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We are excited to have Dean Zelinsky on the show. While still in his teens, Dean founded his first guitar company, Dean Guitars, starting it from scratch. He talks to us about how a couple of trips to the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan inspired his dream. After setting up his first factory in Evanston, Illinois, Dean went on to build iconic guitars for musicians like Dimebag Darrel, Billy Gibbons, Michael Schenker, Leslie West and Brad Paisley. Dean later moved on and currently builds guitars as Dean Zelinsky Private Label Guitars. He shares with us some of the innovations he's incorporated into his latest designs. We also talk about a few crazy stories and some of his favorite things about Chicago. Dean also has his own podcast, The Dean Zelinsky Show and you can hear even more stories about his guitar journey at https://www.deanzelinskyguitars.com/pages/podcast.Time Stamps:2:15: when did you first show an interest in guitars?4:36: When did you first start to tinker with how guitars worked?7:40: Did you really think you could figure out how to repair a guitar?10:30: What in you made you a doer?12:30: What was the reason behind the Gibson Guitars tour?17: How did you start the company?21: How much back and forth to make the guitar perfect?25:13: How do you start to build the company/approach guitar stores to sell your guitars?32:35: What is your mindset as things are taking off?35: What changed everything for Dean Guitars?42: Is this the time that you decide you wanted to sell the company?45:16: When did you get rock stars playing your guitars/how did you sell guitars backstage?54:37: How did the fur guitars come to be?60: What's still driving you to make guitars?70: Favorite venue to show your guitars, favorite venue to see a show?71:30: thin crust or deep dish fan?73:35: What makes Chicago unique?76:30: What's your go to cheap drink?79:25: Anything you'd like to plug on the way out?
¿Qué tranza viejitous? En éste vídeo los llevamos en un viaje al pasado para que conozcan la historia de Dean Guitars y por ende de Dean Zelinsky, un hombre curioso que revolucionó el marketing y logró a firmar a algunas de las personalidades más relevantes del mundo de las guitarras. También discutimos un poco sobre el cambio de Dave Mustaine de Dean a Gibson.Platícanos viejito: ¿Qué opinión tienes sobre las guitarras Dean?¡Síguenos en nuestras redes, viejitou!Facebook: facebook.com/GuitarrasyViejitosInstagram: guitarras_viejitos¡Gracias por vernos viejito!
Got motivated and inspired after talking to the Dean Zelinsky of Dean Zelinsky Private Label Guitars. https://deanzelinsky.com Dean's guitars have been played by various artists: Dimebag Darrell, Michael Schenker, Helloween, Kansas, Leslie West, Glenn Dean (Motor City Bad Boys), The Cars, Heart, The Doobie Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Dave Mason, Triumph, Iron Maiden, Sammy Hagar, Def Leppard, Nils Lofgren, Larry Crane (John Mellencamp Band), ZZ Top and Karl Sanders of Nile. Many others can be seen playing Dean’s guitar designs in photographs, on the Internet, in music videos, and in concerts. Dean’s guitar designs have been featured on the Howard Stern Radio Show, on TV at the Grammys Awards show, in books including a recent book by James Bond novelist Raymond Benson, and in countless magazine articles spanning over 33 years. TV talk show host Mike Huckabee (2008 U.S. presidential candidate), owns and plays a Dean Bass. Dean Budweiser Guitar ^ Dean Budweiser and Busch Beer Guitar ^ "ZZ Top Spinning Fur Guitars". Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009. ^ http://leftyfretz.com/left-handed-dean-zelinsky-guitars/ ^ https://deanzelinsky.com ^ Girl in the Water Photo ^ VH1 / E! Entertainment Join my listening family and subscribe at kennspodcast.com Support the show with a donation at glow.fm/kennblanchard Thank you. Kenn
This time on the Strings and Things podcast, super-shredder Sudeip Ghosh is here to change the strings on his Dean Zelinsky guitar while our host, Patrick Grant, works on his trusty Les Paul. Sudeip grew up playing and singing Indian classical music, but a chance encounter with a hard rock mixtape ignited his dreams of power chord glory. Sudeip will tell us how a one-string acoustic and a scarcity of guitar magazines tested his determination, and how he’s come into his own as a metal guitarist, a film composer, and a Bollywood musician. As always, we’ll put the new guitar strings thru their paces when Patrick and Sudeip plug in to record some rollicking riffs. Go to our webpage at stringsandthingsshow.com for more music and videos.
Computer programmer, film composer and supreme shredder Sudeip Ghosh joins us on the next Strings and Things podcast. He'll be here to change the strings on his Dean Zelinsky guitar, while our host Patrick Grant works on his trusty black Les Paul. Sudeip will tell us how he discovered heavy metal while growing up in India, and we'll hear how totally underwhelming his first guitar was. This is the Strings and Things podcast, where guitarists come by to change their strings, swap some stories and play some music. Look us up on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and YouTube or visit our website at stringsandthingsshow.com.
Hi AaA Fans. Here's the next episode of your Amps and Axes Podcast. Mick starts this one out talking about Eddie Trunk's interview of guitarist Joe Holmes. Then there's talk of Zack, Jake E Lee and Dean Zelinsky of Dean Guitars, all of which have ties to Ozzy. Then they bring on this week's guest, guitarists and founding father of the Hunters! Ladies and Gents, please welcome Mr Greg Martin of The Kentucky Headhunters. Enjoy!
Pipes and PT are back from NAMM, and they’ve brought audio! An interview with Dean Zelinsky, a Steve Vai press conference and corrections, corrections, corrections!