Dean Zelinsky parking lot sale this weekend.

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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The neck profile is fine, but I've tried a used one with the "Z-Glide" neck. Ugh. I don't see how the theory of less resistance/faster movement applies, because it felt like a wooden cheese-grater.

As much as I would like to check out the sale, funds are short, and it's Mrs. CBH's birthday, so there.

@Jbird , Highland Park is a far-Northern suburb, so figure at least another hour on I-94 after you hit the Big City limits...well, maybe 45 minutes on a Saturday :wink:.
 
CBHScott said:
it's Mrs. CBH's birthday, so there.
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All the more reason to go...

I have a Z-Glide.
I like it.

I do find that the profile isn't the greatest for me. The angle at the edge of the fret board seems to acute.
It's like a flattened C shape, I guess.

Still, I get around that every time I play that guitar by getting my hand into a more proper playing position. Funny how that works.
 
CBHScott said:
The neck profile is fine, but I've tried a used one with the "Z-Glide" neck. Ugh. I don't see how the theory of less resistance/faster movement applies, because it felt like a wooden cheese-grater.

As much as I would like to check out the sale, funds are short, and it's Mrs. CBH's birthday, so there.

@Jbird , Highland Park is a far-Northern suburb, so figure at least another hour on I-94 after you hit the Big City limits...well, maybe 45 minutes on a Saturday :wink:.
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Yeah, that would be more like a 3 hour drive, or more depending on traffic.
 
I'd consider it if I had extra cash. But now isn't the right time for another guitar.
 
I don't think I'd cross the street to check out a Dean (unless it was an original from the late-1970's), much less make the drive to HP.

Note to shoppers: Dress warm. The high temperature is forecast to be 42 degrees. Perfect for checking out guitars.
 
Deep Eddy said:
I don't think I'd cross the street to check out a Dean (unless it was an original from the late-1970's), much less make the drive to HP.

Note to shoppers: Dress warm. The high temperature is forecast to be 42 degrees. Perfect for checking out guitars.
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They aren't Deans. They are Dean Zelinskys. Different companies.
 
Jbird said:
They aren't Deans. They are Dean Zelinskys. Different companies.
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I understand the distinction between the two companies, but I lump all of Dean Zelinsky's guitars together in one mental pile because they have no appeal for me and I can't be bothered to expend the mental energy. :)

Except for the Cadillac. Always had a soft spot for that guitar. This is pretty hot.

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Hmmmmmm, that's only about 90 miles from me. Hmmmmmmmm, must think about this..................

Edit - actually, it's only 60 miles away. I may just end up making a little road trip on Saturday morning.
 
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I've got a StrettaVita. Put a vintage DiMarzio X2N in the bridge and dropped it to C Standard...excellent budget metal axe!
 
Hmmm, starts at 9:embarrassed:0, I get out of work at 7:15, it takes 3 1/2 hours to drive there. That means sometime around 11:embarrassed:0. All the deals will be gone by about 9:15 so I'll make the trip for nothing. I think I'll just go home and go to bed instead.
 
Rick 381 said:
A few parking spaces in Chicago? I'm not sure you'd have the funds for that. You could probably buy an entire months production at Gibson for that money.
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The sale is north of Chicago in Highland Park. If you don't want to mess with the southbound toll-ways on I-94 or I-294, just take US HWY 41, when it branches off I-94,just south of the Wisconsin/Illinois state line. Dean Zelinsky Guitars is about 20 miles or so, south of the branch-off, alongside of Hwy 41. I've been down that way before.
 
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