This is the centerpiece of my Dean collection. Without a doubt, the finest guitar I've ever owned. Visit Dean Guitars to see more HardTails. Every USA HardTail produced is photographed and posted on the Dean website. I predict you'll find one that's perfect for you.

• Carved Flame Maple Top
• Mahogany Body
• 24 3/4" Scale
• 1 11/16" Nut
• Grover Tuners
• Nickel Hardware
• Seymour Duncan Pickups
• TonePros Bridge
• Set Mahogany Neck (quarter sawn)
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Custom Abalone Inlays
• 22 Jumbo Frets
• Flame Amberburst Finish

     This beautiful guitar is a customized USA Michael Schenker V. Dean had a dozen or so of these that became available for customization. I got to choose the color and the hardware. This is my first custom ordered guitar, and I'm pleased to say it is exactly what I asked for. When it arrived at my house, I tore into the package like a little kid on Christmas!

     Feel-wise, the guitar plays just like the USA Michael Schenker V Limited Edition. Soundwise, I think it's a tiny bit brighter. Also, I think this particular guitar is little bit lighter in weight than the Schenker V Limited Edition.

     I'm especially pleased with the look of the satin nickel hardware. Dean has been putting satin nickel hardware on its Dean Professional series, but this may be one of the first MSV's with satin. I think it looks great :)

USA Custom MSV

• Black Finish
• Made in the USA
• 7 ply Body and Head Binding
• Pearl Block inlays
• Satin Nickel Hardware
• Custom Wound "Made in USA" Dean/Schenker Pickups
• Mahogany Body and Neck
• Classic Dean "V" Neck Profile
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Set Neck Construction

USA Michael Schenker Limited Edition V

• Michael Schenker Signature Black and White Finish
• Made in the USA
• 7 ply Body and Head Binding
• Pearl Block inlays
• Nickel Hardware
• Custom Wound "Made in USA" Dean/Schenker Pickups
• Limited edition USA model signed and numbered by Michael
• Mahogany Body and Neck
• Classic Dean "V" Neck Profile
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Set Neck Construction

Hardtail Select Vibrato

• Mahogany Body and Neck
• Maple top
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Matte nickel hardware
• Dean knife-edge bridge
• Dean Pickups
• Set Neck Construction
• Push-pull tone pots for splitting humbuckers to single coil

     And now for something different. This is my jazz-box. It's big, and sounds fat with it's 3 P90 style pickups. Quite a versatile guitar actually. It sounds so good acoustically, that I'm using it my new album; just stuck a mic in front of it and hit record. Plugged in, you get a diverse set of tones from the 5-way swtich. This jazzbox sounds killer, clean or dirty.

• Set Neck F-Hole Archtop
• 16 " Lower Bout
• 24.75" Scale
• 3 P-90 Pickups
• Master Volume - Master Tone
• 5-Way Pick-Up Selector
• Chrome Hardware

     Here's my primary 7-string electric guitar. It plays great, looks great, and has a wide variety of tones. The pickups are pretty hot, but not overly loud. They give the guitar a balanced sound--you get an equal amount of lows, mids and highs. For tonal variation, I make extensive use of the three-way switch, and the volume and tone controls. This guitar is very sensitive to changes in pickup combination, volume level, tone level, and playing dynamics. Altering these simple elements gives me a wide array of tones.

• Arched, quilted maple top
• Mahogany Body
• 25 1/2" Scale
• 1 7/8" Nut
• Mini Grover Tuners
• Nickel Hardware
• Dean Pickups
• Tune-O-Matic Bridge
• Glued-in mahogany Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Dot Inlays
• 22 Frets
• Quilt Amberburst Finish

     This is my backup seven string guitar. I use both EVO's for recording and performing. When recording rhythm guitar parts, I'll often double track using my two EVO's. The tone on these two guitars is subtly different--just enough that panning the two guitars hard-left and hard-right creates a 'wide' and 'fat' stereo image. If you want to create a wall-of-guitars sound, I recommend this technique.

• Arched Top
• Mahogany Body
• 25 1/2" Scale
• 1 7/8" Nut
• Mini Grover Tuners
• Nickel Hardware
• Dimarzio Blaze Pickups
• Tune-O-Matic Bridge
• Glued-in mahogany Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Dot Inlays
• 22 Frets
• Classic Black Finish

     This is my whammy-equipped shred machine. Big frets, big sound. Fast neck-through construction and 24 frets.

Custom 450

• Neck-through construction
• 24 frets
• Floyd-Rose licensed vibrato
• Rosewood fretboard
• Funky black sparkle finish
• EMG HZ Pickups

     Here's the Dean Owner's of America (DOA) 2007 Limited Edition Hardtail Bass. I have #07 of this limited edition. This bass has a commanding growl, and is easy to play. Dean will likely be offering a Hardtail bass sometime in the future. I encourage you to check them out.

• Arched Top
• Neck-through
• 35" Scale
• Satin Nickel Hardware
• EMG HZ w/ 3-band Eq
• Brass Nut
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Dot Inlays
• 24 Frets
• Sunburst Black Finish

     Last but not least, I have a Dean Performer 7-string acoustic guitar. Pretty unusual instrument, I must say. Sounds cool, especially that low B string!