I'm thinking about a steel Callaham block for it. The block itself looks identical to the pot metal MIM Fender. I'll string the next set through the block and see if there is a diffference. I put new strings on and strung them through the top just to see how it would sound. It's a 2 point system like an MIA Fender but you have the option of stringing it through the block or from the top. The volume is not very progressive, from 5-10 I can't tell any difference. The stock Dillion pickup (no adjustable pole pieces?) in the neck is ok but I plan to replace it with an Air Norton.
This guitar has a Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge position and it suits the guitar well. The neck is very similar in shape to an SG but maybe a tad wider. It plays nice with no dead spots or buzzing. $300 with a hardshell case and free shipping. One thing is for sure – between the classic cars he loves to restore and churning out the hits, he’s always got the country music that he loves on his ‘ever lovin’ mind.USPS finally saw fit to deliver the Dillion I bought on Ebay (from an HC forumite it turns out) after an agonizing one week wait. The past several years he has enjoyed sitting down with the king himself, George Strait, and his son Bubba and the fruits of their labor are evident on George’s latest smash “Here for a Good Time.” Married to his wonderful wife Susie, he spends most of his time in Gunnison, CO. It is far to say that he is among the most well known of his generation. Dillon not only loves writing he eats, sleeps and breathes it. Along the way, Dillon also had songs recorded by everybody from Wayne Newton, Alabama, Toby Keith, and Keith Whitley to the amazing talents of George Jones, LeAnn Womack and Kenny Chesney. With an amazing 80 songs recorded by Strait alone, the duo have topped the charts together serveral times. To date, no one in country music has enjoyed a more fruitful relationship than Dillon and Strait. It was also the same year that Dean met up and comer George Strait through friend and producer Black Mevis.
After signing with Collins for $50 a week, within three weeks he had three songs on the Barbara Mandrell’s album “Friends, Lovers and Strangers.” Writing constantly, he hooked up with fellow songwriter Gary Harrison of “Strawberry Wine” fame and the two had their first number 1 record with a song called “Lying in Love with You” by Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius, in 1979. It wasn’t until 1975 that Dillon caught the attention of Music Row mogul Tom Collins.
From his first rejection by a publisher because of the length of his hair, to present, is a book in itself. It’s been quite the journey for Dean Dillon since hitchhiking his way to Nashville in 1973.
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