ULI JON ROTH Talks SKY GUITAR At NAMM; Video Available

February 16, 2010

Vintage Rock correspondent Rachael Cadden conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) at the Dean Guitars booth at at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the chat below.

The long-awaited first official Uli Jon Roth signature Sky Guitar was finally unveiled at NAMM on January 14, 2010. There were two different models on display, a six-string and a seven-string version.

This limited edition is super-custom-built 100% to Uli's specifications by the custom shop of Dean Guitars USA. Each guitar is personally named and approved by Uli Jon Roth.

Sky Guitars were the first electric guitars with a truly extended upper range and lots of extra frets.

Uli originally designed the Sky Guitar in 1982 and the development phase went through five prototypes, the culmination of which was Mighty Wing — his legendary seven-string guitar, which features an unprecedented six octave range.

From the beginning, Sky Guitars embodied the very spirit of cutting-edge innovation. These new models honor this tradition and incorporate several new features.

Over the past few years Uli has been approached by numerous guitar manufacturers who offered to build Sky Guitars and guitarists from all over the world are constantly asking where they might buy them. Going back as far as the Eighties, there have been companies who sold Sky Guitars, either without Uli's knowledge or without his consent. Many private individuals have also had copies built for themselves, because of the unique and appealing design and the features. But these were all just copied from photographs and no one had access to the precise dimensions of the originals; hence most of those copies resulted in poor imitations, which didn't stand a chance to live up to the extremely high standard of the handful of originals, which had been hand-crafted by the brilliant British master luthier Andreas Demetriou back in the Eighties.

The new Dean custom line is the first genuine, fully authentic Sky Guitars for twenty years.

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