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Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:20 am
by Nick
So we have all seen the pictures of Randy with the Flying V dean guitar, my question regards around a rumor.

The rumor is that before Randy got famous he went to dean guitars to get a custom axe and they turned him down, is this true?????

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:48 am
by Tito
i think he tried to get an endorsement from them and got turned down

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:22 pm
by Cryptic Night
Yes, he went to a NAAM show, if I'm not mistaken. He tried to get an endorsement, but the guy turned him down. After that, Randy called Dean guitars "firewood".

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:29 am
by Nick
Cryptic Night wrote:Yes, he went to a NAAM show, if I'm not mistaken. He tried to get an endorsement, but the guy turned him down. After that, Randy called Dean guitars "firewood".

If I am not mistaken dean guitars are pretty good are they not? I have never played them so.

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:37 am
by Cryptic Night
As with most guitar companies, their high-end stuff is pretty good. Randy tried to get an endorsement from them, but because he was a "nobody" at the time, they wouldn't do it. Guess it pissed him off so he refused to play Dean guitars after that? I don't know for sure. All I know is the story in which he called Dean guitars firewood.

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:16 pm
by GUITARIDOL5682
ive never liked the inverted head stock on the Dean guitars so ugly...Randy wise choice dont use firewood pieces of shit...Stick to your Jacksons dude ;-)

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:08 am
by Watson503
I guess it is good that this happened, otherwise we might be seeing Randy's name pimped as they've been doing with Dime's since his passing. Gotta crack-up at Randy calling them "firewood" - the higher-level and some of the mid-range S. Korean made axes are nice but the low-end stuff they pump-out is pretty damn much firewood.

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:35 am
by Cryptic Night
Watson503 wrote:I guess it is good that this happened, otherwise we might be seeing Randy's name pimped as they've been doing with Dime's since his passing.
Doesn't Jackson do that? lol

Not to the same degree, of course, but there are plenty of RR Jackson guitars out there. Even some weird stuff (Roswell Jackson, anybody?).

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:27 am
by Nick
Cryptic Night wrote:
Watson503 wrote:I guess it is good that this happened, otherwise we might be seeing Randy's name pimped as they've been doing with Dime's since his passing.
Doesn't Jackson do that? lol

Not to the same degree, of course, but there are plenty of RR Jackson guitars out there. Even some weird stuff (Roswell Jackson, anybody?).

What was the whole deal regarding the Roswell Jackson guitars anyway ?

Re: Randy and Dean Guitars

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:51 am
by Cryptic Night
Nick wrote:
Cryptic Night wrote:
Watson503 wrote:I guess it is good that this happened, otherwise we might be seeing Randy's name pimped as they've been doing with Dime's since his passing.
Doesn't Jackson do that? lol

Not to the same degree, of course, but there are plenty of RR Jackson guitars out there. Even some weird stuff (Roswell Jackson, anybody?).

What was the whole deal regarding the Roswell Jackson guitars anyway ?
I would guess that it was a "radical" styling of the "classic" RR guitar shape. I don't think it ever took off though.