Dean Guitars

Dean Guitars
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
HeadquartersTampa, Florida, United States
Area served
Global
Key people
Pam Rubinson (President & CEO)
Products
OwnerArmadillo Enterprises, Inc.
Number of employees
100
Websitedeanguitars.com

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.

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. Armadillo Enterprise purchased the business in 1997.[1]

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