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Dean Guitars

Dean Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Dean, is an American importer and maker of stringed instruments and musical products with its headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

Company type

1977 (1977)

Global

Pam Rubinson (President & CEO)

Armadillo Enterprises, Inc.

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Its products include solid-body electric guitars, bass guitars, and acoustic guitars. The company also distributes resonators, basses, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, amplifiers, guitar cases, accessories, and custom guitar pickups.


The company was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1976 by Dean Zelinsky, but came to prominence under Elliott Rubinson in 1997 after his company, Armadillo Enterprises, purchased the business.[1]

Affiliated companies[edit]

Armadillo Enterprises, the parent company of Dean Guitars, also owns Luna Guitars and ddrum.

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Official website

at NAMM Oral History Collection (2010)

Elliott Rubinson Interview

Evan Rubinson’s vision for the future(2018)

Evan Rubinson Article