The Déan Bel Aire will be furthermore a cool super strat typé guitar w á deco slanted bódy.that sells reaI cheap as Déan enthusiasts are a extremely slanted audience. His humbucker équiped Caddies and Hárd Tails are actually Exceptional Les John / PRS type guitars. Dean definitely had little tslent fór anything in thé stra / Tele individual coil tione side of the luthier fencing. Some were decent ideas, some simply attempst at something various. Some Dean versions were produced briefly as théy didn't sell properly to the primary Dean marketplace, which is usually metal heads. Sent picture w your info to some previous buddies that are usually long time Dean enthusiasts and 'original forum' members. Thrée hums was thé norm on these, though you also see 2 hums. Right here's a pic of my mid-90's Caddy - notice neck, entire body and headstock joining, ebony board, goId hardware, fancier inIay design.
Y'Lites usually are more plain and possess appear in inlays like your illustration above. The Age'Lites were a little bit lower on the meals string and are usually not really as decked out with functions like the Cadillac. Possibly an ill-fated attempt to 'strat-ify' the design.īy the way, if it does not have got body holding, it should probably be referred to as an Elizabeth'Lite instead than a Cadillac. I believe it is definitely a middle of the-90's model. Any suggestions of whéther this is án import ór US model? 0r any other infó? As I méntioned earlier, check fór a serial numbér rubber-stamped into the fretboard at the finish. But the pickguard, absence of any info marks, and even the finish appearance different than any óf the Cadillacs l've noticed. It's i9000 evidently newer (not one of the old, 70's types). Also, nowhere is definitely it marked where the guitar was produced (Us or import). The individual that got the pictures said there will be no serial numbér in any óf the typical places. Not clear whether Elliot owned Dean yet, or whether this acoustic guitar has been from his shop's stock.
So the information on this harmonica is definitely sparse. At the time, the dean guitars man (Elliot), owned a excellent local music store and would give the guy store credit or music instruments for his yard work sometimes.
My buddy works for a lawn assistance that utilized to have got the current owner of Dean guitárs as a customer.