For the Dean Guitars history folks. If you remember back in Episode One there were excerpts from a couple of interviews with Terry Manning discussing the gear Billy Gibbons used on ZZ Top's Eliminator album. As many of you know, Terry passed away back in March and in tribute Blake Morgan wrote an article in remembrance of Terry in the Oct/Nov issue of TapeOp Magazine, which is linked below. The picture below is Blake playing the red "warped stratocaster shaped" guitar or a Dean Bel-Aire with body binding and a single DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup. I believe this is one of the few if not the only picture of this guitar in existence. As far as I know there are still no pictures in existence of the red baby ML that Billy also played on the record. tapeop.com/interviews/169/remembering-terry-mannin…
Dean Episode 4 is still in the works. Still scheduling and conducting interviews. Thankfully there are a lot of people in the Dean Guitars world who want to contribute to this series. If you worked at Dean Guitars from 1997-2004 and are interested in contributing please email me at chris@sapulpaguitaracademy.com
The bonus episode going deep into the Tropical Music era will be out in the next week or two. The delay is all on me. I made contact with a former employee of Paul Chandler's who helped build the small run of USA Deans produced before Tropical moved production to Cleveland and Hill Guitars. I would like to get his side of the story before releasing the bonus episode. Should be a fun episode for those of you who enjoy the deep dive content.
Thanks to everyone who checked the first video in a new series. What brand should we cover in the next video? Hamer, Parker, Travis Bean? Let me know down below. I may try and put another one out before Episode 4 of the Dean Guitars series
Next video will be the Dean History Deep Dive going over Episode 3 and will be uploaded to the members channel. https://youtu.be/99tsnqyCtKA
We just hit 3k subs sometime over the holiday weekend! Thanks to all the new subscribers!
Here's what's in store for December and January.
The Story of Dean Guitars: Bonus Episode 1991-1997. (Membership Video) This will be a deep dive into the Tropical Music Years. I was also able to interview Tracy Hoeft (Dean Guitars President from 1992-1997) recently so I'll add clips from his interview on this bonus episode. This video should be out next week, if not this week. Membership is only .99 a month or just be on the lookout for the next post and I'll include a free link to the video.
G&L Guitars: A Brief History and Postmortem. This video will be out sometime in December. This will be more in the vein of my Guitar Center videos, not as produced as the Hamer or Dean series, FYI.
The Story of Dean Guitars: Episode 4 1997-2004 Currently scheduled for late January or early February.
A big thanks to everyone who checked out the latest Dean Guitars History video! The video brought a lot of new people to the channel so a big welcome to all the new subscribers.
The next video will be a discussion over the 2004 Hamer: Building an American Legend DVD. I thought this would make for an interesting discussion since the video is over 20 years old. If you haven't see the DVD yet, I've linked to a copy below. Discussion video will be out before Thanksgiving. It's currently in the editing stage.
For those of your looking for a Dean Guitars series update, the next video will be a bonus episode diving deep into the Tropical Music years that will go up on the new membership section (.99 a month to join). There was a lot of content I ended up cutting out and information that I wasn't able to cram in so if you didn't get your fill of Dean history with the last episode than be on the lookout. This should be out around late November, early December.
Dean Episode 4 will cover the years 1997 right up to Dime's passing in 2004. No idea on release date yet, but January 2026 would be a good bet.
As mentioned, the channel does have a membership section, which is .99 a month. The lowest amount YouTube will let me charge. This is a way to still make content that myself and a small portion of my channel enjoy, but may not appeal to a majority of subscribers. Having videos that don't preform well doesn't bother me, but it does affect how YouTube pushes videos that will have more broad appeal. I figured this would be a great way to segment them, but still keep all the content in one place. The plan is add new content to the membership section constantly as I have quite a backlog of stuff that hardcore fans of this channel would appreciate.
Coming soon! Can't wait to share the story of Dean Guitars in the 90s. One of the most misunderstood, misreported eras of Dean Guitars history. We will also be covering the story of Dimebag's Washburn endorsement and the history behind it. ETA is around Halloween.
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New video should be out next week, but until then enjoy the latest video from our friends at @blueslawyer
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Our latest episode goes over the failure of the infamous Gibson Firebird X. What should we cover on the next Postmortem Report?
https://youtu.be/aVIlI8toY50
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For the Dean Guitars history folks. If you remember back in Episode One there were excerpts from a couple of interviews with Terry Manning discussing the gear Billy Gibbons used on ZZ Top's Eliminator album. As many of you know, Terry passed away back in March and in tribute Blake Morgan wrote an article in remembrance of Terry in the Oct/Nov issue of TapeOp Magazine, which is linked below. The picture below is Blake playing the red "warped stratocaster shaped" guitar or a Dean Bel-Aire with body binding and a single DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup. I believe this is one of the few if not the only picture of this guitar in existence. As far as I know there are still no pictures in existence of the red baby ML that Billy also played on the record.
tapeop.com/interviews/169/remembering-terry-mannin…
Dean Episode 4 is still in the works. Still scheduling and conducting interviews. Thankfully there are a lot of people in the Dean Guitars world who want to contribute to this series. If you worked at Dean Guitars from 1997-2004 and are interested in contributing please email me at chris@sapulpaguitaracademy.com
The bonus episode going deep into the Tropical Music era will be out in the next week or two. The delay is all on me. I made contact with a former employee of Paul Chandler's who helped build the small run of USA Deans produced before Tropical moved production to Cleveland and Hill Guitars. I would like to get his side of the story before releasing the bonus episode. Should be a fun episode for those of you who enjoy the deep dive content.
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A new episode of the Postmortem Report is now available! This week we dive into the controversial "Robot Tuners". Thanks for watching!
https://youtu.be/AXG9YGY3cIg
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A new episode of the Postmortem Report is up now. This week we look at the rise and fall of Parker Guitars? https://youtu.be/EHRUlNS6dw4
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Thanks to everyone who checked the first video in a new series. What brand should we cover in the next video? Hamer, Parker, Travis Bean? Let me know down below. I may try and put another one out before Episode 4 of the Dean Guitars series
Next video will be the Dean History Deep Dive going over Episode 3 and will be uploaded to the members channel.
https://youtu.be/99tsnqyCtKA
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We just hit 3k subs sometime over the holiday weekend! Thanks to all the new subscribers!
Here's what's in store for December and January.
The Story of Dean Guitars: Bonus Episode 1991-1997. (Membership Video) This will be a deep dive into the Tropical Music Years. I was also able to interview Tracy Hoeft (Dean Guitars President from 1992-1997) recently so I'll add clips from his interview on this bonus episode. This video should be out next week, if not this week. Membership is only .99 a month or just be on the lookout for the next post and I'll include a free link to the video.
G&L Guitars: A Brief History and Postmortem. This video will be out sometime in December. This will be more in the vein of my Guitar Center videos, not as produced as the Hamer or Dean series, FYI.
The Story of Dean Guitars: Episode 4 1997-2004 Currently scheduled for late January or early February.
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A big thanks to everyone who checked out the latest Dean Guitars History video! The video brought a lot of new people to the channel so a big welcome to all the new subscribers.
The next video will be a discussion over the 2004 Hamer: Building an American Legend DVD. I thought this would make for an interesting discussion since the video is over 20 years old. If you haven't see the DVD yet, I've linked to a copy below. Discussion video will be out before Thanksgiving. It's currently in the editing stage.
For those of your looking for a Dean Guitars series update, the next video will be a bonus episode diving deep into the Tropical Music years that will go up on the new membership section (.99 a month to join). There was a lot of content I ended up cutting out and information that I wasn't able to cram in so if you didn't get your fill of Dean history with the last episode than be on the lookout. This should be out around late November, early December.
Dean Episode 4 will cover the years 1997 right up to Dime's passing in 2004. No idea on release date yet, but January 2026 would be a good bet.
As mentioned, the channel does have a membership section, which is .99 a month. The lowest amount YouTube will let me charge. This is a way to still make content that myself and a small portion of my channel enjoy, but may not appeal to a majority of subscribers. Having videos that don't preform well doesn't bother me, but it does affect how YouTube pushes videos that will have more broad appeal. I figured this would be a great way to segment them, but still keep all the content in one place. The plan is add new content to the membership section constantly as I have quite a backlog of stuff that hardcore fans of this channel would appreciate.
Thanks for the support!
-Chris
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Just 4 days away until we drop the Dime on Halloween!
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Coming soon! Can't wait to share the story of Dean Guitars in the 90s. One of the most misunderstood, misreported eras of Dean Guitars history. We will also be covering the story of Dimebag's Washburn endorsement and the history behind it. ETA is around Halloween.
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