Maker
Dean Guitars
American manufacturer of stringed instruments and musical products
Dean Guitars is an American maker of stringed instruments founded in 1976, known for electric guitars and basses including the V and ML shapes associated with hard rock and metal.
Models
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Dean ML 79
Electric guitar
The Dean ML 79 is a reissue of the original 1979 Dean ML, with a mahogany body and maple top, a set mahogany neck, a rosewood fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets, a 24.75-inch scale, the distinctive split V-shaped tailpiece with a Tune-o-matic bridge, and dual humbucking pickups.
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Dean Razorback
Electric guitar
The Dean Razorback is the sharp-edged, spiked evolution of the ML shape developed with Dimebag Darrell, with aggressive angular cutaways. Razorback models use mahogany set-neck construction, high-output humbuckers including the Seymour Duncan Dimebucker, and Floyd Rose tremolos.
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Dean Razorback
Electric guitar
The Dean Razorback is the Dimebag Darrell-designed, sharp-edged evolution of the ML shape, with an eastern mahogany body and set-neck construction, a pau ferro fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets, a 25.5-inch scale, a Seymour Duncan Dimebucker in the bridge and a Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck, and a Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo.
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Dean V
Electric guitar
The Dean V is the brand's Flying-V-style series, built to the spirit of the original 1979 Deans, with mahogany bodies, set mahogany necks, 24.75-inch scales, Tune-o-matic bridges or tremolos, and dual humbucking pickups, including the Michael Schenker signature model.
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Dean V 79
Electric guitar
The Dean V 79 is a reissue built to the original 1979 Dean V specs, with a mahogany body and maple top, a set mahogany neck, an Indian rosewood fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and a 12-inch radius, a 24.75-inch scale, Grover tuners, a Tune-o-matic bridge, and a pair of Dean zebra humbuckers.
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Dean Schenker Brothers V
Electric guitar
The Schenker Brothers V is a Flying V-style electric guitar from Dean Guitars, made as a joint signature model for brothers Michael and Rudolf Schenker (of UFO/MSG and the Scorpions). It carries the Schenkers' trademark split black-and-white V finish and the Schenker name inlaid into the fingerboard.
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Dean Cadillac
Electric guitar
A single-cutaway electric from Dean Guitars built in the carved-top, set-neck tradition. It pairs a mahogany body with a maple top and humbucking pickups for a thick, sustaining rock voice.
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Dean ML
Electric guitar
The Dean ML is the brand's flagship shape, an Explorer-and-Flying-V hybrid with a distinctive split V-shaped tailpiece, made famous by Dimebag Darrell. The ML series spans affordable models through USA instruments, typically with mahogany set-neck construction, 24.75-inch scales, and dual humbucking pickups.
Sources
Categories
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Electric Guitars
Solid-body, semi-hollow, and hollow electric guitars.
Representative model
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Dean Cadillac
Electric guitar
A single-cutaway electric from Dean Guitars built in the carved-top, set-neck tradition. It pairs a mahogany body with a maple top and humbucking pickups for a thick, sustaining rock voice.