Diamond Guitars is an American

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manufacturer owned and operated by Mountain High Holdings LLC, Jason Struble, the president and CEO, along with Jeff Diamant of Diamond Amplification. Former

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founder and owner

Dean Zelinsky Dean B. Zelinsky (born February 20, 1957), also known as Dean Z, Dean Barrett Zelinsky or DBZ, is an American guitar luthier who founded Dean Guitars in 1977 and DBZ Guitars in 2008 and today owns Dean Zelinsky Private Label started in 2012. E ...

was a co-owner from 2008 until his departure in 2012. He left the company to form his current brand, Dean Zelinsky Private Label.

History

Formerly known as DBZ Guitars and later DBZ Diamond, Diamond Guitars was officially formed in 2013 with their corporate headquarters located in

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. The company was purchased and moved to Muncie, Indiana in August of 2018. In 2018, Diamond brought a new artist relation director on board, Dennis "Dr. Diamond" Spencer. Under Spencer, the brand saw new artists come to the roster such as nostalgic rockers

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Guitar models

The company has a full line of electric guitars, both import and US-made, that include the DBZ Bolero, Barchetta, Cavallo, Imperial, Royale, and Hailfire Series. For heavy metal and hard rock, DBZ Diamond recommends their Bird of Prey, Venom and Halcyon Series. A DBZ/Diamond have manufactured a wide range of electric and acoustic guitars as well as bass guitars; some of them are: * DBZ Barchetta * DBZ Bird of Prey * DBZ Bolero * DBZ Bolero "Croc Skin" * DBZ Cavallo * DBZ Cavallo "Peacemaker" * DBZ Halcyon * DBZ Imperial * DBZ Imperial Aliento * DBZ Mondial * DBZ Royale * DBZ Tuscan * DBZ Venom * DBZ Venom "Snake Skin" * DBZ Verona

Musicians

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