It got to a point that Dean was still signing my guitars, but turning down Nancy Wilson of Heart, and Sheron Alton of Toronto. All the posters etc now are blown up from ads, with all the text intact, and missing a lot on the sides. I still have it, all other copies and the negatives have been lost.
Way back in '82 Dean Z sent me what turns out to be the last surviving actual framed print of the Girl in the Water photo. I've probably bought more brand new Deans then anyone else. Deans here, their V with a hard v-shaped neck is probably my fav guitar after Hamer's Standard Custom. I might suck ass as a player but I still have enough pride to avoid being a shill for the band. The killing stroke was the Trivium shit all over it- I am not really a fan of the band and even if I was, I really didn't feel like being a walking promotional for the band. The trem was an OFR but was set up for shit and despite several attempts to correct, couldn't get it to my standards. The MH sig p'ups didn't really bowl me over. Damned shame too, because I loved the features & the Rising Sun graphic.
My only gripe was the 22 frets.ĭespite the fact that the Matt Heafy came cheap- that line was slated to be discontinued and dealers were blowing them out at half the usual price- it never really hit it off for me. I swapped out the shit lic'd Floyd for an OFR and had it installed & set up professionally by Kim Coffey who used to work for Kramer on the EVH guitars. My impressions were such: Both were Korean made IIRC and the Dime, after several mods, played really well- fast neck good profile for me, and the Dimebucker in the bridge sounded really good. Have owned two Dean guitars- a Dean Dime Razorback Slimebee ML and a Matt Heafy Sig Rising Star ML.
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