

Unlike some of the other mainstream companies. They really offer a gooddeal for your dollar. They have theirshare of low end dreck just like Gibson does. Just because itsays Dean on the headstock, It doesn't mean it's good. Dean J Serial Numberīut be careful and remember. It so happens that they are still offering some reallygreat guitars to the buying public. Dean today is a Corporate Mega-Giant with salesrivaling Fender & Gibson. (That's howGibson survives)I've got anewsflash for these people. Some of them are so 'dyed in the wool' that they are buying newmodels just because it says Dean on the headstock. Once the players got theminto their hands and the felt that original V shaped neck and checked out thebalance, weight, tone and feel it was an easy sell.Today, 40 years later, many ofthese same people are still my customers and many of them are still swearing byDean Guitars. I wouldliterally have to force them into the hands of people. But Ibelieved in the product and that helped me sell a lot of them anyway. I couldnever understand how a group of supposedly enlightened musical individuals,could reject a quality item, just because the headstock didn't look like thetypical Korporate made snot guitar that they got for their 15th birthday. Most of mycustomers know that I like to help small companies get off the ground and that Iam not in favor of KKK Guitars. Korporation Krappolla, Kruddy guitars.When I first started selling DeanGuitars I met with great resistance from the typical guitar player.

As far as Iknow I was one of his very first dealers. It was remarkable how good those guitars sounded. The 'Vintage Dean Collection' includes guitars manufactured between 19.ĭean GuitarsHistory ofDean GuitarsDean ZelinskyI started carrying Dean Guitarsback in 1978 around when Dean Zelinsky first started producing them. Other guitar brands have tried to copy vintage Dean guitars, but they have not achieved the devoted fan following that vintage Dean instruments enjoy.

First created in 1977 by a 17-year-old guitarist, Luther Dean Zelinsky, Dean guitars are associated with the early days of heavy metal bands and the rock-and-roll life. Too many guitars image by jfsears fromWhen you see it or hold it in your hands, you may know it's a Dean guitar.
