Dean Guitars
Dean Guitars is an American manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded in 1977 by Dean Zelinsky in Chicago, Illinois and is currently under the ownership of Armadillo Enterprises in Tampa, Florida. The range of products includes electric, acoustic and resonator guitars, basses, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, amplifiers and pickups.
History
Dean Guitars was founded by Dean Zelinsky in 1976, when he was 19 years old. Oscar Medeiros gained ownership of the brand from 1986 and until 1995. Armadillo Enterprises, under the leadership of Elliott Paul Rubinson then purchased the Dean trade name in 1997. Rubinson continues to run the company today and is also an active musician. He tours as bass player for the Michael Schenker Group as well as for Uli Jon Roth and Michael Angelo Batio. Zelinsky left from the company in 2008 and went on to form DBZ Guitars.
Instruments
Dean is best known for their line of electric guitars that include the ML, V, Z, Cadillac, Splittail, Soltero, EVO, Custom Zone, Vendetta and Deceiver models. In 2012, Dean Guitars debuted its 35th Anniversary Collection including reissues of the original 1977 ML, V and Z.
Podcasts:
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by Engelbert Humperdinck
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by Tom Jones
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by Billy Connolly
Ten Guitars
by: Engelbert HumperdinckI have a band of men and all they do is play for me
They come from miles around to hear them play a melody
Beneath the stars, my ten guitars will play a song for you
And if you're with the one you love this is what you do
Oh, dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars
And very soon you know just where you are
Through the eyes of love you see a thousand stars
When you dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars
Guitars are made for love, my band of men will always say
So give them all a pretty girl and they will start to play
Beneath the stars, my ten guitars will play a song for you
And if you're with the one you love this is what to do
Oh, dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars
And very soon you know just where you are
Through the eyes of love you see a thousand stars
When you dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars
Ooh, let me tell you now
Dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars
Hm, come on, everybody