Used - DBZ is a company started by the original founder of Dean guitars, Dean Zelinsky. Mr.Z left Dean to do more of his own thing after the company got typecast as a metal only guitar company. The DBZ Imperial is proof that a low mass guitar can sound better than a chunky guitar. With less mass, the guitar's vibrations  do not have to work as hard to get the body resonating. This Guitar on the surface looks a lot like a Gibson Semi hollow but if you look at it from the side it is very flat and thin. With the thin body you get a really crisp sound and good attack.