DOA/Dean Owners of America - How to Join

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:29 pm

The Dean Forum is a constantly-changing community, made up of past and current owners of Dean guitars. There are also quite a few people roll through here as prospective buyers or seekers of wisdom. Yes, there are fans of past and present Dean guitarists that also frequent our corner of the internet.

For the new folks that are interested in joining the Dean Owners of America, please send an email to Wayne at DOAWayne@gmail.com. If you'd like to make sure the info gets to the right destination, you can also copy me at DOAJim@gmail.com and/or Brave Dave at doa.pres@gmail.com.

To get you signed up, please include the following info in your email:
1. Name
2. Address / City / State / ZIPCode / Country (as in.....your mailing address)
3. Phone Number
4. Screen name as registered here on the Forum
5. Email address of choice

After you've sent the information, Wayne will send you an email with your very own official DOA membership number.

Information sent for membership will not be used for SPAM mail or revealed to anyone. By joining, it will not generate a slew of emails for HGH, low interest mortgages, personal enhancement, college degrees or a link to the next Paris Hilton video. The only people that will have the complete membership list are Wayne, me and Dave(and Dave doesn't read so well....).

If you're outside America, don't let that part of the name discourage you from joining. We have manymany members from around the world.

The best part? It's free.

Sign up and be a part of the community.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 2036 Location: VALHALL

Thanks Pete Very Happy

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Alright! Thanks Pete.

Jim

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:00 pm

pete.. awesome stuff....

Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 8

So if I joined DOA last year I shouldn't need to re-join now because I had to re-join the forum, should I?[/url]

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 6645 Location: Hawaii

Thanks for the sticky Pete!!! We needed that~!

Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 1088 Location: Espoo, Finland

RockinDonkey wrote:

So if I joined DOA last year I shouldn't need to re-join now because I had to re-join the forum, should I?[/url]

No, you don't have to join DOA again.

Mikko

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:46 am

liipotin wrote:

No, you don't have to join DOA again.

Mikko

But YOU need to send me that V!

Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 13 Location: King Of Prussia, Pa

I got my DOA number e-mailed to me by Jim the other day, now I feel official once again!!

WoooHoooo!!!

Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 13338 Location: HNNNNGGGGG!!!!

Wherefore art my membership? I e-mailed to get it, but alas I have no number. Am I to remain a lowly board poster in spite of my agressive Dean purchasing and fouling of thine fine board?

Giveth forth mine Dean membership number so I may join thee in the quest for the holy guitar!

Very Happy

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

When did you send the info and did you send it to me or to Dave?

I just checked the Hotmail account and there's nothing there from you.

Jim

Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 13338 Location: HNNNNGGGGG!!!!

Brave Dave is championing my membership as we speak. Thanks for your attention. Very Happy

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Hey, all you new members to the Forum!

Sign up for the DOA.

We're running behind pace for new membership. Every year has seen an increase in enrollment, but the '04 crop is currently behind the '03 total.

C'mon, you know you want to join. Take the two or three minutes necessary and send the email with the info noted above.

No, not tomorrow. Do it today. Beat the holiday rush.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2004 Posts: 45 Location: Birmingham, AL

OK sent.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:02 am

I just registered Very Happy

Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 113 Location: Tulsa, OK, USA

N00b here and I just sent a registration email. I got a brand new Dean VX and I'm happy to report that Dean has stolen me from Gibson.

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:04 am

That is awesome news. Wink

Once you go Dean your done for life.

Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 113 Location: Tulsa, OK, USA

No kidding. I've played the Gibson Faded V and the '67 V and my VX plays as good, if not better, as those 2. So with that mind I just thought about it and said forget it, good prices and Gibson quality, who can beat that.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Ashe is enrolled.

What about the rest of you? Gas up the email and send the info.

Jim

Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 113 Location: Tulsa, OK, USA

Whoot, yay for me.

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:17 am

My e-mail is officially sent! I love my Icon. Very Happy

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:35 pm

I sent it a couple of days ago, and I'm still waiting, just wondering if something was wrong. Maybe it just takes a couple of days.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

You sent it to Dave and he forwarded it to me last night.
I'll be updating the list and issuing a number to you on Monday.
Consider yourself enrolled. I'll try to look around to see if I can figure out the last number I've issued so far and assign one to you.

Your information is in the correct hands. I'll get you signed up.

Jim

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:26 pm

Yes!! Thank you so much.

Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 116

I just sent ya my info

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

I'll get everyone their numbers issued in the morning. Honest.
Thanks to everyone for signing up.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Four new members added this morning.

Avoid the end-of-year rush. Get an 04 number instead of an 05 number. Enroll now.

Jim

Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 116

one of those four new members would be moi

Laughing

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:58 am

Okay Lee, now your official a Dean Geet and a DOA number.

Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 116

wstoll

yep:-D ive been converted! Cool

Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 1162

I just sent my info. My new Dean hasn't arrived yet, but I'm comitted, it's paid for, & I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

With all of the new folks wandering in to see what the buzz is all about, don't forget to sign up.

For the cost of an Internet stamp on an email, you can join. They haven't done that yet? OK, then it really is free.

Jim

Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Sola's

just sent my info. although, i am curious as to why you dont wanna know what dean products we own...

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

You're signed up. Check your email.

At the rate some of the folks buy and sell guitars around here, we'd never have an accurate list. Register it with the company and that'll suffice.

Pictures of what everyone owns are strongly encouraged for gawking, though.

Jim

Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 692 Location: PA

I just sent my request too. Very Happy

Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Tonica,Illinois

I ordered a BumbleBee Razorback last week.Can I join now,or do I have to wait for it to come in? This will be my first Dean. Thank's.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

No need to wait, as ownership isn't a requirement.
Send the info!

Jim

Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Tonica,Illinois

Thank's Jim! Very Happy

Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 46

Ordered my first dean, a 79 MLF and joined DOA today. Now if I can just figure out how to fast forward time to April so I can have the thing in my hands!!

Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 208

Just sent my info. This is my first post!

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Bump To The Top.......

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:26 pm

Became a member today!!! GO ME!!!

Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 1928 Location: Ohio

Email sent Cool

.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

The Jolly Llama wrote:

Email sent Cool

.

Did you send it to me (doa_jim@hotmail.com) or Dave?
Dave's on vacation for the next few days. Plus, he just forwards the member requests on to me. Puppet figurehead that he is and all.....

Jim

Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 1928 Location: Ohio

I sent it to Dave.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

The Jolly Llama wrote:

I sent it to Dave.

Then your options are:
1. Resend it to me at the hotmail address
2. Give it a few days to get you signed up (or whenever Senor Dave decides to check his email when he gets back from his vacation)

Jim

Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 391 Location: Scotland

One question, is the DOA restricted to Dean owners in the US? What about us Dean players in Europe and such?

Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 10

Why do you need the address and phone number anyway?

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Zeratul wrote:

Why do you need the address and phone number anyway?

In the odd event that a physical mailing is ever done to the group members.

It has happened before and a whole bunch of folks got miffed that they hadn't either provided an address or updated to a new address on the list.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Zeratul wrote:

Why do you need the address and phone number anyway?

And another thing.....

There are only two people that have access to the DOA Member List. That would be me and Dave. He gets a copy of it every once in a while as a backup.

Home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses are not shared or sold for spam purposes.

Neither I nor Dave are going to show up at someone's house and kick in their bedroom or basement window to swipe guitars. I've no desire and he hasn't read the instruction manual on how to use a crowbar yet.

Jim

Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 10

Ok, I guess I'll send the email now.

Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 10

jim6251 wrote:

he hasn't read the instruction manual on how to use a crowbar yet.

Jim

I guess it just seemed a little wierd that you would need an address, but if anything was ever mailed, it would be useful to supply your address. Do you need a zip/postal code also?

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Yes, I do.

1. Name
2. Street / City / State / ZIP
3. Phone #
4. Screen name
5. email address

Note to our overseas friends......please provide a mailing address in the format you'd normally use in your country. I've got a column in the memberlist specifically for country. Allows me to sort and count you guys easily, too.

Jim

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:37 pm

welcome to the club zeratul Very Happy

Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 391 Location: Scotland

I just applied and got signed up today to the DOA - thanks Jim

Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 10

I'm signed up now as well.

Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 475 Location: Poland

Me too

Day before yesterday Very Happy

Thanks for quick reply!

This forum and people is one of a kind. Nowhere you can find such a great atmosphere Very Happy

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Hip check to the top of the list........

New membership has really been on a roll over the last few days. No sense being left out. Send in the info, get a number, think of gnomes and bacon, you get the idea.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 6645 Location: Hawaii

jim6251 wrote:

Hip check to the top of the list........

New membership has really been on a roll over the last few days. No sense being left out. Send in the info, get a number, think of gnomes and bacon, you get the idea.

Jim

Listen to the lead goofister guys!!!!

His fist is ALWAYS goo!

Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Independence, KY

Just sent my info as well.

-Erik

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

syrnett wrote:

Just sent my info as well.

-Erik

Check your email.

Jim

Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 9 Location: VA Beach, VA

Just e-mailed my info...

Waiting for my #...

YES...!!!

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Billman64 wrote:

Just e-mailed my info...

Waiting for my #...

YES...!!!

Wait no more.
Check your email.

Jim

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:39 pm

jim6251 wrote:

Billman64 wrote:

Just e-mailed my info...

Waiting for my #...

YES...!!!

Wait no more.
Check your email.

Jim

Jim is fast!!!

Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 9 Location: VA Beach, VA

THANKS JIM!!!

YOU'RE THE GREATEST!!!

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 3116 Location: NY

sent my info. just got my first dean bass (ML) a couple of weeks ago and i love it! I'm never going back to ibanez.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

check your email...........

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

To all of the new folks to the Forum:

Refer to "How To Join" details on Page 1 of this thread. Easier than tying your shoes.

Unless you've got those Velcro ones, like Dave. He couldn't grasp that whole "Bunny Rabbit around tree" concept for tying his laces.

Jim

Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 1289 Location: FINLAND

Alrighty then, I just e-mailed my info.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Bump.
Nudge.
Slap.
Shove.
Rabbit punch.
Swift kick in the butt.

To the top.

Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 820 Location: Sydney, Australia

Email sent. After a sudden GAS attack for the oh so sexy V-wing I have my first dean on order. \m/

Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 23 Location: Zamora, España

Thanks Jim!

Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Kansas

sent my info in jim, don't think I sent it to the hotmail addy though, it was the other one.

ARM1

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

If it's not there, I'll let you know.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

amartens1 wrote:

sent my info in jim, don't think I sent it to the hotmail addy though, it was the other one.

ARM1

Not there.
Check your PM's.

Jim

Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Kansas

Did you get it this time?

ARM1

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Check your email.
Sent it last night.

Jim

Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Kansas

Got it Thanks very much Jim.

ARM1 Very Happy

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:22 pm

Just applied!........ Very Happy

Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 2877 Location: united kingdom

application sent now! Very Happy

Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 638 Location: U.S.A.

Webguy wrote:

We've had a lot of new folks join the Forum, as well as those that are re-joining after the previous Forum got melted down.

For the new folks that are interested in joining the Dean Owners of America, please send me an email at doa_jim@hotmail.com or Dave at bravedave@deanguitars.com with:

1. name
2. address
3. phone #
4. screen name as registered here on the Forum
5. email address

After you've sent the information, I'll send you back an email with your very own official DOA membership number.

Information sent for membership will not be used for SPAM mail or revealed to anyone. By joining, it will not generate a slew of emails for HGH, low interest mortgages, personal enhancement, college degrees or a link to the next Paris Hilton video. The only two people that will have the complete membership list are me and Dave(and Dave doesn't read so well....).

If you're outside America, don't let that part of the name discourage you from joining. We have manymany members from around the world.

The best part? It's free.

Sign up and see your name mentioned in the next DOA newsletter. How cool is that?

Jim

(reposted by webguy)

What else does membership entail, besides " very own official DOA membership number" & "name mentioned in the next DOA" Question

Thanks.

Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 2223 Location: Mendota IL

Only with a DOA mebership can you attend the ultra-cool and ultra-swank DOA meeting held at Dean HQ Cool

Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 2877 Location: united kingdom

lol tht means a hell of a travel for me

Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 638 Location: U.S.A.

harley wrote:

Only with a DOA mebership can you attend the ultra-cool and ultra-swank DOA meeting held at Dean HQ Cool

Where, when, & how often Question

Thanks, again. Smile

Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 2223 Location: Mendota IL

pink_pantera wrote:

harley wrote:

Only with a DOA mebership can you attend the ultra-cool and ultra-swank DOA meeting held at Dean HQ Cool

Where, when, & how often Question

Thanks, again. Smile

Once a year at Dean HQ in Tampa Florida, usually in February Twisted Evil

Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 638 Location: U.S.A.

harley wrote:

pink_pantera wrote:

harley wrote:

Only with a DOA mebership can you attend the ultra-cool and ultra-swank DOA meeting held at Dean HQ Cool

Where, when, & how often Question

Thanks, again. Smile

Once a year at Dean HQ in Tampa Florida, usually in February Twisted Evil

FL, huh? Hmmm...! Is it at the same HOtell where the porn-conventions are/were held Question

Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 5763 Location: Joisey

Just sent my application. Very Happy

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

* BUMP *

See details on page one of this thread for the "how-to" for enrollment in the Dean Owners of America/DOA.

All kinds of new folks posting these days and there's no time like the present.
Don't wait.
Don't hesitate.
Gather the info, send the email and make it official by signing up and getting your very own one-of-a-kind DOA Membership Number.

No two are alike.

Jim

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:29 pm

jim6251 wrote:

* BUMP *

All kinds of new folks posting these days and there's no time like the present.
Don't wait.
Don't hesitate.
Gather the info, send the email and make it official by signing up and getting your very own one-of-a-kind DOA Membership Number.

No two are alike.

Jim

+1. My whole life changed when I got my number. Its like a lightbulb went off in my head. At that moment I knew what my purpose on this earth was. It was a great feeling.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

tnvol wrote:

+1. My whole life changed when I got my number. Its like a lightbulb went off in my head. At that moment I knew what my purpose on this earth was. It was a great feeling.

Word.
It's like a Tony Robbins seminar, only free.

Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 241 Location: Lafayette,LA

saweet, got my DOA number last night!

Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 2897 Location: Anahiem, CA

i sent email to both email addresses a few weeks ago. should i have heard back yet or is it too soon?

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Check your PM's.

Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 2897 Location: Anahiem, CA

checked and rapped w/ ya. thanks for the help.
(points down at his DOA number and smiles)

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

Don't wait until 2007.
All the cool kids are getting their numbers in '06.

Not later.
Now.

Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2288 Location: Wisconsin

My email address had changed since I joined DOA. What is the process of updating the DOA records of my email address so I get the monthly newsletter?

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14461

minted_cow wrote:

My email address had changed since I joined DOA. What is the process of updating the DOA records of my email address so I get the monthly newsletter?

The process is to send me an email at either
doa_jim at hotmail.com
or
doajim at gmail.com

You've no idea the number of email bouncebacks that I get when I send out the link for the newsletter. It's a real PITA.

Jim

Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Erlanger, KY

I'd register for a DOA number, but alas, I have no Dean, although I'm feigning for a White Gold V like no other. I already feel like enough of a poser just by being on the Dean forums in the first place when all I own are Jacksons (pre-Fender mind you) Gibsons and <<that little Washy there, so getting a DOA number will have to wait until I get my White Gold. Damnit.

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:03 am

Desdenova wrote:

I'd register for a DOA number, but alas, I have no Dean, although I'm feigning for a White Gold V like no other. I already feel like enough of a poser just by being on the Dean forums in the first place when all I own are Jacksons (pre-Fender mind you) Gibsons and <<that little Washy there, so getting a DOA number will have to wait until I get my White Gold. Damnit.

That is your personal choice.

All are free to join, Dean ownership is not a condition of acceptance.

Hell, there are even some members and posters here that do not even play.

Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Erlanger, KY

Instigator wrote:

Desdenova wrote:

I'd register for a DOA number, but alas, I have no Dean, although I'm feigning for a White Gold V like no other. I already feel like enough of a poser just by being on the Dean forums in the first place when all I own are Jacksons (pre-Fender mind you) Gibsons and <<that little Washy there, so getting a DOA number will have to wait until I get my White Gold. Damnit.

That is your personal choice.

All are free to join, Dean ownership is not a condition of acceptance.

Hell, there are even some members and posters here that do not even play.

Ah, well then, %$#@! it, I'll get a number. I won't feel QUITE as stupid, knowing this information now. Lol. Thanks.