BLOW TORCHED DEANS! ADDED PICS!

Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 14

ADDED PICS ON MY 2ND BLOW TORCH DEAN!

I bought this RED used Dean Edge for $100 w/ case on craigslist. I thought it was too pretty and looked like a Sunday morning church bass. It plays and sounds awesome, But it didn't match my new Dean Spire Ashley Purdy Signature.

So I took a blow torch to it!

Now it looks like it belongs in a metal band!

Got the 2nd silver Dean Edge for $120 at GC and "pre aged" it as well! LOL!

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:11 pm

Wow.

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:12 pm

Horns Up Homie!!! Made it your own and that's Cool.

I'm a fan of some of the BVB's tunes. Twisted Evil

Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 976 Location: Rock Hill,SC

you missed the head stock Wink

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:51 pm

Very Cool!

Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 3283 Location: Jersey

it looks like jerky and i bet it made your house smell just great Laughing

Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 3841 Location: BOSTON

i cannot lie i have set a Dean on fire before. Laughing

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 10203 Location: New Jersey USA

I like it. And I too set my Deceiver on fire by the Wingate pool at DOA last year.

Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 2045 Location: Wallingford, CT

BradWorld wrote:

I like it. And I too set my Deceiver on fire by the Wingate pool at DOA last year.

As soon as I saw this thread title I thought of you. Next year we'll get a blow torch and do it right!

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 10203 Location: New Jersey USA

ScottMexico wrote:

BradWorld wrote:

I like it. And I too set my Deceiver on fire by the Wingate pool at DOA last year.

As soon as I saw this thread title I thought of you. Next year we'll get a blow torch and do it right!

dont know if I'm gonna bring a guitar down next year. we will see.

Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 2513 Location: dean hq area

looks cool

Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 2503 Location: Houston, TX

Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 14

billymagnum wrote:

it looks like jerky and i bet it made your house smell just great Laughing

I actually did it at work. It did smell for a couple days, But my rig smells like blood, cum and bubblegum already...

There is a secret to doing this. So dont try this at home! LOL!

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:57 pm

TFNC wrote:

But my rig smells like blood, cum and bubblegum already...

So, uhm, what exactly is it that you do for a living...? Laughing

Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 14

what-a-cool-username wrote:

TFNC wrote:

But my rig smells like blood, cum and bubblegum already...

So, uhm, what exactly is it that you do for a living...? Laughing

I own several businesses and Im a part time weekend warrior rock god, bahahahahahaha!

Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 14

Here are some pics of my 2nd blow torched Dean!
The silver looks amazing and you can see the cool rust effect it makes!

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:06 pm

You forgot to do the pick ups and fretboard Very Happy

Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 310

I like the silver one more because it actually shows the paint damage. The browning makes it look a lot like rust rater than burning. Maybe throw on some clear or dull coat over the body to lock in the look.

I did a sanding relic job on a Lotus bass I have. But the pickguard is still bright white. Any idea what this technique would do to that?

Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 5603 Location: phoenix az.

there goes the resale value Very Happy

Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 310

RobBouchardDeanml wrote:

there goes the resale value Very Happy

Just sell them as custom paint and you may even get more than you paid. It's worked for me in the past.

Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Posts: 350 Location: South-West Ohio

the silver looks even better!

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:11 am

I would do this to my ML, but its already black. Looks badass man!

Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 14

Thanks guys! Yeah the silver one looks better.
The red one plays very well though.

These basses are so under rated. The Emg Hz pickups actually sound great for passive pickups. Yeah, there are better sounding actice pickups out there. But if you dont like active pickups, these are awesome!

I hate that Dean has put these basses on the back burner and made them so entry level. The $350 dean edge 4s play better than a $700-$800 Ibanez Soundgear. There is a huge pickup difference, but I dont care for the Bartolini actives and their high end hiss.

*BTW, Elliott and Ashley Purdy from BVB have both seen pics of these basses and they thinks they look amazing!

Joined: 06 Dec 2010 Posts: 78

They look great, but would look even better if you stripped the PUPS and bridge and torched the cavity edge areas as well. Would look even more "custom paint"-like.

Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 421 Location: Northern Arizona

If only you didnt burn holes all the way through the finish on the silver one it would look like a cool rust like paintjob but the burnt holes ruin it for me. But they still look metal Twisted Evil

Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Posts: 14

It originally just had the paint burned off, but it looked cheesey and not really burnt. It looked more like a cheesey graphic. So I when back and burned more holes.
I want to actually feel where its burned. I wasnt going for a "graphic" look. It looks better in person with the wood damage. Works for me! I wanted it to be bad ass, not just look bad ass.