Thursday, July 24, 2008

Dean leaves Dean!

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Dean Zelinsky
I just spotted this over at Guitar Flame, Dean Zelinsky founder of Dean Guitars has finally had enough with the apparently questionable quality of Dean Guitars, maybe he has had enough of profiting from Dimebag Darrell’s death too? They currently sell 32 different Dimebag models, and that is not including the guitars inspired by the Dimebag series. Dean had this to say:

“I wanted to get back to what put Dean on the map originally - building high-quality instruments that shape both the image and tone of guitar players, from the beginner to world-class professionals. I can no longer attach my name to the reputation, quality and direction of Dean Guitars or its current objectives.““

Sounds a bit like how Wayne Charvel parted company with Charvel guitars. Although as I commented on Guitar Flame, Wayne Charvel went from Charvel Guitars to creating a custom shop company called Wayne Guitars, so maybe Dean Zelinsky will go from Dean Guitars to creating a custom shop company called Zelinsky Guitars??

I stole the photo of Dean from Modern Guitars Magazine, hope you don’t mind guys, so go and check out more photos of Dean at Namm here. And because I feel guilty and Modern Guitars Magazine do such a great job, check out their recent interview with Greg Howe while you are there.

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Ovidiu - GuitarFlame.com on 07/24 at 04:19 PM

The interesting part is that he kept the spirit and passion. I guess that when you sell/buy/exit such a company, you have some money in your pockets and it is great that he hasn’t lost his passion yet and despite the money he goes on. But I ask myself if “quality” is the real reason or it was just a problem with the board members so he just wanted out, having nothing to do with quality of the guitars…

on 07/24 at 05:22 PM

Yeah I think he is basically fed up with the politics of a big brand and just wants to get back to making great guitars again. I think Dean come across as the kind of company looking for a quick buck. I wonder if he even had much to do with building guitars with the kind of production quantities Dean deal with? Plus like you say he probably has a few dollars to not have to worry about setting up a new venture!

Heff on 07/31 at 11:55 PM

I LOVE Dean Guitars. I just hope they (and he) keep making them.

Jon on 08/01 at 10:07 AM

I think the next guitars he makes will be pretty special, expensive too!

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