Dean Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Dean, is an American importer and maker of stringed instruments and musical products with its headquarters in Tampa, Florida.
Dean artists Michael Schenker and Wayne Findlay with Dean owner Elliott "Dean" Rubinson
Dave Mustaine with his Dean signature VMNT "Rust in Peace"
Various Dean guitar models
Superstrat is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style. Differences typically include more pointed, aggressive-looking body and neck shapes with increased cutaways to facilitate access to the higher frets, an increased number of frets on the fingerboard, a contoured heel at the neck joint facilitating easier higher fret access, the usage of humbucking pickups, and locking vibrato systems, most commonly the Floyd Rose.
A 1990 US Fender HM Strat
Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat, red painted version
Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan, one of several Fender attempts on superstrat market