DBZ Guitars

DBZ Guitars

Type	Private
Industry	Musical instruments
Founded	2008
Founder(s)	Dean Zelinsky, Jeff Diamant, Terry Martin
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, United States of America
Area served	Global
Owner(s)	DBZ Guitars, LLC.
Website	www. dbzguitars.com

DBZ Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer owned and operated by Dean B. Zelinsky, Jeff Diamant of Diamond Amplification, along with partner Terry Martin.

DBZ Guitars was officially formed in 2008, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with a USA custom shop operations located in the Chicago, Illinois area overseen 100% by CEO Dean Zelinsky, founder of the original Dean Guitars. Dean parted ways with Dean Corporate^[1] in mid 2008 and plans were soon made to launch DBZ Guitars^[2] in order to give Mr. Zelinsky "personal control over design, direction and quality" to meet the demands of the custom electric, acoustic, and import markets that Mr. Zelinsky had spent his career helping to establish. The company website^[3] features an interactive home page and a forum, where Zelinsky personally communicates with fans of his guitars from around the world.

Guitar Models

The company has a full line of electric guitars, both import and USA made, that include the DBZ Bolero, Barchetta, Cavallo, Imperial, Mondial, and the Bare Bones Religion Series.

For heavy metal and hard rock, DBZ Guitars has a "Dark Side of Dean" series as well that includes the DBZ Bird of Prey, Venom, Halcyon, and Bare Bones Religion Series.

DBZ Guitars offers acoustic guitars as well which include the Tuscan and the Verona with seventeen variations. The Montini Parlor acoustic was added in 2010.

Artists Who Use DBZ Guitars

• Virus (Dope)Lords of Acid(Rock of Ages) Virus switched from Dean Guitars to DBZ Guitars in 2009, he uses the Bird of Prey and Cavallo series.
• Tommy Kessler(Blondie)(Rock of Ages) Cavallo AB in White is used as Tommy's main guitar in Rock of Ages on Broadway. On tour this summer with Blondie he will be using a USA Imperial Aliento ^[4]
• Chris Caffery (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) During the Spring 2011 Beethoven's Last Night tour Chris used two Cavallo Models one jet black and one natural maple.

External links

• Official Web Site of DBZ Guitars

References

1. ^ Dean Zelinsky Leaves Dean Guitars
2. ^ Dean Zelinsky announces his new DBZ guitar range
3. ^ Guitar Icon Dean Zelinsky Launches DBZ Guitars Web Site
4. ^ The Official Web Site of Tommy Kessler - Gear Page