seems like they are smooth too. They strings are just comfortable.

As far as strings go you don't need to change them often and also I haven't broken many of these strings.

Great Quality best sound long life couldn't ask for anything better.

Value for the strings is exceptional I would expect to pay more and these strings and the price has never gone up as far as I can recall.

Active musician

Blues, Classic rock

these strings are the GREATEST! I've been playing guitar for about 10 years now, and I started out with GHS Boomers, which to me had a cheap feel, then I switched to Ernie Ball Slinkys, which broke too easily for my tastes, I tried Fender Bullets for a while and although they seemed to "work" I still felt like something was missing. I picked up a set of these (.009 - .042) and BAM! It's like all of a suddent being in a dark room and someone comes in with a 3000 Candlepower torchlight and shines it directly in your eyes! My highs sparlked, my mids had body, my lows BOOMED out of my amp! I don't know much about what they did to these strings, but I know that I'm NEVER switching!

I got a cool sticker inside the package to go along with the strings!

There were no snags on the strings, they each come in their individual pouches labeled clearly. Overall the packaging clearly helps you along if you should forget which string you're changing next.

If you have money, and you want it to get you something that is greater than or equal to what you pruchase, then THESE are the strings you need! Forget about superstar endorsements, nevermind what the guitar-player-flavor-of-the-month person plays, trust me get yourself a set of these in whatever guage tickles your fancy!

I've never had to use them so I guess I'll give 'em a ten?

Don;t know much about appeal,I DO know that once you hear the sound, you'll NEVER want anything else!

Semi-Professional

Blues / Metal / Psycadelia (think B.B. King Meets Metallica Meets Jimi Hendrix!)

The sound isn't out of the box the best tone ever. The thing is though, I've used over half a dozen different types of strings and I'll only use these ones because the tone lasts for months. That's the difference. No other string has tone that lasts for over a month if you're playing several hours a day.

It comes with a sticker. What more do you want?

This is the thing - the quality is simply the best string out there. Like I said, the tone from these strings last longer than any other string. After a week of playing with other strings (I'm assuming you're either a professional or trying to be a professional musician), your strings will start losing their tone. Not these ones. The tone lasts for over a month of heavy use.

I simply do not understand why these are so cheap. Don't tell Dean Markley that though. I don't want them raising their prices because I buy new strings every month.

Active Musician

Metal

I've been playing electric guitar since 1963, and I've used about every brand on the market - until about 5 years ago, I discovered Blue Steel Custom Lites! I haven't tried any other strings since. These strings are great! They are relatively cheap, and they last forever, but best of all they start out sounding good and end up sounding good! Wouldn't use anything else.

40+ years in and out of bands

Country - Southern Gospel

The best that I've ever used. I use them for multiple applications. Most prominently for Death Metal. They have a nice clean sound and the quality seems to hold for longer than other strings I used.

They will hardly ever break. Like I said before, I play Death Metal which can be really hard on strings. I've had a set of regulars last over two years on my BC Rich. Yeah, I know I shouldn't let the go so long, but I was too poor for a while to afford it. A guy's gotta eat!

I'm really bummed because my local music store only carries the electric ones. I really like them on my acoustic guitar. They seem to sound "clean" and new for longer than any other strings I've used.

Active musician/studiophile

Various - Soft to Hard

The sound of these strings are decent, they stay in tune, and believe it or not, you can actually clean them, Just loosen up your strings and use some glass cleaner on a wash rag, and you can restore about 30 to 40% of the string sound. Keep reading before you decide to order these.

Dean Markley have been my go to string for over 30 years. I use to buy the Blue Steel all the time. they don't take much stretching before they're broke in. very durable, In fact, they're actually to durable. The strings are made out of harder material that the frets. Therefore you're going to wear out your frets from using the blue steel strings. A cheap $300 to a $400.00 guitar, Blue Steel is a good option for something cheap, but a good quality Fender, Gibson or something that costs a lot of money, if you don't want to take it in and have the guitar fretted, I'd suggest Dean Markley Custom Lite Nickel Strings.

Over all sound is good, but not as warm as Nickel strings.

The Blue Steel strings are harder than your frets, they will even clean up and sound great after a month or two, but they will wear out your frets. It won't happen over night, but over time it will destroy them.

These strings make me feel split on them. I used them for years, they always were easy to break in, Held their tone a long time. Never had a problem with constant string breakage. I used the Blue Steel for about 3 solid years on my Les Paul Custom, That Guitar only had a 5 digit serial number on it. It was made in Kalamazoo Mi.Blue Steel Strings damaged my frets after 3 to 4 years. It still played without a problem, but you could visually see the damage that the Blue Steels had done. Nickel Strings aren't as hard as the SS Blue Steel strings, So they won't damage your frets, They're actually warmer sounding than the Blue Steel. But harder to break in, and go dead in about 3 weeks without gigging, and about 1 week if you are gigging.

I've never reached out to Dean Markley personally, But I feel like they're a reputable company. I'd feel 100% confident that they would work with anyone who experienced a problem. However, they won't pay you for fret damages. No string manufacturer will.

Great Guitar Strings for a beginner, or anyone who wants to throw these on a cheap guitar.But Keep In Mind, Stainless Steel is a lot harder metal than those Brass Frets, and they will damage your frets over time. If your frets are made out of Titanium, I'd say use these until the day you die..Best Strings I've ever had to hold tone and stay in tune, but also the worse strings I've ever used to cause fret damage..A beginner should use these for about a year before he changes his strings to something else. I feel the ability to stay in tune is worth every penny to a new player. If you're a seasoned player that has used these strings for years, you better stop and start evaluating your frets. If you look very closely, you will see the fret damage. That I can promise you. again, unless your guitar has Titanium Frets, But nearly every guitar uses Nickel, Stainless Steel and some acoustics I've even seen with brass frets.Stainless is harder than Nickel, Stainless Steel frets vs stainless steel strings, Just think about your cars breaks. metal on metal. Stainless is also way harder than brass.Someone reading my review may think that this is complete BS, But all I will say is Live & Learn I guess. Good luck to all you string benders. peace..

Guitar Player

Rock, Metal, Blues,

I was sceptical about this product since it's rated 10 out of 10 by only a handful of people but after taking a risk and trying these on my Fender American Fat Strat I fell in love with them! These strings definitely make my guitar brighter with great low end and sustain. These are also easy to bend and produce a great blues tone. I'm sold.

I've used mostly D'Addario and Fender strings and I also like them but there is a difference in the sound they produce. The strings are individually wrapped making it easy to figure out the size of each. If you can afford the Markley's you won't be disappointed.

They are easy to play and feel great even during deep string bends. I moved from light D'Addario strings to Markley Blue regulars and I'm happy I did. The high "e" string doesn't slide off the side of my fretboard like the LT's did.

They are smooth and consistant. As for durability, I don't know how long they'll last but I'm going to find out.

These might not be the cheapest strings but they definitely make a very sweet sound on my Fender strat. I'm after quality, not quantity and these are great strings.

Never used them and hopefully never will.

I tried my first single set of Markley Blues on Sunday just to see if I might like them. A handful of people rated these as 10 out of 10 so I figured I'd try a set and see how it goes. On Monday I added another 10 out of 10 rating and I just ordered 3 more sets of the same strings. I'd say this validates, "I WANT IT."

Hobbyist

Rock, blues, learning, etc.

A lot makes up the sound of an electric of course, but the strings are the start of it all & these strings belong on your guitar, simply put.

Packaged in pairs, according to order you should install them. They're not singly packaged in individual envelopes per string, so there's less clutter on re-string day. Comes with a nice little sticker, the Blue Steel logo as on the front of the box. A nice touch I guess, but how many musicians really need stickers? *chuckle*

Super slick, easy to play, very easy tuning. Hold tune well. They bend very well (especially the lights), and hold tune well after using lots of bends.

Second to none in my personal opinion. I also have a soft spot for Martin SP's though...

At $5.00 or so (with a little research on the net) it's a great value on a top notch string. Worth much more.

Not really relevant.

No sex appeal in a string, really, but they are the only electric strings I will buy.

Active Hobbyist, Aspiring Recorder

Country, Rock...

These strings are completely versatile. They even make my crappy Behringer sound amazing!!

A box. 6 strings. What more do you need?

As with most strings, dont mess around with the strings too much while youre putting them on, they get impossible to straighten after a while. i can imagine them being harder to put on my new string-thru neck jackson, but these dean markelys are worth it

im shocked that these strings are only 5 bucks.. sound is worth 20 times more. dont let the price fool you!!

worth every penny-- i will always replace the strings when i need to with these

just strings; not that hard to figure out

lol they arnt actually blue, for any drunk viewers. if sex appeal in string sounds had a name, it would be dean markely blue steel i absolutely love these strings. I will always buy these: theyre cheaqp, they sound great, and they sound(great) I WANT IT!!!!!

active musician

idk-- rock, whatever you call ozzy, altern.

It's true, just a few days ago I was wondering what was wrong with my guitar.. I got these strings and now... wow -- noticable difference. They sound great, everything they say is true.

Definately worth the price and more -- the best investment for better sound.

Anything that's not country

Couldn't get sounds if I couldn't string it. They broke as I was tuning due to the rusted strings.

Rusted Strings were not useful

Couldn't get sounds if I couldn't string it.

The strings were rusted right out of the box.

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Played Guitar for over 30 years in Bands, Church and published writer and photographer

Contemporary Christian, Rock, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz

These strings are amazing. They give you the most "Distinguished" tone out of any other sting onthe market. It dos giveyou a bit more high end, but it is beautifuly voiced and works well with any style i play and i play it all. but even compared to elixer, d'dario, and ernie ball, these strings sound the best. Also, they sound great on acoustics to! A little bright, but good.

They are strings. what else is there to say? (i'll give it a ten casue they are so awesome!)

Again, They are strings. what else is there to say? (i'll still give it a tengive it a ten casue they are so awesome!)

The quality is out of this world. I can feel this difference in these strings and in their vibrations. They are very well designed and they play cleanly and evenly. i'l never play any other strings again.

For 4 andchange you cannot beat the sound, dexterity, and longevity of these strings. They are bay far the best strings i have ever played and the low price i astounding. i think they could get twice as much idf not more for them.

As for the Dean Markely support, i haven't had a reason to use it in the last five years of playing on these puppies (been playing for nine. But, currently, i'm at an APO address where shipping normally take between 2 weeks and a month, thye got here in less than a week both of the times i ordered them. Way to go ZZounds!!!!

they're a shinky nickle color, what else can i say on the Sexiness of a string. they make the guitar sound sexy as hell though!

9 years active/hobbyist

all

I play Heavy Metal for something like 14 years and I have tried almost every single string brand in the market by now and what Dean Markley did to these strings is amazing... Crystal clear highs, heavy lows and that chop sound on palm muttings you have aways desired. I was used to Boomers due to the choppy sound when they were new, but these Blue Steel strings are simply a killer in every aspect, and keep the astonishing good sounding way longer than any string I played before. It is worth every penny.

Very good packing and easy to use. And I got some stickers with some of the sets I bought. Some of the sets I bought came with a spare "E" and a spare "B", but not all of them.

As easy as setting a string can be. Individual packages keep it easy to use.

SImply amazing. Lasts 3 times more than any strings I ever used and are almost unbreakeable. I once installed them on an old crappy Yamaha I had by the time and left them to rot. Took it 3 months to loose the perfect sounding (I wasn't using the guitar) and I sold the guitar with them after almost a year. Usually lasts about 1 to 2 months of playing to loose the "new" sounding. And the best strings I got usually lasted a week or 2 before they started to sound muddy.

Simply the best bang for the bucks you spend on it. Nuff said. Or you could go for 2 packs of Ernies or Boomers, if you're totally mental...

Never dealt with them. Can't really say.

Astonishing sounds anytime. Need to say more?

Great Strings. Sound Crisp but not harsh, and have a bit of edge to them.

Got them 3 1/2 weeks ago, but they sound just like the day after i got them.

cosidering before i got these, i was going through a pack of regular slinky's every 2 weeks, and they sound like doo after the first 3 days. And these sound good as new and ive had them for almost 4 weeks, yeah I'd say its a deal. Saved me 2 dollars over the slinkys in the past month.