thankfully i bought my dean before Zelinksi(sp?) left the company. its true that after he left the quality of the guitars went way down. i've played newer versions of my own guitar and they're absolutely terrible. as someone else said, these days they're just an unreliable company.

I got my hands on an MKH before they were discontinued and it could've been a tiny bit better, I love it to pieces but I just know if DBZ was still there the quality would've probably been immaculate!

agreed. Matts ml and Coreys V were awesome. i actually own the dean CBV (coreys v) and plays like a monster.
But it was there decision to go back to jackson and gibson. but hey, Jackson and Gibsons are good, just not better than dean

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Corey and maybe even Matt went to DBZ, those are badass guitars, and I know I definitely plan on buying one as soon as I can afford it.