« Unique low-mass concept from DBZ »

DBZ guitar is a company started by the original founder of Dean guitars. Mr. Dean left Dean guitars to do more of his own thing after the company got typecast as a metal only guitar company. DBZ guitar has many fresh ideas when it comes to guitar making and I hope they do well so these ideas become more commonplace. DBZ and some other boutique guitar makers are trying out the concept that a low mass guitar sounds better. With less mass in the guitar the vibrations of the strings do not have to work as hard to get the body resonating. The Guitar on the surface looks a lot like a Gibson Semi hollow but if you look at it from the side it is very flat and thin. With the thin body you get a really crisp sound and good attack. The guitar comes with proprietary DBZ pickups that they call full spectrum pickups and they are able to be coil tapped with the push pull volume pot. It has 22 frets on a Gibson 24.75 scale. The neck is a soft V shape that Dean has made famous over the years. The body is mahogany with a flamed maple top. The binding is natural maple from the top. The fretboard is rosewood but it has been dyed black for a classy ebony like look. It has Grover tuners up top and a DBZ bridge design where the stop tail is pushed far back for a unique string tension. You can also get this guitar with a Bigsby tremolo but I would strongly recommend against it. With the thin body the guitar is super light. It feels like you are playing air, and the soft v neck profile fits well in your hand. Many people think a big heavy body is the key to sustain. DBZ and a few other companies have been trying to get rid of that idea by making great sounding thin guitars. They state that with big heavy guitars a lot of the string energy gets lost just making the body resonate. With a thin guitar the body resonates easier and the strings dont have to work as hard, increasing sustain. This guitar does sustain very well and the DBZ pickups give a nice classy tone. This is not a metal machine. This guitar is more suited for blues or jazz up to classic rock. If you see a guitar with a thin body dont start thinking it has a thin sound. A well made thin guitar can sound better than a big guitar. If you are looking for a guitar that resonates like crazy and is something different the DBZ Imperial is a fresh concept.