ML WITH "arrowhead" HEADSTOCK W/ PRL. INLAYED PIG

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

I have (had) one of these. I've never seen any mention of a pearl-inlayed "flying pig" on an "arrowhead" shaped headstock. I will try to post an image.

I'm very curious.

Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 3283 Location: Jersey

wha??? did you buy someone's custom guitar? Confused

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:19 am

billymagnum wrote:

wha??? did you buy someone's custom guitar? Confused

Timon and the Porkers Laughing

Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Posts: 349 Location: South-West Ohio

pics?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:14 pm

pariah2 wrote:

pics?

Yes pleeze..., pix!!!

Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 13235 Location: MA

bassmantim71 wrote:

pariah2 wrote:

pics?

Yes pleeze..., pix!!!

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

I'm working on it now.

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:30 pm

Sounds like he might mean it has a shrimpfork headstock I bet. Twisted Evil

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:51 pm

BTMN wrote:

Sounds like he might mean it has a shrimpfork headstock I bet. Twisted Evil

Good call Gene, the pig inlay still baffles me though. Perhaps a David Gilmour sig Razz

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

OK, here it is. Please don't tell me it's a copy. I bought this thing in 1988 used and old. I had never heard of a Dean guitar before. It said "DEAN" in capital letters on the headstock. The word had a gentle arc that was high in the middle and lowest on both ends. Just below it was a flying pig right in the middle of the headstock. It wasn't like the "floating" pig from Pink Floyd, this one was "cartoony" and had wings. It reminded me of a BBQ place kinda.

Sorry about the quality of the images. These were taken almost 25 years ago.

Thanks for your attention. I hoped that you Dean experts might have an idea.[/img]

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9602 Location: Portsmouth, VA

Dude, the pics are upside down and sideways and the guitar is a righty being played lefty and it's giving me frippin vertigo. Laughing

Regardless, that looks legit, to me. There's no faking that body. Maybe a super duper custom order or a re-neck?

Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 6629 Location: Minnesota

That's f'd up.

I want to know more about this guitar.

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

Yeah, I'm a lefty who plays strung right-handed. I remember liking it because the cut-out was perfect for a lefty...although my left elbow would turn the knobs. I flipped them all around to get a different perspective on the thing. Try to ignore the background. Very Happy

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

Graunke wrote:

That's f'd up.

I want to know more about this guitar.

Me too, that's why I'm here. I don't have it anymore. I sold it to a guy who died years ago. I lost the thread.

Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 3283 Location: Jersey

better pictures please Very Happy

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:56 am

There was I guy I knew in local band in the high desert that played a Dean Z with a Explorer Headstock. He broke the Dean Headstock and just said "screw it." So undoubtedly your guitar is not a fake. Somebody just replaced the broken headstock with a Flying V headstock.

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:34 am

OOH interesting guitar! I with ML TIB, headstock repair more than new that way. Cool

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:45 am

ML Tib wrote:

There was I guy I knew in local band in the high desert that played a Dean Z with a Explorer Headstock. He broke the Dean Headstock and just said "screw it." So undoubtedly your guitar is not a fake. Somebody just replaced the broken headstock with a Flying V headstock.

This

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 10202 Location: New Jersey USA

What a great story. Too bad the guitar is gone. It would be cool if someone reads this and points us to its whereabouts. Welcome to the nut house man.

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:14 pm

Cool!!!

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4749 Location: Indiana

formula73 wrote:

Dude, the pics are upside down and sideways and the guitar is a righty being played lefty and it's giving me frippin vertigo. Laughing

Regardless, that looks legit, to me. There's no faking that body. Maybe a super duper custom order or a re-neck?

Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 443

It doesn't have a v tailpeice either. Very cool guitar!! Like to see something different every now and then.

Joined: 27 Oct 2010 Posts: 721 Location: Greenwood, IN

koury73 wrote:

It doesn't have a v tailpeice either. Very cool guitar!! Like to see something different every now and then.

Yeah, the stop bar tailpiece was the first thing I noticed about that guitar. Weird.

Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 6629 Location: Minnesota

Could it be some kind of a Hamer?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:29 am

Not a Hamer. Only ML they have EVER built was/is Dime's.

I completely missed the bridge setup. Now I'm inclined to think this inot a Dean without a clearer shot. Somewhere, this guitar awaits the internet with a clearer image to view. Twisted Evil

Makes me hope it surfaces. Cool

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4749 Location: Indiana

koury73 wrote:

It doesn't have a v tailpeice either. Very cool guitar!! Like to see something different every now and then.

Good point!
That passed by me.

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4749 Location: Indiana

What is the round image on the body of the guitar that is opposite the input jack?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:26 am

BTMN wrote:

Not a Hamer. Only ML they have EVER built was/is Dime's.

I completely missed the bridge setup. Now I'm inclined to think this inot a Dean without a clearer shot. Somewhere, this guitar awaits the internet with a clearer image to view. Twisted Evil

Makes me hope it surfaces. Cool

Back in 1992, I was getting a custom ML built for me from Music Works in Redondo Beach CA. Unfortunately after 2 years of waiting the body was only completed, and I cancelled the guitar and got my money back. I was promised a completed guitar within a year. The one I ordered was going to be with a BFH, and a Stop tailpiece, because i don't care much for string through body. I took the $500 down payment and then bought me the 56 LP Jr, and 60 Special.

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 10202 Location: New Jersey USA

ML Tib wrote:

I took the $500 down payment and then bought me the 56 LP Jr, and 60 Special.

I bet you wish you still had those two, eh? Cool

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:32 pm

BradWorld wrote:

ML Tib wrote:

I took the $500 down payment and then bought me the 56 LP Jr, and 60 Special.

I bet you wish you still had those two, eh? Cool

Knowing Felice, I bet he still has them stashed somewhere Cool

Anybody figure out what the Flying Pig inlay is yet?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:42 pm

im not in the know but im inclined to believe that anyone with the knowhow to fix a broken HS or set a new neck can set up a hardtail bridge no prob. ill place a gentlemans wager youll find the holes for the string through between those pole pieces.

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

Wombat wrote:

What is the round image on the body of the guitar that is opposite the input jack?

It's a sticker.

Thanks for all of your input, guys! I hope it surfaces as well! After this little correspondence, I'm inclined to investigate it further. Maybe I can land it. BTW I don't recall if it had the "through the body" string holes.

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:23 pm

mikeyralph68 wrote:

Wombat wrote:

What is the round image on the body of the guitar that is opposite the input jack?

It's a sticker.

Thanks for all of your input, guys! I hope it surfaces as well! After this little correspondence, I'm inclined to investigate it further. Maybe I can land it. BTW I don't recall if it had the "through the body" string holes.

flip it over and look for holes under where the hardtail is placed. even filled holes would leave small marks unless a real pro did the mod.

Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 7

lordkronos187 wrote:

mikeyralph68 wrote:

Wombat wrote:

What is the round image on the body of the guitar that is opposite the input jack?

It's a sticker.

Thanks for all of your input, guys! I hope it surfaces as well! After this little correspondence, I'm inclined to investigate it further. Maybe I can land it. BTW I don't recall if it had the "through the body" string holes.

flip it over and look for holes under where the hardtail is placed. even filled holes would leave small marks unless a real pro did the mod.

When/if I get my hands on it again, I will post many images from all angles.

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:23 pm

BradWorld wrote:

ML Tib wrote:

I took the $500 down payment and then bought me the 56 LP Jr, and 60 Special.

I bet you wish you still had those two, eh? Cool

Northwinds wrote:

Knowing Felice, I bet he still has them stashed somewhere Cool

I still do Brad and Ron. They are in my closet. Those are something I'm not parting with. My big Mistake was parting with the 57 TV model I had years ago. Those things are going for close to $20K now.

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:51 pm

Needs an EMG Laughing

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:49 am

Grim Reaper wrote:

Needs an EMG Laughing

Hahaha!!!

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:07 pm

Grim Reaper wrote:

Needs an EMG Laughing

Sacrilege!

Buy a new one, and then stick a an EMG in it. I wouldn't even put a regular HBer in it. P90s are cool on those old 50s guitars.

Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 5763 Location: Joisey

ML Tib wrote:

P90s are cool on those old 50s guitars.

P-90's are cool on any guitar.