Originally Posted by: alucard0941 his death did make Dean the biggest guitar distributer now. It seems as if the "Dean" company name should change to "DIME" :rolleyes:

Imagine if Steve Vai were to die...
^that would truly shake the guitar world.

Yeah, in fact, I'm a little bit sickened by just how shamelessly Dean are using Dime's death to make money. Dimebag tribute guitars, straps, apparel, even a motorcycle: where will it stop? Where do you draw the line between honest tribute and callous commercialism? I think it's about time they let the man rest in peace, no?

What's sad is, if Steve Vai died tomorrow, Ibanez would probably do exactly the same thing.