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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Tampa, Florida, United States of America |
| Area served | Global |
| Key people | Elliott Rubinson - Owner |
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Products | Dean ML, Dean V, Dean Z, Stealth, Soltero, Vendetta, Razorback, Split Tail, Leslie West Signature Guitar, Michael Angelo Batio Signature Guitar, Dave Mustaine Guitars, Michael Schenker Guitars, Vinnie Moore Signature Guitar, Rusty Cooley Signature Guitar, Edge Bass, Exotica Acoustics |
| Owner(s) | Armadillo Enterprises, Inc. |
| Subsidiaries | Luna Guitars DDrum |
| Website | www.deanguitars.com |
Dean Guitars is an American manufacturer of guitars. It was founded in 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, by Dean Zelinsky, and is currently owned by Armadillo Enterprises in Tampa, Florida.[1] They have a 110,000 square foot facility that houses expanded warehousing, a quality control center, administrative offices, an assembly operation for U.S.A. made Dean guitars, and state-of-the-art woodshop.[2] They have a line of import models as well.[3]
After nearly ten years of production, Zelinsky sold the company to Oscar Medeiros, who had ownership of the brand name and trademark until the mid 90s.
Medeiros stopped manufacturing Dean Guitars in the mid 1990s or so when Armadillo Enterprises purchased the company in 1997.[4] Production of the uniquely shaped Dean electric guitars and other musical instruments accounts for the majority of Armadillo's sales each year.[5] In late 2008, Nathan Karls, formerly of Megadeth joined Dean Guitars as lead engineer.[6]
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Artists who use Dean Guitars
Dean Guitars were especially popular with metal players, and their popularity rose with the return of Dimebag Darrell in 2004, guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan. Dean offers over 30 different Dimebag models today.
Models
The company is best known for their line of electric guitars that include the ML, Razorback, Cadillac, Soltero, Split Tail, Vendetta, z and the Dean V.
The company's bass guitar models include the Demonator, Edge, Metalman, Rhapsody, EVO and Zone.
Dean Guitars offers a full line of acoustics as well. In addition to the traditional acoustic instrument shapes, Dean also has acoustic versions of their ML and V electric guitars.
In 2007, Dean Guitars began producing their own pickups in their USA facility called Dean DMT.[7]
At the 2009 NAMM trade show, they unveiled the new Dime Blacktooth amplifier, which will be shipping mid-year.
Affiliated companies
Armadillo Enterprises, the parent company of Dean Guitars, also owns Luna Guitars and Ddrum.
References
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