Dean Chris Impellitteri signature model

[roodyrocker]

I ran into Chris Impellitteri at NAMM a few years ago. He can shred! While I'm not particularly a fan of Dean guitars I'm pleased to see more shredders from the 80's get a sig guitar than about a Blink 182 or John Mayer sig

[chrisolson]

He's had his own band for years. Amazing player, really. I can't believe there's no Floyd in it, but whatever. I've always enjoyed his stuff, but I can't listen to it regularly. As a matter of fact, I can't listen to it at all - the cassette died years ago!

Not a RacerX guy - that was Gilbert & Bouillet.

[neilli]

Chris has been secretly working with Dean owner Elliott Rubinson in order to create the Chris Impellitteri signature guitar ..

I can understand why this would need to be secret - there must be literally tens of people who're desperate to know :ROTF:

[Learn Guitars]

Amazingly original graphic!!

[toejam]

Ghost painter: Mike Learn!

[6string40]

I'm surprised no one had ever thought about putting a spider web on a guitar before! Way to be so cutting edge Chris!

It's cool to see another H/S guitar on the market though. Too bad it's a Dean.

[j2379]

Not a RacerX guy - that was Gilbert & Bouillet.

thanks i always forget the other guy....

[markD]

I can understand why this would need to be secret - there must be literally tens of people who're desperate to know :ROTF:

yeah, no shit. i listened to those new songs and was amazingly UN-inspired. how can garbage like that get released when there are so many bands with good SONGS that never get a break?

sometimes i think being a soulless shredder might have SOME advantages over having a sense of melody and musicality....

[Norton]

Who would buy his guitar, anyway?

[Ben...]

Dean + ANYTHING = Yuck.

Fixed.

[fuel0707]

I like Chris' playing and writing. He doesn't get anywhere near the credit he deserves for the cool riffs he writes - everyone seems to focus on his soloing.

As for the guitar, I'm not surprised by the bridge choice. I've never seen any live pics of him with a Floyd'd guitar although I know he's recorded a bit with a Floyd and I think he had a guitar with a Floyd on one album cover. The same thing, sort of, with the pickup layout on the signature guitar. Chris has used a 'bucker some for recording but again, all of the live pics I've seen have been with 3 single coils but I know he's used a bridge HB in the studio.

The ugliest part, by far, is the Dean headstock. The graphic doesn't float my boat and it could have been better. But that headstock is fugly: it looks like something you'd see on a no-name, bottom-of-the-barrel import.

[Flatpicker]

Who would buy his guitar, anyway?

Actually. Without the terrible paint, I would.
That's what I've been wanting in a Charvel Production model.

[max]

While I'm not particularly a fan of Dean guitars I'm pleased to see more shredders from the 80's get a sig guitar than about a Blink 182 or John Mayer sig

+1

Impellitteri was relatively well known in the 80s, he had his own instructional video and everything. I liked his album "Stand in Line" back in the day, cool stuff.

The guitar looks like a Kramer body with an ESP neck though.

[toejam]

The ugliest part, by far, is the Dean headstock.

Which is pretty much the same headstock B.C. Rich used/uses. If it said B.C. Rich on there, I bet you'd like it! :ROTF:

[Joe_Steeler]

That also looks like the headstock PRS put on the Dan Spitz proto.

Who the fuck knew though?! Al Gore invented the internet and Chis Impellitteri came up with the spider web design.
What's next? Jim Marshall designed his own circuitry?