Believe it or not I'm actually in a somewhat 'happy' mood today! Yes it's weird for me too! A couple of days ago I was cruising the online emporium of 'Cash Generator' and spotted a guitar called a Strettavita that piqued my interest. Made by a chap called Dean Zelinsky who has been designing and building guitars for people like ZZTop, Johnny Winter, Michael Schenker and Dimebag Darrel to name a few. Well at a mere two hundred and forty five bucks I though 'Hell let's go for it'.
The guitar didn't come with a case and arrived on Friday morning with the post simply wrapped in a little bubble wrap and that black plastic 'cling film' but, remarkably, intact. I plugged this guitar in and started playing it and well...... HOLY FUCK! WHAT A GUITAR! Sounds incredible and, despite costing me less than a tenth of the cost of the most expensive guitar I've ever bought it plays better than any guitar I have ever played before and sounds awesome.
I'm now searching the internet for more of his new 'Dean Zelinsky Private Label' guitars but, unfortunately there are no more for sale on the secondhand market except in Japan and the US, those that are are not the designs that really float my boat and ordering from the man himself will set you back at least £1500 for the bottom of his range plus import duty, plus shipping from the USA plus a four month wait while your guitar is built unless you choose from the selection he has 'ready to ship' on his website. The one I particularly like is over three grand plus the other expenses bit it's wild!
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