Dean Zelinsky Show #2

[@PeterBex_ArtDirector]

Hello Dean. I sat in my English class at HP High School with you. I distinctly remember seeing you there with your guitar case, diligently working on your guitar. I also recall being envious of your purple Barracuda car parked outside. Great what you did with your guitar company.

[@jond63]

Mr. Zelinsky, yours is a success story worthy of a book…or a really good podcast. I’ve been playing electric guitar professionally for 30yrs. I’ve owned just about every big-name brand of guitar at one time but sadly, never a Dean. I think my next purchase will be one of yours…used of course.

[@TexasSmoking]

Get a 79 series made in korea. E factory korean if you can. Some of the best dean guitars you can own

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

I had a very early Dean Cadillac , late 70s. It was a great guitar. Played great , sounded great , was very stable .

[@dougsthang]

I grew up in Northbrook and my buddy and I (who both played guitar) used to ride our bikes to Doubleneck Deans shop. I remember one time you had an Orange Les Paul on a stand. We loved that we had a guitar shop in our area. Our music store was Gand Music when it was in the that little strip mall over by Northbrook Court. We saw the Dixie Dregs play in the parking lot there. This would have been around 1975-76.

[@musicjimbutler]

How interesting. I was born in 56, grew up in Winnetka, had a Gibson 125, but wanted a solid body guitar. Watched Gary Gand play guitar often. Bought a Mini Moog from him in 74. We must have crossed paths at some point. I hated 6th grade.

[@jcsolomon6470]

Hey Dean,In 1982,I wanted to make and build Guitars.So I went to Woodworking Class,to Learn what I could,and was Totally Discouraged,by the Teacher.So I lost my Passion.2 years ago,I started looking at Guitar mod Tutorials on U Tube,and Bam,I was Back on Track,on all aspects of the Building,and Making of Guitars and Mods!Headstock Repairs!So I Vintage wire guitars like the 50s or 60s with Gavitt wiring,CTS or Bourns potts.I Modified A Dean,Baby ML,Painted the Neck,Matt Black!Cant Get anymore Matt Than That!Ha!In Honor of Your Friend!I Vintage wired with a .022 Bumble Bee Tone cap,with Neck Seymour Duncan pickup and a Crunchy Hot Rail,pickup,in the Bridge!It More Than Rocks,with the String Action So Low!I first Saw a Dean Cadillac,and ML,guitars,n 1981,on MtV,When The Cars,played on an older Concert!So Cool!I Thought!Take care!Dean You and your Family!Jcs

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

Great to hear…

[@joves3407]

Mate, I’ve only just gotten onto your podcast and I’m absolutely LOVING it. What a great storyteller (said in the greatest possible way) that you are. Thank you for recounting what were clearly special, even if difficult, times!

[@riggzwade5673]

I love watching these podcast videos. Its raw. Its real. I feel like Im sitting in the room talking shop with a glass of Whiskey with ya’ll. Keep up the good work.

[@1000poundsguitar]

Wow fantastic episode! My buddy Dan Spitz let me play a Dean V in 2005. I believe Dean made it for him. It was absolutely beautiful!!! I’ve always loved Deans since I was a kid in the 80s…

[@agis2000]

Dean Zelinsky is the greatest electric guitar builder of all! He's had a lot more dynamic ideas on guitar building than Paul Reed Smith in my opinion. Good to see he is still making em' Go Dean!

[@brettwalker4915]

Been a huge fan for years Dean! You have helped me before when I was building a guitar. Such a great guy. Love ya brother!!

[@PaulVarricchione]

Not only have I been loving this show, I started Entourage 2 days ago and low and behold, you have a show poster on your wall! It's kismet!

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

I am not an Entourage fan. Podcast is in my office. My son worked on the show while in film school. He ended up with a lot of posters. I let him hang them in my office until he got his own home. That was 14 years ago. Turns out, he doesn’t want the posters. His wife recently told me I can get rid of them! They are coming down and being replaced with guitars!

[@xmanual]

Fascinating! Thanks for doing this.

[@psemark]

Great podcast Dean thanks for sharing your stories!

[@jmd76family]

Great information! Can not wait for next episodes!

[@robertmcclung8035]

I loved hearing these stories. Thanks for sharing. I've owned a couple hundred guitars over the years buying and selling to find a guitar that suits me best. I must say that at least 50% were Dean guitars.mostly V's and ML's. To this day, the Dean ML Switchblade is my main guitar

[@terrymonroe8625]

Applause 👏🏻👏🏻 Great segment Dean & Parker…way to go. Love these stories on how you got your start and the build up to your manufacturing launch. Can’t wait for part two of this segment. Until next time…Stay tuned..same bat time, same bat channel. Rock on my friends!

[@calebm2242]

This is amazing! Please whatever you do keep doing this! We need to hear these stories.

[@Razrback]

Can't wait to see the DIMEBAG EPISODE

[@AdamGotheridge]

Awesome! Makes me want to buy one for sure. Looking forward to future episodes.

[@ChrisStory-w5l]

2 StrettaVitas a Tagliere and a couple of DBZ Barchettas later. Dean you are a class act and I am enjoying your stories. Great guitars and a lifetime of experiences.

[@OldRichieBoy]

This is so cool, I love this interview. I too cried when I had to get a haircut when I was very young!!

[@soldbyjenkins]

I never owned a Dean Guitar back then, always played Strats. but in the last few years bought a Dean ZelinskyTagliare ATW Blue Quilt and absolutely love it!!

[@CMQ01]

Love these podcasts and stories. Hope you keep 'em coming

[@AuntAlnico4]

Dean Z as in the real Dean guitars from the 70's !????! Awesome ! I love my Dean guitars ! Especially my Burst Z with ebony fretboard and Custom Duncan's ! Awesome guitars !

[@grumpyoldbiker1118]

Dean, thanks for doing these shows and telling your story! My good friend Rae Abbey worked for your company in the early 2000's after his gig with Roxx Gang in Tampa. Rae passed away a couple of years ago, but he always told me that working for Dean guitars was the best job he ever had. I've always had a tremendous respect for the things you've done in the guitar industry but didn't know much about you. Possible questions for future shows: What's your take on the current market with all of the "collector's" and "relic" guitars going for big money? What's your take on the increasing availability of quality guitars from import companies and how does that affect domestic business? What's it like having your name as a household name for anyone who takes up guitar?

[@NinecoreNeil]

Totally enjoyed watching this more please 🙏

[@lewolf2884]

A GREAT PODCAST, and THIS little LeWolf... is hooked! Can't wait till #3... or is it #2? Thanks Dean and Parker! 🐺

[@bobslager9934]

This was fun. Really enjoyed the podcast. Keep them coming. 🎸😎

[@ShredworthyDave]

I'd love to here more stories, keep this series going!

[@AngryTruckerBob]

My patience level to watch a program is very low at age 50 ! It's hard for me to watch something even 20 minutes without switching to something else. BUT this was so interesting I watched the whole video ! I know Dean is no longer with Dean Guitars but a Dean Dave Mustaine V was one of my favorite guitars ! Very interesting learning how everything came to be. Thanks

[@daveperdue2]

I enjoyed the podcast Dad, I learned a few things that I did not know before. I am looking forward to the next podcast.

[@mikedgolf40505]

Thank you Dean!! Awesome!!

[@ronnieparker2546]

Love it he’s a great dude. I know him from Don Park. He’s an amazing guitar designer. Great interview

[@deathbusa]

81 baby v here just wanted to say thanks my first guitar

[@chadwilliams8583]

Fascinating!!!I can't imagine wanting to skip building to learn manufacturing.the woodworkers that do this is more like a Millwright or Machinist.Dean seemed to have his eye on the prize at a young age

[@chadwilliams8583]

To go back and think on it now,since he kinda stepped over a lot of the workbench items HOW THE HELL DID HE DO IT???HE WAS GIVING GIBSON AND FENDER HELL!!!and a few years I know he out sold them and to be that young,Dean Zelinsky and Hartley Peavey definitely are pioneers and will always be remembered by everyone as pioneers in the industry

[@pedraw]

Cool shit..............I can't wait for the next installment.

[@bradhardisty1652]

Hey Dean, I'm left handed but play guitar right handed. Maybe that part of why the Dean ML totally clicked in my hands in early 1978. I bought it at Guitar City in Kaysville, Utah. I had three Gibsons, Les Paul gold top, white Explorer and a white double neck and the Dean became my main guitar. I was a music major at Snow College. I was the guitarist for the Jazz band. I took the Dean to California for West Coast competition at Chaffey College in Ontario California. I still have a black and white photo playing with the horn sections and the whole thing. Also, I met you at NAMM in Nashville maybe 2010? I told you about how I had a guitar discussion with Ed Van Halen after the Logan Ut show on the VHII tour, about the fifth stop. I explained all the things I liked about my Dean. He listened intently after I had listened to him about his guitar. Ed said he would try one out when he got back to LA. He was a man of his word. His mahogany Dean V was in the photo shoot that Zloz did where he was in the pink jump suit as Guitar Player of the Year. I asked Zloz by message about it and he called it his brown guitar. A few years ago, I found out he took the Dean V on the Japan dates of the VHII tour..I downloaded a photo where his Japan tour guitars are lined up and it was shot by a Japanese photographer. It was one of four he brought to Japan. I've been hoping to find a shot from the Japan dates of him playing it but no luck yet. Maybe I will. But, Ed was a man of his word, he did get a Dean while in LA after I talked to him. I remember you said you talked to him but he said he couldn't play it because that guy in The Cars plays one. I don't know where it ended up but I have photos of a Mahogany V with an added pickguard played by the guitarist in Du Brow after Rhoades split for Ozzy. There are shots of Randy Rhoades playing that Mahogany Dean V with DuBrow on a club date when he was off tour from Ozzy. Knowing now that they cannibalized each other's gear between Chris Holmes and others that Dean V that Ed had may have also been played by Randy at a Du Brow show. I haven't been able to connect all the dots, maybe if I talk to Chris Holmes some time. If you want copies of all the photos I'm talking about I can send them in FB or IG messages, let me know.

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

That store in Kaysville bought a lot of Dean Guitars. A guy named Kip Olsen. Yes I have pics of Randy Rhoads and EVH with the Red V. Not sure the story behind these. I spoke with Eddie a few times in later year, never talked guitars. The second time I met him was in an elevator at Namm. He just took a drink out of my hands and downed it. Not sure he knew who I was!

[@bradhardisty1652]

@@Deanzelinskyguitars I'm hoping to find a link. All these Ed stories, they bought and sold gear to each other, or trade. I'm hoping there is a link. Yep, Kip, I think Lois Lane which used to be a Chicago band kicked off the Dean thing in Utah. That's where I saw one. I know a band named Future all bought Deans after they opened for us in 1980.

[@ProbableCauseBluesBand]

Great podcast, can’t wait for the next one!

[@vintagetubeamplifiers]

I still have my Dean Hollywood Z I got in High School in 1986, it was the best thing I had and still have it and the reason I love Kahlers because it had the horrible Accutune trem on it.

[@harshtruth9148]

SHOW ME THAT SNAKESKIN DIME GUITAR!!! DYIN FOR IT!

[@RaiyzorX]

Can’t wait for My Tagliare to arrive!

[@pituophisart6916]

Excellent stuff

[@thebluntandonly]

Cool Interview Dean. Sounds like you have a good right hand man for making guitars. I find it interesting he started in marketing and grew into the CNC and technical side. I Engineer for one of the big 3 and been in factory work for 20 years. I'm 39 and at this age I really love in deptht podcast like these and Gibson has the Icons series and I've ran through that and Rick Beato's interviews and this one was pretty good. I have had 43 guitars, I just plaly and colllect for therapy but one of my oldest guitars is a 2007 Dean Vendetta Trans Blue VN4.0. It is the guitar I will keep for life because it was a gift my parents and I went half and half on for my college graduation gift. It still looks brand new and thet 2 Razorbacks I got do as well. Thank you very much for the great playing guitars and keepin on with it. Also the respect you show to Dime I also really respect but your story is amazing as well. A little long but just wanted to show appreciation. I used to think I was an Ibanez fan but after getting my 42nd and 43rd guitar, I have changed my stance to really loving the Dean guitars. I love the look of your new guitars. I wish one day to play one, they are gorgeous! Much love, Mike

[@JohnnyNowhere]

I can't see how a left-hander plays right-handed. Back in the early 70s, it was impossible to find a decent LH guitar. I resorted to playing RH guitars upside-down, strings and all. Finally got a LH guitar in 96, but cut a new nut straight out, and still string it upside-down. Lol

[@SuperMetalLicious]

In the beginning of this podcast, Dean is talking about Parker, and a gorgeous red guitar is shown. Will there be one close to that for sale from Dean Z. Private Label?

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

Yes you can special order now. 24 frets and Floyd

[@baneverything5580]

I lost my only brother when I was in 9th grade. He had told me not to take crap so I was suspended for knocking out the giant 12th grade bully that year. Hurt him! The Principle`s Frankenstein son, of course, but I was a hero afterwards.

[@Ibaneddie76]

This is awesome!

[@baneverything5580]

I`m the proud owner of a gorgeous Dean Koa wood acoustic/electric...the least expensive Koa version that I ordered on "A" for under 300. There`s one buzzy fret but no way was I returning it because they might scrap it or break it during shipping. I hope to have it looked at some day. My doctors encouraged me to play again (car accident) but my old one was worn out. Adjusting the neck and raising the strings a bit high reduces the buzz or a capo behind the first fret. I have no idea what`s causing it exactly. It sounds amazing plugged in and it`s working. I`m in the boondocks with no car so I can`t take it to have it set up how I like it and diagnose the exact issue.

[@Thrashpotato]

Just started and man, the intro alone got me into this!

[@bluesrockguitar1484]

Great T-Shirt Dean!!!

[@RodVonLongrod]

@26:16 It's always fascinating to hear the life stories of successful people like Dean Z. because they realize early on how school suffocates your individuality and does very little to support your creativity. It's all about conformity. You might get some music classes or art classes but in the end public school is all about teaching you what to think not how to think, never about challenging the status quo or following your dreams.

[@joselopez6990]

I read the introduction to this video and it’s sad that the people at Armadillo Enterprises and Dean Zelinsky with Dean Guitars ended the way it did

[@nacuda9]

Hilarious...I worked at Hamer in ARL. HTS. for year.

[@joshhellstorm184]

I'd love to build guitars

[@markseverson3358]

Johnny winter was a monster. , my friends were listening to kiss & I was learning from Winter , Hendrix , & Zz top records !

[@workingorder2189]

Mr. Zelinsky, will you consider making superstrats or pointy shaped guitars in the future?

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

We got a rather cool super Strat coming to market soon.

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

Pointys are going to be Dime GuitarZ

[@smithcreekmusic9596]

Dean must've meant that his buddy took the “preamp out” to the next amp. 🤘🏼

[@michaelmele4888]

I always wondered what ML stood for. I always liked the Cadillac. What were those pick-ups?

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

DiMarzio

[@michaelmele4888]

@@Deanzelinskyguitars Super Distortion or something else?

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

The Triple pickup Caddy’s I think had 3 different DiMarzios. Super Distortion, PAF and a Super 2 in the middle.

[@Wynne-oz2ws]

What guitar is that candy apple red or nail polish super strat ? I might need that. .let me know, if please.

[@Deanzelinskyguitars]

It’s a new model not released yet. However we are building and have sold some. If you are interested, reach out [e-mail]

[@tatialo37]

Hello. I think I went to your shop on Ravenswood for a job, you didn't hire me!!! Lol

[@RodVonLongrod]

You should consider making a full size (16" bout) semi-hollow and full size hollowbody.

[@smithcreekmusic9596]

@ 16:37 Connecting a tube amp’s speaker wires into an input of ANOTHER TUBE AMP? What the WHAT!?

[@davidmontgomery5047]

I have a Dean Teaser (Tommy Bolin) Guitar That was Made in '08 , Only 100 made a Really really Nice Guitar .

[@Coppercustomz]

Parker reminds me of a young Eddie Jackson aka Edbass

[@ChubToneGuitars]

Stay a small builder! You don’t want to end up like John Page.

[@helpalongyourwayiitx470]

I’m right handed except play left handed.

[@brayjas222]

Well I was pretty young probably about your age as I'm pretty sure we're almost the same age I was hanging out a lot with my buddy Bobby Salas down in Lakeside California and it was kind of the early days of the name show, and I think I remember seeing your podcast about that first name show trip so I don't think it was the first name show that you went to but maybe the second or third and I don't know anyway Bobby knew you by then because of Melissa. And so we go for a crazy road trip to Anaheim and boy talk about being overwhelmed, blew my mind that people were drinking in the morning not you but you know anyway we stayed in one of those Disneyland hotels with the bushes that look like dinosaurs. And we ran over to the hotel room I guess you guys had and I got to hang out with you for a little bit with Bobby and bunch of crazy people. But this was a cool podcast because yeah it was always kind of a mystery Well how did Dean get to be Dean? anyway so thanks

[@peterbehrendt7915]

i love dean guitars so mutch-in germany you can buy dean guitars very bad dean guitars are the best peter hamburg germany

[@smithcreekmusic9596]

What the what!? 😮

[@russellmcbride1242]

Why... show Johnny Depp when referring to Jeff Beck? 🤢🤮

[@georgejetson1923]

The battle of 2 jews......😆