PSA: Dean 'Patents Pending' ML Series

[crunchee]

They (or at least some of them) seem to be USA-made, and ought to be for that price.    Anybody here notice these lately?

Dean Guitars goes back in time with the Patents Pending series

If it was me and I could go back to 1977 with Five Grand in my pocket, I'd go shopping for a used late '50's Gibson LP.  

Here's the latest Dean ML lineup...interesting thing is that the 'Floyd' Patents Pending ML model listing doesn't seem to have a Floyd:

ML | Dean Guitars

Also, Musician's Fiend sells the Cherry Sunburst Patents Pending ML for $4499 instead of the 'list' $4999, if you're willing to drop that much cash for a new one:

Dean USA Patents Pending ML Flame Top Electric Guitar Trans Cherry Sunburst | Musician's Friend (musiciansfriend.com)

 

[RobB]

Not a big Dean guy, eh crunch?

[The Shark]

I can honestly say that I've never owned a Dean.  Honestly, I've no idea why.  Just never had a good one offered up to me.  I told Elliot, when I toured the Kapok Tree the last time and he laughed out loud.  He'd sold me dozens and dozens of guitars.  The first was a Martin D-18 in his first shop.  I was 16.

[diablo175]

Curious why Dean offers only 22 frets with the Floyded MLs.  They offer 24 with Kahlers. 🤔

I had a Dean Dime Slimebee Razorback back in the day as well as a Matt Heafy sig model ML-  for all of a month or so. The Razorback actually was a pretty decent ax though I eventually let it go due to my preference for 25.5" scale & 24 frets. The Heafy Sig looked cool AF but was a dud all around. Played like a cinder block and sounded worse.