SIX STRING MASTERPIECES: THE DIMEBAG DARRELL ART TRIBUTE  is:

A charitable Art Exhibit that will tour the US and abroad during the spring and summer of 2006, followed by an auction of the guitars to benefit foundations dedicated to art & music education.

This attraction features over 50 DEAN ML Guitars that have been hand-painted, illustrated and sculpted by many of America's favorite rock musicians and tattoo artists.  Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Dave Grohl, Billy Corgan, Dave Navarro, Korn, Moby, recent Grammy Award winners Kelly Clarkson and Linkin Park, as well as top artists from the modern art & tattoo world such as Derek Hess, Ron English, Ryan McGinness, Paul Booth and Jack Rudy have donated their time and talent to create this charitable event in support of music education and to pay tribute to one of the most respected and cherished rock musicians to ever pick up an instrument.

This exhibit is a memorial tribute to the greatest metal guitarist of all time, DIMEBAG DARRELL ABBOTT.   This is an unprecedented happening, featuring multi-platinum artists coming together to memorialize a great friend and artist, and to create positive community support through an anti-violence and pro-education message.

The actual guitar model being used as the “canvas” is the DEAN ML, originally designed in 1976 by DEAN ZELINSKY, the founder of DEAN GUITARS.  This is DIMEBAG DARRELL'S signature instrument, the exact model he played his whole life. DEAN GUITARS has kindly donated all of the guitars to this project.

Prior to his unfortunate death, Abbott had designed the DIMEBAG DARRELL COLLECTION of ML's with DEAN GUITARS.  In accordance with the Abbott family's wishes, these amazingly designed instruments were made available to the public in 2005.  DEAN GUITARS remains committed to keeping DIMEBAG DARRELL'S dream alive of making the finest metal guitars in the world bearing his name.  This exhibit celebrates Dime's enthusiasm and energy.

A preview of SIX STRING MASTERPIECES was recently unveiled to 40,000 people at Winter NAMM (Jan. 2006), one of the music industries most essential events.  The exhibit received incredible response and is now poised to be one of the most appealing and talked about exhibits of 2006.  

SIX-STRING MASTERPIECES is currently being booked for a spring and summer 2006 tour with stops in major cities throughout the world.  

MUSIK MESSE

An additional group of ten guitars from the Six-String Masterpieces collection are being featured at MusikMesse, an International trade fair for musical instruments, in Frankfurt, Germany Mar 29 - Apr 1.  This is a huge event.  It is Europe's equivalent of the NAMM Show.  www.musikmesse.com  


   For Further Information on Six- String Masterpieces please contact:

   Curse Mackey Producer – Curator
   cursemackey@yahoo.com
   813.477.2552

   CHECK OUT WWW.DEANGUITARS.COM/SIXSTRINGMP  !!!


   ARTIST LIST FOR SIX-STRING MASTERPIECES at SXSW
   Moby
   Rob Zombie
   Ryan McGinness – NYC contemporary artist
   Dave Grohl – Foo Fighters
   Jonathan Davis - Korn
   Mark Mothersbaugh – Devo
   Jerry Cantrell – Alice in Chains
   Kirk Hammett - Metallica
   Dave Navarro
   Billy Corgan – Smashing Pumpkins
   Kerry King – Slayer
   Bob Zilla - Damage Plan
   Zakk Wylde – Black Label Society
   Tommy Lee – Motley Crue
   Oderus Urungus - Gwar
   Marilyn Manson
   Chester Bennington – Linkin Park
   Michael Anthony – Van Halen
   Munky - Korn
   Aaron Cain -  master of bio-mechanical tattooing
   Joe Capobianco – Hope Gallery Tattoo
   Jason D'Aquino – Blue Moon Tattoo
   Joe Hahn – Linkin Park
   Paul Booth – Last Rites Tattoo, has a fine art opening in Berlin soon!
   Filip Leu – Leu Family Iron, tattooist, surrealist artist
   Sean Crahan aka Clown - Slipknot
   Ron English  - Popaganda Art
   Chino Moreno – Deftones
   OTEP
   Hank Williams III
   Guy Aitchison – America's most groundbreaking tattoo artist
   Mick Thomson – Slipknot   Bob Tyrrell – well-known tattoo "portrait" artist
   Jack Rudy  - legendary tattoo artist (see Steve-O's back!)
   Gill Montie – Inkslinger's Ball Producer, Texas-based tattoo artist.
   Derek Hess –  contemporary artist
   Willie Adler – Lamb of God
   Sas Christian - Florida based "lowbrow" artist
   Kelly Clarkson
   Dan Donegan – Disturbed
   Alexi Laiho – Children of Bodom
   David Stoupakis – artist for the new Korn album



   ARTIST LIST FOR SIX-STRING MASTERPIECES at MusikMesse


             James Hetfield – Metallica
             Charlie Benante - Anthrax
             Sammy Hagar
             Greg Tribbett – Mudvayne
             Sum 41
             Ted Nugent
             Shannon Larkin – Godsmack
             Joe Satriani
             Steve Stevens
             Jim Root – Slipknot
             Tom Morello - Audioslave

             More shows to be announced soon!

Six-String Masterpieces was curated by Curse Mackey in association with Elliott Rubinson, CEO of Dean Guitars and Dean Zelinsky, the company's founder.