Vintage ad for B.C. Rich guitars 1989.
Today’s post from yours truly is going to take you on a trip down memory lane to a time when magazines were the main communication device for rock and roll. Though some great rock oriented print magazines do still exist, for at least four decades from the 60s through the 90s magazines were what you spent your money on so you could be sure to get the recommended daily amount of rock and roll information, get fan club info, and pull out centerfolds of a young David Lee Roth to hang on your wall—right next to whatever else covered up the ugly wallpaper in the room you spent your teenage years in.
If you’re a guitar loving gearhead and also a fan of girls, then you’re going to get an especially good kick out of the images in this post that feature the famous “Dean Girls” who helped sell guitars for Dean in a series of ads in the late 70s and 80s, as well as some racy images used by B.C. Rich. All of the images in the post have pretty consistent themes that include bikinis, big 80s hair and lots of skin. Oh, and there’s guitars too. Though there’s really nothing particularly risqué about a girl in a bikini holding a guitar, some of the images are probably NSFW. YAY!
Aria Pro II ad.
One of the girls from guitar maker Dean and their series of ads featuring scantily clad ladies. This one is known as the Dean “Rip Girl.”
Vintage 80s ad for Hondo guitars. $2 bucks got you the poster!
Vintage guitar ad for Washburn.
An ad for the “Knight Warrior” guitar by Aria.
An ad for Vester guitars.
Another Dean girl.
Vintage ad for Hondo guitars.
B.C. Rich 1979.
Another bikini girl for Dean.
And ad for the B.C. Rich Mach 7 guitar.
The Bel Aire guitar by Dean.
A sheepskin-covered guitar by Dean. According to legend, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top called guitar desinger Dean Zelinsky when he was drunk at a Def Leppard after party. According to Zelinsky, Gibbons told him that he was sending him some sheepskins for him to attach to a guitar. And the rest as they say is history.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Groovy vintage ads for classic guitars
Super bizarre fully-functional ‘mermaid’ guitar
Big Hair: A collection of epic ‘80s hairstyles