News - Dean Guitar CEO embezzles $420,000

[Larsongs]

Seems Dean Guitars is in the News again..

https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/dean-guitars-ceo-evan-rubinson-sued-mother-allegedly-embezzling-420000/

[Whitefang]

No doubt NOT the kind of publicity they would have wanted.

Whitefang

[Rabs]

Between this and the fact that they are no longer allowed to copy Gibsons shapes..  Seems their days may be done...

Watch the prices of second hand ones shoot up...

[kidblast]

2 hours ago, Rabs said:

Between this and the fact that they are no longer allowed to copy Gibsons shapes..  Seems their days may be done...

Watch the prices of second hand ones shoot up...

yea..  I think they're pretty much circling the drain right now.

nothing

lasts

forever...

[Sgt. Pepper]

$420,000. Go big or go home. Your gonna go to jail. You could have at least stolen over a million.

[Larsongs]

Turns out it’s the mother who inherited Control of the Business’ & the Trust.. She’s suing the CEO who turns out to be her Son… Crazy World!

[kidblast]

7 hours ago, Larsongs said:

Turns out it’s the mother who inherited Control of the Business’ & the Trust.. She’s suing the CEO who turns out to be her Son… Crazy World!

money changes everything.

[Murph]

I'm surprised there was 420K to embezzle...

[badbluesplayer]

Moms are usually right.

[Sgt. Pepper]

420 is a good number though.

[Whitefang]

Tsk-Tsk!

Kids these days.  😖

Whitefang

[Notes_Norton]

I never liked them anyway, they always looked like cheap imitations to me. But then, I never played one, so I could be wrong.

I like my Gibson, Epiphone and Parker. That's enough for me.

 

Notes ♫

[rct]

I played a few American Deans way back then, we sold them, when LoverBoy was the only band that actually used them.  There was a reason for that.

rct

[Sgt. Pepper]

28 minutes ago, rct said:

I played a few American Deans way back then, we sold them, when LoverBoy was the only band that actually used them.  There was a reason for that.

rct

Michael Schenker played and still plays the hell out of them, but he is just pretty good, nope he's really f-in good. Kansas used them and I think Molly Hatchet too, and I think that guy from Slayer that had the big spikey wrist bands on.

Edited August 9, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper

[Dave F]

Their artist list looks fairly impressive ( I haven't heard of any of them) and the prices are reasonable enough to attract the younger crowd so I don't see anything wrong with them.

I know they've had some bigger name sig models in the past.

 

AARON MCCOY

ALEX JANSEN

ANDRE SOBRAL

ANDREY REER

ARCHAON

BILL PECK

BOBBY BARTH

BOBBY CHRONIC

BOBBY GUSTAFSON

BRET MICHAELS

CHRIS LINCK

CHRISTIAN LEE VASQUEZ

CHRISTIAN MARTUCCI

COREY LOWERY

CRAIG LOCICERO

CRAIG WAYNE BOYD

CULTURAL WARFARE

DALLAS TOLER-WADE

DAVE HLUBECK

DAVE REFFETT

DAVID VINCENT

DEREK OBSCURA

DEREK TAILER

DEUCE

DOYLE

EDDIE VELIZ

EDSEL DOPE

ERIC GRIFFIN

ERIC PETERSON

ERIC13

ERSIN SEKER

EVE TO ADAM

FALL OF HUMANITY

GEOFF THORPE

GLEN ALVELAIS

GREG T. WALKER

GUNNAR DÜGREY

JEFF WORLEY

JESSE DEAN

JINDI WU

JINGWEI LIU

JOEY CHICAGO

JOHN CONNOLLY

JOHNNY CHROMATIC

JOHNNY TÖXIK

KARL SANDERS

KENGO HIOKI (YELLOW)

KERRY KING

LESLIE WEST

MATT DRAKE

MARIO HAUI HAUEIS

MARTIN FURIA

MICHAEL AMOTT

MICHAEL SCHENKER

MIKE CARRIGAN

MIYAKO

NIKO GEMINI

RAMON ORTIZ

PETE EVICK

REV JONES

REECE SCRUGGS

RICH WARD

ROB BARRETT

ROB THE WITCH

ROMAN GLICK

RON KEEL

RONNY GUITERREZ

SAM S. JUNIOR

SASCHA GERSTNER

SCHMIER

SCOTT MCCLELLAN

SEAN DANIELSEN

SHENGJUN GU

STEPHEN JAY

STEVE CONLEY

STEVEN LOVAS

SUNSHINE & BULLETS

SURVIVORS ZERO

TERRY BUTLER

THORSTEN KOEHNE

TODD EVANS

TUOMAS

VINCE MINOGUE

VIRUS

WAYNE FINDLAY

WAYNE STATIC

WOODY LINGLE

XUE WEN

ZAIN SMITH

ZIPP WIGGINS

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

On 8/8/2022 at 9:44 PM, Dave F said:

Their artist list looks fairly impressive ( I haven't heard of any of them) and the prices are reasonable enough to attract the younger crowd so I don't see anything wrong with them.

I know they've had some bigger name sig models in the past.

BRET MICHAELS

When I think blistering guitar solos and amazing guitar work my mind immediately goes to . . .  Bret Michaels? WTF? I though he was a singer where the band dresses like b-itches.

[Larsongs]

I used to own a beautifully Hawaiian engraved all chrome Steel Electric Resonator Guitar. It was awesome to look at. I never bonded with it & sold it. I am still looking for the right one.

[DanvillRob]

On 8/8/2022 at 5:19 AM, Murph said:

I'm surprised there was 420K to embezzle...

Now THAT'S funny!  

Think Mom might have inflated the loss a tad?

[NighthawkChris]

Eric Peterson from Testament. Saw him recently and had a nice collection of Deans displayed on side of the stage. 

[Sgt. Pepper]

17 hours ago, NighthawkChris said:

Eric Peterson from Testament. Saw him recently and had a nice collection of Deans displayed on side of the stage. 

I saw Testament in Hawaii. They killed it. It was ‘93 or so.

[NighthawkChris]

9 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

I saw Testament in Hawaii. They killed it. It was ‘93 or so.

Nice, I’m jealous haha! They are one of my most favorite bands. I was glad they were in good form still when I saw them back in May this year. When they come back to Detroit I’ll go see them again. Still an active band from what I can tell after all these years too… planning on releasing another album from what I hear which drops next year.