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GALLERY: Gear Ads of the 1980s

Take a trip back in time to see the gear, hair, and clothes that made the '80s most excellent—party on, dudes!
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Andrew Ramirez
on 01/31/2013 		We're the Mad Men that created 95% of Dean Markley String&Amp ads from 1980 thru 2010. Go to: revolutiionary.net Click on Portfolio and Dean Markley cache. Our agency based in San Jose, CA and still humping. Andrew Joaquin Ramirez revolutionary.net
Matt D"Orton a
on 02/28/2012 		Me too - "Feel The Difference"!!!!! Indeed.
Matt
on 02/28/2012 		Where is the Dean Guitar ad "Feel The Difference" (aka the one with a young, blonde, well-endowed woman wearing a white bikini and holding a sunburst Flying V)?????
Me
on 02/04/2012 		I always felt the Skolnick "Endangered Species" advert would prove to be quite prophetic- only I thought the entities that would eventually kill the "Metal Musician" wouldn't be censorship per se` but rather cRap "music"/Electronica & Grunge... which were thriving at the time of the ad.
mr.mani
on 04/20/2011 		rjwguitarrepair.com they are in Seattle,Wa. they are making those Stephens Guitars
Raffguitar
on 01/03/2011 		Awesome! I agree with Dan, this should definitely be a monthly feature! Not only do I remember all of these, but I probably still HAVE these and more in a scrapbook! (fond memories) Where`s the Dean chick in the water with white bikini and Flying V? Tasteful advertising at it`s best (LOL)! Thanks
Arthur Wanker
on 12/24/2010 		I used to hang some of these weird and cool ads on the wall of my teenager room in the early 80s. Fun to see these but there are more gems out there.
shramiac
on 12/19/2010 		Was there a Dean Markley ad featuring Vinnie Vincent???
80's Boy
on 12/17/2010 		I remember every single one of these ads! I have been a metal fan/playing guitar since I was 12 years old so I've read tons of different music mags. It seemed every manufacturer had a stupid Crackle guitar finish? Satch with hair... ha ha. Ibanez ran a lot of sweet ads.

In the 80's(my era), you needed hair(full or mulletstyle), neon/crazy painted pointy guitars, Pouty stage moves in glamour pants and liberal doses of dude, man, rockon, etc. I miss those innocent times of beer fueled evenings in dumpy bars with older divorcees hitting on me.

Party on!!
George
on 12/14/2010 		Thanks for this 80's ads special.
I've been buying guitar mags since 1988 so slide after slide I would go "Oh, yeah I rmemeber this one!"

Dean Markley has not given up the racy ads, look for this year's "Stimulus package" ad (I believe it has also ran on Premier Guitar) it's definitely worthy of its 80's ancestors!



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