Could bolt-on Deans be generally considered interchangeable in terms of necks and bodies?
Specifically an MLX neck and a new-style baby V body?

BTMN, this is all you...whip out that check book...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3707606314&category=33040

Lucky 13!!!

This just from my heart, to let you know how I feel.....

I have just purchased the more famous (LOL) #13 of 50 USA Time Capsule ML. I just wanted to let you know, that it is and probably will be my new main guitar. I own quite a few recording/stay home axes, and 4 very stable stage guitars. You can see them all here under "The Axe" area of my site, http://www.tentenland.net/axe/documents/keepitloud.htm
the ML is there also, and without a doubt, this is the one. I love the thing. So strong yet it is so elegant, what a balance of the two!

I purchased it at Russo Music in Hamilton, NJ (http://www.russomusic.com) and they are great and took very good care of it while it was there, it was flawless when I got it. I am not sure but I never got an authenticity certificate, but it's signed at the headstock and that's good enough for me. It plays just....it cant be explained, others will have to try a USA Time Capsule model of their choice themselves and see what I mean!

Thanks Dean!!!! It really is good to see ya doing so well, this guitar....hell, Dean deserves it!

Jeffrey Allen Hildebrant

Check out the coverage! It's killer!

http://www.deanguitars.com/doa.php

I was messin around in the userpix and I found this.
Would it's rightful owner please step forward?

I may live to regret this... But, I just traded the Amberburst Quilt eVo Special that I put the F/Hole in (that still kills me!) for a '62 reissue Fender Strat made in Japan. This one never really felt as good to me as the other two, but it looked wicked cool with the bound F/Hole I promise I won't say F/Hole anymore I needed anuther Strat like a hole in me Head, but man duz it play nice! So, no one played a Hardtail select at DOA? I need someone to tell me how they are! And what color to get!

Can anyone who went to DOA 4 tell me what $ is for this years DOA guitar and how many are they making?

Richard

Scroll down to the bottom of the page...the ML-style looks almost exactly like Chris's.
Dana <~~~

http://www.ranguitars.com/_en/standard.htm

I can't stop buying guitar stuff! Ever since I got my Randall, all I've wanted was more guitar stuff. I spent $200+ on a wah, and now I want a parametric EQ! I don't even know what that does! And I also want a Digitech Whammy, Bill Lawrence L500XL, custom print guitar picks, and so much more stuff! AHH!!!

Found this old ad....
Recognize any of the people standing here....?

These guys have all contributed to the development of the electric guitar to where it is today...

8 pm eastern------>

NOTHING PLAYS LIKE A DEAN

THIS ONE'S GONNA SEND UP SOME SMOKE SIGNALS. I'M GOIN' OVER THE WALL WAITING TO FAN THE FLAMES

(Taken from the harmony-central amp forum)

"Here’s a story that those of you who run sound might find amusing, or even just those of you who are used to playing venues with sound systems.

My band’s drummer, John, is also a sound guy; for several years before we hooked up musically, he had been doing sound for other bands I was in, as well as for touring acts I booked shows for. He’s very good at what he does, and has a pretty massive rig. Anyway, he’s the nicest guy in the world at band practice, at Burger King, or at a gig we’re playing, but when he’s running sound for other bands, he can be pretty crabby. Very little patience for bands who start late or end late. Even less patience for bands who take an encore when they’re the second band playing out of five. Very little patience for singers who ask for more vocals in the monitor while cupping the microphone ball in both hands (feedback, anyone?) In general, just an altogether grouchy sound man. For example, he ran sound once for this seven- or eight piece ska band. One of the trombone players said he needed two mics: one for his horn and one for his backup vocals. Normally at this venue (a 120-seater), John didn’t bother to mic horns at all. Rolling his eyes, John put up a Shure Beta 58 and some AKG condenser mic. “This Shure is for your vocals, and this AKG is for your horn, OK?” he said. “Don’t blow your horn into the vocal mic, because your horn is about 30db louder than your voice and I’m going to have everything mixed properly.” Horn player nods his head. During the second song of the set, apparently this trombonist was set to get a solo. Right before his solo starts, he grabs both mics and pushes them close together, so that the capsules are actually touching. He then blows this fortissimo opening note into BOTH mics. I was sitting at a table in back, by the sound board, at the time. John’s limiters caught most of it, and I STILL had ringing in my ears for two days. At the end of the song, John mutes both of the guy’s mics (and leaves them mute), and basically threatens to ream out the guy’s plumbing with his own horn if he ever pulls that s#%t again. John does this through his talkback mic, which is clearly audible over the monitors. The crowd bursts into laughter, and the horn player goes bright red in the face.

At any rate, for years I had heard John threaten bands with the “suck button.” Bands who were taking too long to set up, or whose members repeatedly refused to follow reasonable directions (please keep that vocal mic away from the monitors!), would be threatened. “Pull that s#%t again, and I’m gonna hit the suck button on you guys!” I took it to mean that he would intentionally make them sound bad, but he never followed through on the threat, so I took it as a vague general warning.

So anyway, a little while back he’s running sound on a four band show. The second band, a Matchbox 20/Train kind of band, has him running 20 minutes behind before they even play a note because their lead guitarist was late. Their allotted set time is 40 minutes, but their last song runs over and by the time it’s done, they’ve played for almost 45 minutes. John says quietly over the talkback mic, “Hey guys, you’re done.” The lead singer says loudly over the vocal mic “Sound man says we gotta get off the stage. We got one more song for you!” as they kick into another soupy jangle-rock tune. John shakes his head at me. Then, the most amazing thing happened. After their “encore,” this band kicks straight into ANOTHER song without announcing it, apparently in the hope that John wouldn’t notice it was a different song.

John leans over to me to be heard over the PA and asks, “Hey, wanna see the suck button?”

“Sure,” I replied. I figured he was going to muck with the levels or just turn them off or something. Instead, he reaches to one of his racks and starts scrolling through patches on his trusty DigiTech unit. Sure enough, he gets to a patch titled SUCK BUTTON. He engages it, and all hell breaks loose onstage. The lead singer and the lead guitarist (who was singing backup), immediately start to sing WAY off key. They try to get back in tune, fail, trail off in mid-line, try again, and start glaring at each other. The guitarist is so distracted by this that he starts muffing the chord progression. If not for the drummer, I think the whole song would have derailed. For the entire four minute duration of the song, I was treated to this icehole band sounding like crap and getting madder and madder at each other. John explained the patch to me; basically it pitch shifts all tracks from the vocal submix up one step, BUT ONLY IN THE MONITORS. So the audience, out in front of the mains, was treated to the sound of two guys trying to get in tune, only to be utterly confused. If they got it sounding right in the monitors, they could tell that something was grossly wrong in the mains. And each of the singers thought it was the other guy who was singing out of tune. I just about died laughing

for some reason, i found this site and immediatly thought of Hans..

http://beerpictures.net/


nothing like a frosty one, when your gettin' some..

Im looking for a 20-30 watt tube amp .
I tried a Peavey classic 30 and it totally sucked .
I know the Marshall DSL 201 is hot .
anynody know's any thing about Epi's ?
(they have a -25 watt tube amp called Galaxy something)
-thanks

Anyone check out the acoustics at the DOA meeting? Anything new? Anything really stand out?

My Euro V arrived today, was able to unwrap and tune it at lunch but not much more.

Other than a couple dings in the body (trans blue) it's in really great shape. The neck feels great.

I'll post some pics tonight, going to strip it down polish it all up and slap some new strings on.

Something I didn't see on Lon's pic, it has a face dot at the first fret, is that unusual?

I just got a dean caddy, any one know about serial nos? I really want to know where it was poduced & approximately when.
The no is s93103103, its a silverburst colour & has the smaller headstock rather than the traditional Dean. I know next to nothing about dean guitars so i would really appreciate any help.

Still shopping for a new head. Played a few more today. The one place has a Marshall jcm 2000 dsl100 used for $699. The new one sounded pretty good (better than the crate blue voodoo 120 and Mesa Single Rect) Any comments on this amp? Gonna bring my Dean and Strat over tomorrow to give it another run. I really want an Engl Blackmore model, but still several hundred dollars short on that one.

Hey all,

I'm looking for a cheap EQ so I can get some more juice out of my rig. I can't afford a Furman parametric EQ, so I've been thinking about getting a DOD. It doesn't have to be a rack EQ. Anyone have any suggestions on what I should get?

Thanks!

okay, the avalanche is long overdue. here it is with its new neck, thanks to Dave at B&T. and the other is my new Tulsa model acoustic. plays great, sounds great, and the small dent in the finish on the side that made it cheap enough for me to convince my wife we could afford it is complently unnoticible unless you know what your looking for.

Tiki?

Virus Alert: A nasty email virus is going around that is claiming to be sent from admistration@deanguitars.com - This 'sender' is a spoof (that isn't one of OUR real email addresses) and is typical of the behavior of the 'W32.Beagle.J@mm' worm ... We post this as a reminder to make sure YOUR virus protection software is up to date. and to clarify that we are not sending this email.

Read Details HERE:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle.j@mm.html

Just had to laugh at this one.
http://www.musicyo.com/contestmar04.asp

Give this about 5 listens then comment...
http://www.aeroforceone.com/af1_forums/viewtopic.php?t=13656

http://www.livedaily.com/news/6169.html

Guitar Festival and Crossroads Benefit concert featuring Clapton, Via, Santana, Eric Johnson, BB King, etc. in Dallas in June!

Something else interesting is the Dallas Guitar Show in April. (Sorry to tease you guys not near the metroplex.)

Don't know if Dean will be represented in either event, but they are guitar events nonetheless.

http://www.guitarshow.com/

I got this joke the other day and I wanted to share it with all the DOA members from canada.

Two tourists from Ontario were driving through Nova Scotia. As they were approaching Tatamagouche, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the name.

They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch.

As they stood at the counter, one tourist asked the employee, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are...very slowly?"

The blonde leaned over the counter and said

Burrrr....gerrrr....Kiiiing"

I hope every one enjoyed this as much as I did

Where can i get a pair of pickup covers for a cadillac select? Or the brand and size would help too.

Will this change the tone at all?

There are two guitars that are in the hands of the postal service right now...all thanks to Dave (bass & treble), one is my Korean SBML #1 (#2 will be in their hands tomorrow, courtesy of Joe, DINASTY), the other is my USA Exotic Faded Denim V...here are the pics Dave sent me via email!!! The Korinna is awaiting some more golden hardware, and it too will be en route!



a nice pic, eh?



another good one...



hehe...I'm enjoying posting this a lot...drooling a lot in anticipation!



hehehe, and the final shot:



Again, I'd like to thank Dave (bass & treble) for being an outstanding American, and for supporting me through all my whining, b!tching, moaning, incessant emailing, drooling, cluttering up his shop, and his customer service in general, and also a belated thanks (again) for fixing that minor issue I had with the white 79 ML while at his shop last August!

Dave rocks...always! Can't say enough good stuff about the man, and he's an unbelievable professional...

Keep on rockin Dave!

WOW YEAH !! I feel great !

the band are coming together this evening to try out some new material !

Man I can't wait .......

here's a little soundbyte of what we're doing these days !!

http://home.online.no/~boterho/artimages/speed.mp3
(about 1Mb)


Cheers all



Bernt

My latest Ebay win. For the studio wall.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3707241268&category=41435&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWN%3AIT&rd=1

I plan to change the pups on my V, and I might try out a few different ones. I would prefer not to go through the trouble of soldering each time. What's the problem with just twisting the wires together and wraping in electrical tape?

I needed some new volume knobs for my v and ed hooked me up!!Thanks for the curtisy bro!!You really know how to keep your loyal customers happy!!!

I’d like to grab a new head for some recording and such. I’ve heard good things about the Peavey XXX (benefit to cost ratio) but I haven’t played one. I can listen to clips on the Peavey site but I’d rather have some player input.
The new JSX (Satriani Model) is coming out also…anybody heard anything or have input on this beast.

Logging on now......

Anyone buying anything?? Elliott? Blackie is going on the block for around $150K. That has to be the most famous guitar in Rock history. I bet it gets more than that.

I'm so pissed!! The worst part is that the guitar made it all the way into the Austin area hub, but instead of shipping it to me, they sent it off to San Antonio! Now they can't find it!! I paid for this guitar like 2 weeks ago and still haven't touched it.
Dana <~~~

Just bought a truck and thought I'd personalize it a bit. I know dean doesn't make a license plate frame (in Illinois you have to have both a front and rear plate, so the Dean plate is out). Anyone know where I can get a guitar-related plate frame? Thanks.

Ed

I just picked up this v on ebay!!I keep buying black deans no wonder im so broke!!

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I OWN A PEAVEY XXX AND A PEAVEY 5150II HEAD RUNNING THROUGH TWO MARSHALL VINTAGE30 CABS. ANYWAYS, I AM GETTING RID OF THE 5150II CAUSE I JUST DONT LIKE IT THAT MUCH SINCE I GOT THE XXX. CHALLENGE TO ALL FORUM MEMBERS. I DONT CARE HOW WELL OR NOT WELL YOU PLAY BUT CAN SOME OF YOU POST CLIPS OF YOUR AMPS. MARSHALL DSL, ENGL POWERBALL/SAVAGE, SOLDANO SLO100, VHT PITBULL,PEAVEY XXL, RANDALL. DONT HAVE TO BE LONG FILES. JUST AN IDEA WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE .

I think by now, most have you have come to know me well enough to realize I am an ML man at heart. For years I have said that Its an ML or nothing at all. On top of this image that I have seem to instilled upon my fellow DOA members, I have never really been much of a fan of Cherryburst. It was a nice color but I really wasn't too thrilled about it.

After a week of ownership I have faithfully concluded that my new 1979 Cherryburst V standard is probably one of, if not the baddest and meanest guitars I have ever owned. What a fine piece of Dean history that I have come to own. I thought it sounded good through my Century but when I got home from work I plugged it into my RG100ES. What a friggin monster. I set the action last night and raised the bridge pickup a little closer to the strings and what a difference it made.

Im gonna take some updated family pics this weekend including this guitar. I have officially entered myself into the V fanclub.

http://www.kellyindustries.com/signalprocessors/nady_cl5000.html

I play heavy metal with alot of distortion, would a unit like that do some good?... it also says something about noise reduction...does that mean it works as a noise gate also and will get rid of hissing and feedback i dont want?

10/02/2004 Iron Maiden release special souvenir EP


In recognition of their highly successful tour and critically acclaimed No 1 international album, IRON MAIDEN thank their fans by releasing a very special CD on 29th March 2004.

'NO MORE LIES' the 7 minute epic from the 'Dance Of Death' album will open the specially formatted and unique Collectors EP CD. Packaged in a silver and red printed box with free Woven Jacquard IRON MAIDEN wristband and 12 page colour booklet the EP celebrates what has been a remarkable year since the band completed recording ‘Dance Of Death’. Iron Maiden hit the road in May 2003 and have subsequently played to 1.5 million people in 28 countries across 4 continents along the way. From headlining every major rock festival in Europe to selling out football stadium dates of their own, the band have continued to show they continue to be one of Britain's greatest rock exports.

The EP features special mixes of ‘Journeyman’ and ‘Paschendale' plus a live video of the band’s performance of 'No More Lies' from the sold out recent Dance Of Death World Tour. The length of the EP (over 30 minutes of music) and packaging contents will exclude the release from any charts. However, as manager Rod Smallwood explained, 'This release is as a special thank you to all our fans in celebration of an amazing year. The album dominated the international album charts* (debuting at Billboard’s International chart at No 1) so we have nothing to prove, except that great music gets recognition from the public, despite the prejudice of mainstay Radio and TV.”

To coincide with ‘No More Lies, The Dance Of Death Souvenir E.P’ EMI Records release the ‘Dance Of Death’ album on DVDA with 5.1 surround sound specially mixed by producer Kevin Shirley and Steve Harris. For the Audio buffs the DVDA portion contains the album in full crystal clear Hi-definition 24-bit/96 Khz glory while fans who own DVD 5.1 home cinema set ups will be able to enjoy the album in Surround-sound in Dolby Digital or DTS. Listening to the album in this format takes it to a whole new experience level especially with tracks such as ‘Paschendale’ taking on epic proportions.

Also included on the DVDA as a bonus are two full length videos of the singles 'Wildest Dreams' and 'Rainmaker', both directed by Howard Greenhalgh and which can also be viewed accompanied by full 5.1 audio.

The band have just finished their 'Dance Of Death World Tour', which included nine exceptionally successful British Arena shows to ecstatic fans and critics, finishing with a sold out show at Earl's Court, and playing to over 90,000 fans in the UK alone.


* Dance of Death album chart entries:-
No 1 Italy, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Czech Republic;
No 2 UK, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia.
No 3 France, Spain, Norway, Poland, Hungary, Argentina, Austria.
No 4 Japan, Portugal, Belgium, Iceland.
No 5 Canada.
No 10 Denmark.
No 11 Holland
No 12 Australia
No 18 USA.

(found on www.ironmaiden.com )



guys i know how much ya'll don't like the new dance of death and such but... i r excited about this.... they still haven't announced if it tis to be available stateside... but i have mine preordered through a uk retailer....

hahah the best part is... all of it comes at the low price of (around) 6 bucks u.s.!

thought you all might like to know...

heres what i got when i tried to reply to mark's doa video thread "Critical Information
deanguitars.com Forum Index » Critical Information

Critical Information

You_been_banned "




Rich

If anyone is interested, we've (Cheva) have a couple new .mp3s available. Honest opinions are welcome and encouraged.

http://www.cheva.net/sounds/Cheva-Good%20Gone%20Bad.mp3

http://www.cheva.net/sounds/Cheva-Take%20A%20Bow.mp3

I used my trusty 1980 Dean V, a 79 Series V, and a Mesa Triple Rec. for the guitar tracks. The "synthesizer" sounds are actually my guitar going thru a DigiTech Whammy pedal with a bunch of reverb on it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3707883910&category=2384



check out the tuning pegs the Low E and D strings are attached to

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3709330456&category=41435

Just curious, am listening to it right now for the first time, not too bad, but he's still in Halford mode, but not bad...I like Barlow better tho

You guys think this is THE original or a copy?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3709125572&category=2384

Picked up this Q4 a couple months back, it was in pretty bad shape to say the least...



First job was to get rid of the "paint job" on the back and try to do something about the crack in front.
Unfortunately the crack ran through the quilt veneer, so that all came off too...



Several coats of Tung oil later, this morning I put it all back together.



Unfortunately, I'm still not getting any signal out of it... I figure it has something to do with the preamp circuit, although the battery box connection seems like it might be flakey too (sometimes reads in the mV rather than a solid 9V). At worst I should be able to wire a pickup directly to the output jack since they're technically passive.

Looking for suggestions for a good solid simple volume pedal.

take this link, download it, have fun it really is a fun set of toys.

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/downloadoftheday/story/0,24330,3629147,00.html

I need suggestions for a good acoustic amp that doesnt carry alot of highs. Im going to be using this with a violin and every thing that Ive ever plugged into, Ive had to dump the treble all the way down to keep it from having way too much bite. Any suggestions would be of great help.
Thanks
SFC

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3707985177&category=2384

this is truely a remarkable day!



it's good to see some folks still have a good sense of humor

found this at the washburn form funny and this guy isnt me**

THIS IS A COPY OF EMAIL I SENT TO BC RICH
FEEL FREE TO SPREAD IT AROUND


I am very disapointed....
I just got my bc rich nj beast bass(trans red). I ordered it from guitar center on feb 2nd.
they said it would take 20 days, but it took 28.they said it would take this long because
you guys were "setting it up and inspecting it".

now that is why I'm pissed-this thing came out of the box worse than any piece of crap cheapo I have ever played.

FIRST...THE G-STRING BUZZED... OPEN (MOST FRETS ON THIS BUZZED BUT OPEN?)
SECOND...THE FRIGGIN BATTERY IS DEAD

THIRD.. THE PICKUP HIEGHTS ARE ALL MESSED UP AND CANT BE EVENED OUT

FOURTH.... NOW I GOT THIS MAINLY FOR THE LOOKS BUT THERE ARE 2 BAD BLEMS ON THE BODY (THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN IN SHIPPING CUZ THERE IS SOME PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO COVER THEM UP)

I WANTED TO ADJUST THE NECK TO TRY TO STOP THE BUZZ BUT YOUR ONLINE
OWNERS MANUAL SAYS IT COMES SETUP FROM THE FACTORY.......OK.

I MAINLY PLAYED IBANEZ+ BC RICH FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS .THATS ALL
I'M VERY DISAPOINTED ..
IF I CAN'T FIX THIS POS BY TOMORROW I'LL RETURN IT (I KNOW I'LL TAKE A BEATING BECAUSE IT WAS A SPECIAL ORDER) AND ADD ANOTHER IBANEZ TO MY COLLECTION.
YOU DONT HAVE TO RESPOND TO ME BUT NEXT WEEK I'LL SEND A COPY OF THIS TO YOUR COMPETITION.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3665036068&category=13604&sspagename=STRK:MESSE:IT&rd=1


it's a slow night at the office, please forgive me!

How's the David St. Hubbins sig white SG doing these days?

Well, it seems that I have all of the finish Ideas I'm gonna get for the Baby Z.

And here they are!
The top 5 from the previous DBRP thread.

Cast your votes and determine this soon to be resurrected Dean's fate.


Here's the finish descriptions in case you need a reminder.
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1. Ziggy's Rib Z! {front of the finished to look like skeletal torso}

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2. Hempburst! {this would be very similar to Ziggy's Hemp Caddy.}

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3. Jim's Concert Ticket Mosaic! {a collage of ticket stubs with hella clear.}
-no concept pic-
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4.Hans' Winter Camo w/Iron Cross on the back. {self explanatory///didn't get much response on prev thread but it's on the list due to the lack of suggestions and the fact that I like the idea}
-no concept pic-
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5. Our Drummer's Altars of Madness Idea. {an allover print sea of tortured souls and various this'n'thats in grey and black}
See old baby rescue thread for basic idea.
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6. Other?
If you have an idea that's good, but hasn't been placed in this poll, choose this op and post it.
If I get enough +1's to beat the other poll options thats it.
{if any of you vote on a poll option and then decide you like one of these submissions better, pm me with your first vote so I don't count yer vote twice.}

And a few shots of the axe in question for reference.




I'm gonna be stoked with ANY of these.

The closet SG lovers might appreciate this one ------->

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3708231339&category=47073

What does the inlays mean?

Anyone recognize the acoustic Steph is playing here?



Steph? Anyone?

Nice...

Hey peeps, duz anyone know who hoagie22 iz?(on ebay). I am severely tempted to buy the black denim Hardtail he/she/they? has on ebay. It looks like it was made from a burned down barn. It's just different, I guess.

I need to get - in loop floor tuner. I'm thinking I like the Boss TU2 - anyone have or use one? I'm just not sure if I trust LED's as much as needles. Comments?

http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?CatID=3&SubCatID=12&ProdID=TU-2

A co-worker is looking for a nice but cheap guitar and has asked me to try and find him a deal. So my question to all of dean land is:

Anyone got a used guitar, Dean or other for sale?

HI! I'm getting initiated on this forum and also with Dean guitars. I just purchased a new hardtail (will add pic soon) which I should receive right on time for the weekend.

I am wondering if anyone out there has done any coil tapping or other pickup wiring modifications on a dean hardtail. I am curious to know what the experience has been like with the sound.

I own a LesPaul Studio Gothic which I rewired with one of Jimmy Page's wiring mods. It has an SD Alnico Pro II in the neck and an SD Custom 5 in the bridge. I love the sound of the rhythm pickup, but I am still figuring out the bridge (playing around with tone/vol and push-pull buttons).

Anyway, I am glad I rewired the Les Paul. The sound variety I get is very interesting. Single coil sound is nice too. The only complaint is that the DP/DT push-pull pots available on the market are a major piece of crap in quality.

I don't think I will be rewiring the hardtail any time soon, but if anyone has done it let me know!

Thanx.

I've been bidding on these damn things forever whenever one comes up, and FINALLY got one.

Couldn't believe the guy's charging $9 for ground shipping on it, but oh well...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3708721203&category=2384&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWN%3AIT&rd=1



Many thanks to Lea for being so kind as to not run up the bids on it.

I just listened to "New Millenium Cyanide Christ" by Meshuggah and developed a major head ache. WTF are those guys thinking? I like off time and syncopation as much as the next guy, but holy hell. The riffs and beats sound almost completely random.

And then just to top it off, they have to use 8 string guitars. Argh!

We cracked it open last night with some good wine and it was yummy!! Cheers!!

OK, Now I have a bit of a quandry here. I have been told that the Avalanche One is a pretty good axe. Comprabile with a mexican strat. I was thinking of buying one as I got an excellent price. But I seem to hear on these forums that maybe they are more of an entry level git. As this will tap me out as far as buying guitars for awhile I would like more opinions on the avalanche one not the j or such. Sometimes I need that single pickup sound that the Evo cant give me even with the coil tap. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Sitting at $150 with no bids and < 2 days left.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3709300866&category=41435

Ive sent a picture via email to every dean address on this site to get it posted on the tat page and still nothing???Who do i send it to to get posted???

Im in awe of the amount of guitars everyone has!!!I got like 4 guitars deans and a franken dean jackson i built!!I think im jelous!!

From Classic Rock Magazine

The Rush guitarist and his son may not get off lightly. Last week a Florida Court tried a local family doctor for battery upon a law enforcement officer, found him guilty and sentenced to two years in jail.
Fifty-year-old Lifeson may have a clean criminal record, but he faces the more serious charge of aggrivated battery on a law enforcement officer. If proven, the crime carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.

Rush lining up a 30th anniversary wourld tour that kicks off in North America in June and comes to europe in September.

It's uncertain how Lifeson's problems might affect those plans !!



......hrrrmmmfffff......

Carlino Guitars @ 392 Main Street in Medford, MA is currently in negotiations to become the only northeastern Full Service USA Dean Dealer. Things look really good and am currently picking out my aresenal. The reason for this post is to see what people want out there, for those lloking to purchase. Ever hear that slogan, If you build it they will come? Well they're mostly built and looking for homes. So fire off a suggestion and I'll choose the things people want most. As of right now I've got about 20 Dean's in stock from V's to Z's to ML's To EVO"s to acoustics in all colors. You will also see some of the most kick ass Hardtails this side of Heaven.... Thank You
Eddie Carlino
CARLINO GUITARS
392 Main Street
Medford, MA 02155
781-391-4600

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If you go to the Washburn site, you can see them there. I think his V's are the ugliest things ever. They look off. BUT, I must say, I really like these two:





I want an ML with the same finish as the one in the first pic!

Hey all,

I might buy a wah pedal off Dana to fix in my electronics class, but we're not sure if the pot is busted. He says he can get a sound out of it. So the PC board couldn't be busted, or can it? And just for fun, I took the back off my Cry Baby From Hell (I was looking for gremlins, that wah can make some weird sounds!). There's not much in there!

thanks!

Here they are!! ENJOY!!!

The sb Trio!!







And pics of some gear and my guitar room








Rich

the pics have been so long i can't remember what is what anymore in the pics!

A Lincon Truck:




The Range Rover Range Stormer:






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More to come in a few minutes


Rich

Here's Part 2!

Honda:










Chrysler:



The Chrysler 4-12!!!
4 turbo Chargers and 12 Cylinders all under one hood!!!









Mercedes:



The Mercedes SLR Mclaren:







Ill be posting more in this thread in a few minutes


Rich

I'm not a big Korn fan, but this is a pretty cool video. Apparently it's only being shown on MTV-2 so far. I pulled the link from NoneRadio.com - it's very political so do enjoy it

http://www.bandbuilder.com/korn/

How are they? My friend's thinking about getting one and he needs some advice...

what are these like?
i heard they compare to esp's practically identicle actually, except for the dean logo and headstock ofcourse.
worth buying? flloyd rose anygood?


cheers

Well hello there folks! The manic voices in my head have been at tribal confrence lately, and we have come up with a grand idea to liven up the DOA, and a nifty chance to win a set of d’addario XL 0.10’s, 5 dunlop tortex picks, or a BRAND NEW CAR!!! Well…. Maybe not that far but, I digress… anywho… What this contest will be is a guitar designing contest using the Kisekae guitar modeling software, to design one of the following models of guitar:

- tele (uscg or regular)
- strat (uscg or reg.)
- Ibanez rg
- Ibanez JEM
- Gibson Les Paul
- Gibson SG
- Jackson Soloist
- Jackson Randy Rhoads model
- USCG Wolfpack (basically an EVH model…)
- Yajima String Works TSUBASA

I know people, I know… there are no deans in this list… but as far as I can see… there is no Dean guitar modeling software available for free ANYWHERE, so, I decided to make with what we had, so, why don’tcha just think of em as all deans, just new models eh?

Moving on, in the contest, entrants will have the chance to make 3 guitars, one for each of the following scoring methods:

- originality (a trans burled redwood RR model for instance.)
- outrageousness (new radical ideas, much like originality but more extreme, now note this, this does not mean you can just make something like a strat with 40 humbuckers all over, and a bigsby on the headstock, the guitars must appear to be functional)
- traditional (a more traditional approach which attemps to create what the guitar might look like right off of the show room floor, vintages with the “relic” feature on are also accepted.)

There are some more rules unfortunately, I shall now list them:

- you can only use the default colors and wood options offered in the KISEKAE default (basically, you can’t use graphics on your guitars, wouldn’t be fair to those who cannot figure out how to do that… *cough cough* DAVE *cough cough*.)
- you cannot use any photo editing software on your entry such as photoshop, paint, and the like. (same reason)
- ALL PICTURES MUST BE CROPPED!!!

Now you must be asking yourself, “how the hell do we use this contraption, and when we do get it to work, how, and to whom do we send the pics of guitars?” well folks, let me tell you. First, what you are going to want to do (if you haven’t already used the KISEKAE software,) is read the FAQ, HOW TO hints section, available at this link, http://www.nymphusa.com/kisekae/FAQe.asp . then once you get to know the software an use it, you’ll want to know how to take a picture off of it, and get it ready to email or PM, well… what you want to do, is center the guitar in the page using scroll and the like, and then hit the “print screen” key on your keyboard. It is the little key above the “insert” and “delete” keys and next to the number keypad. Then, once you have done that, you will then want to open up your Paint program, right click, hit “paste” crop the picture, save it as “DOA CONTEST ENTRANT” (all in caps) then you will want to attach it to an email, and shoot it to me at ozzman2289@yahoo.com or LINK it in a PM and shoot it to me that way. (email preferred) I shall then save ALL images to separate folders with your screenames on them, and when the contest is up, I will send them to the 3 judges we have set aside to view and give a rating from 1 to 10 on each guitar, 10 being the highest, and 1 being plain crap. Our judges are Steve, “TransblueZ”, Mike “mike”, and Joe “ragnut” now I am sure these fine men are impartial, and won’t take sides, but, I am sure that they WILL take any and all bribes. (large bills preferred) they will then send their ratings to me on each guitar, to lil old me, who will then print them out on as piece of paper, and hold them 3 days, or until the money transfers clear, and then post them on the board…. There will be a winner and a runner up in each category, the winner will get a set of D’ Addario XL 0.10 strings, and the runner up, will receive a nifty internet plaque that I will make up in powerpoint or some other nifty program…

In addition, there will be two other special awards that I myself will decide and award, those two are

- best paint job
- best overall creative idea

these winners will each get 5 Jim Dunlop Tortex picks, furnished at my own expense in the guage of their choice.

So in closing, thecontest starts today, March 10th, and will close on Wednesday, March 24th, at 8:00 PM eastern time. The winners will be announced approximately a week after that, and the awards will be shipped as soon as I get my lazy arse to the store to buy the stuff.



The Kisekae guitar modeling website is http://www.nymphusa.com/kisekae/kisekaee1.asp

Have fun!

" FRANK ZAPPA and Gene share co-writing credit on 'Black Tongue' and the Zappa family, including Dweezil, Ahmet, Moon, Gail and Frank himself, sing and play guitar on the song "

From HardRadio.com - Could be interesting. Hope it's not one of those buy the CD for 1 song kinda thing. We shall see.

I got picked for a Cheap Trick Meet and Greet in Ft. Lauderdale with Cheap Trick's fan club, FREE!!!! Ok, membership cost 18 bucks. Best money I have spent on Cheap Trick!!! I'll have to wear my Cheap Chick T-shirt!
BTW, thought you Blueburst fans might like this '83 gem not a Dean but at least from across town Chicago.

http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/087025/087025_01_07_full_100.asx

http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/087025/087025_01_01_full_100.asx

Yum!

Below is an order of USA Custom Shops on their way to me a soon as Deanly possible...
Collector's Edition Hardtail #6
Collector's Edition Hardtail #23
Collector's Edition Hardtail #___Blue Quilt
Spalted Exotic V, Natural
Walnut Topped Mahogany Backed Hardtail With Gold HDWR
AAAAAAAAAA QUILTED Maple Z Natural
AAAAAAAAAA Flame ML Natural
Transparent Brasiliaburst Hardtail
Tigereye Collectors Edition Flame Top
USA PRO V in Dark Cherry
USA Hardtail Pro in Natural Mahogany
Collector's Edition Hardtail in Deep Transparent Quilt
This may change due to some in stock changes or othe rissue but it looks really good.

Anyone interested?????????????

Just stumbled across one of these on Ebay (while at work - what are the chances?) They're kinda neat looking in a Les Paul meets Bernie Rico kinda of way. Not getting one myself, have a couple of Deans in mind. But thought someone might enjoy checking them out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1055&item=2598452924


i have seen this p[articular title go over $ 1K and this one is also up over $ 400.....

Recalling a quasi-passionate thread back on the old forum relating to the pros and cons of Canadian bacon, this news report should be interesting to those who care....

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/10/crime.pigfarm.reut/index.html

Note: This is in no way a slam against our northern neighbors

"A humbucker is split when only one coil is engaged full output. This is often used to achieve a single coil sound from a humbucker. Here's one of easiest and most controllable ways to split a humbucker. It not only allows you to split your pickup, but it gives you precise control over the amount of split -- in gradual increments."

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/sum96tip.shtml

Anyone have the the Xentrix cover of Ghostbusters?

It's great to so many people here interested in guitars/basses/music!!! I would just like to say Dave from Bass and Treble from St.Joseph Missouri is a great guy and has always done me right with helpin me with my music needs!!!
It's always good to see people who are dealers that take time to help you out. There are so many music companys out there that don't even take the time to help someone out. Dave is great!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3710728394

I just saw a new banner on the Dean Guitars website. An application to join the "Dean Street Team".

What is that?

hey fellow dean guitar lovers! I need some help. I don't know much about amp and effect set up and I know all of you do.

I just inherited my first full amp. I have been playing on my little 15 watt vox practice amp this whole time.. you must remember, I'm an acoustic player more than an electric player.

But anyway, my brother in law basically gave me his old old peavey classic tube amp. i believe it's a 50 watt with two 10 inch speakers???

Here's my question. there are 4 inputs on the front. one labeled bright (which I think sounds best with my acoustic plugged in or just straight no effected sound) one labeled 'A', one labeled 'B', and one labeled 'auto mix'

it also has a foot pedal with four switches, "selector" "combiner" "reverb" & "phase".. i've figured out the phase and reverb.. duh.. and I've also figured that the "selector" changes from input "a" to "b" and vise versa.. I figure that the "combiner" mixes "a" & "b"....

How do I hook my guitar into both imputs?? I'm guessing it would be nice to set up my guitar through 1 input to be clean and straight.. the other input through my effects pedal.. then I can switch on the fly between effects and such or even combine more than one effect. But how do I get 1 guitar into 2 inputs? do I need a box or something.. or am I looking at this the whole wrong way..

Thanks for your help!

Lata!

Bored, can't sleep WHATS GOIN ON PEOPLE!!!

ok that was fun!

alrighty i'm not sure if this is the right forum for this but i've been practicing guitar for a year or so now. i have pretty good dexterity and accuracy (i do a 3hr+ vai-ish practice routine every day), but my problem is my rhythm sucks.

any exercises out there that i should do to remedy this? start playing bass? learn to read music?

B&T Dave does it again!!!

SBML #1 arrived today...plays like a dream!!!

The Faded Denim V and the other SBML are still en route, but I'm told that Monday should heed their arrival to my arsenal...

Dean country is alive and kicking...and Korea is its home!!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAH

Pics to follow ASAP!

You can stream some classic metal albumns at Vibrations of Doom!

I am glad there are those out there preserving the past.

Stolen from the Carvin forum:

A Scottish old timer in Scotland, in a bar, talking to a young man.

The Old Man says, "Lad, look out there to the field. Do ya see that fence? Look how well it's built. I built that fence stone by stone with me own two hands. I piled it for months."

"But do they call me McGreggor-The-Fence-Builder? Nooooooo... "

Then the old man gestured at the bar. "Look here at the bar. Do ya see how smooth and just it is? I planed that surface down by me own achin' back. I carved that wood with me own hard labour, for eight days."

"But do they call me McGreggor-The-Bar-Builder? Nooooooo..."

Then the old man points out the window. "Eh, Laddy, look out to sea...Do ya see that pier that stretches out as far as the eye can see? I built that pier with the sweat off me back. I nailed it board by board."

"But do they call me McGreggor-The-Pier-Builder? Noooooooo..."

Then the old man looks around nervously, trying to make sure no one is paying attention and whispers:

"But ya f*** one goat..."

I heard it on the news yesterday, terrible, i just read there's 198 people killed and over 1400 wounded....

I just wanted to express my condoleances to the people of Spain.

There's no word yet on who did it but it was either Al -Qaeda or the ETA, both organisations don't deserve the air they are breathing...i hope the ones who did will be brought to justice, though of course there's no punishments for a deed like this.

The first one is a rough cut of a song called Hadden Clark.
This is death metal.

http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000124675_000015902.mp3


This next one is actually solo. {I was just screwin around vocal layering}
This isn't guitar driven at all.

http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000124675_000015904.mp3

The Leprechaun has this. Good Lord. This has to be the single most beautiful guitar I've ever seen.

Anyone checked out these folks from the artists page ?
http://www.deanguitars.com/deconstruct.php

I dl'd the tracks from their website and I think it's pretty cool.

Yes I have a woody for this guitar.

yes dime shreds!!no denial!!!But this is the dean site!!how bout some old pics of dime with a real dean!!!Ive played the dime washburns and i got to say they r nice.But they R not deans!!

It's been a good day today. I just traded in a Crate Blue Voodoo BV60 combo and an 87 Fender Strat Plus and got a new 2004 Les Paul Studio Plus. Trans Red with Gold Hardware. Man it sounds sweet!

Hey all,

Today I was playing my amp at 6 or 7 on the OD channel, and right now it's humming really loudly at low volumes. I don't know what I did. I've played it past 7 before, and it was always fine after. What's broken, and is it expensive to fix? I'm on a really tight budget. I'm so pissed right now.

Thanks

i've got a crate glx 212 right now but it sucks more than a hooker at frat party. distortion sounds like like crap, but my beloved jackhammer pedal takes care of that for me. cleans sound ok but when turned up it gets really glassy sounding with lots of treble bite.....turn it up a little more and i start to get preamp distortion.

point being, i'm looking to trade in for a fender twin reverb combo or maybe a halfstack. any suggestions?

Anyone tried these...don't know if they are even on the market just yet...

Soon to include MUCH content. Kickin' it off with a lil Aerosmith from The Forum in L.A. 1.13.2002..... http://genekellyphotos.com/

http://news.harmony-central.com/News/2004/Gibson-PRS-Case.html

What's to keep them from coming after Dean next?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711018500&category=41435

Im no comp guru, but I think I have a spyware problem.

Anyone ever had this problem??

Popup Blockers wont help....

Is there a good Spyware program??

Thanks,
Rick

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711190018&category=47072

How do i do it? disscuss

All available right now...

http://deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/carlino_21collectorshardtail.jpg
http://deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/carlino_598zcustomabalone.jpg
http://deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/carlino_6collectors.jpg
http://deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/carlino_aaaaaquiltamber.jpg
http://deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/carlino_spaltedvcustom.jpg

Hey, guys. I'm thinking seriously about getting an Electric/Acoustic 'tar to do some gigs and I want your opinions. I've heard great things about Performers (If that's what I chose, I'd probably get a DSE, it looks beautiful here on the site.) but the new Tribal acoustic with the barbwire looks beautiful. It's hard to choose, so I figured I'd ask the experts! So.. do I go with the Performer? Or wait it out and spring for the Tribal?

I loaded my pics but the link doesn't work. Also, how do you just paste the picture?

i was looking in a pawn shop and they had a red dean hollywood z there. It was in alright condition but the nut was broke on the low e string. it is a minor thing, 50 for a repair, but i was wondering how much is a fair price. It has an almost floyd rose type trem and dual humbers, it is red, and the headstock is shaped diffrent then most deans. Anyways if any of you could help me out please post, and thanks for reading.

jordan

Heya,

Due to circumstances will I probably be moving alot between two locations all throughout the next few years. Since I really lke the idea of dragging a guitar all through the country, I am thinking of getting a second, cheap, guitar.

Now I had more or less these 'demands':

-Not more then #250
-Fixed brigde. Else a standard tremolo. No floating stuff or anything.
-Either triple single-coils, or double humbucker (HSH is ok as well).

The music I is mostly 60s and 70s stuff, Hendrix, Zeppelin etc. The typical blues/rock classic-rock stuff. At first I was looking at the Dean Avalanche Zone S. I already have the humbucker version, and this would complement it well. I like the Dean Avalanche series better then the MIM Fenders, and I never dared to try the more expensive Fenders due to their pricetag.

However, by chance I stumbled into the Dean ML-X on this site. Fixed Bridge, decent tuners, double humbuckers. Looks great to me, and is really dirt-cheap. Now my question is:"Is the ML-X a decent guitar for non-metal players?" The guitar will be in a rather dangerous place, and I know people will probably sit on it or spill beer over it, so I really am not looking for an expensive guitar. I'm also more or less a beginner, so I only need a 'decent' guitar that plays well.

Go for the ML-X? Zone-S? Another Dean? Another brand? Help!

My Seawolve's just beat Wisconson 4to1 to advance to the WCHA Final 5 for the 1st time in the history of the program Heck-- it's the 1st time we ever won a playoff game fri nite!!! I'm going down to the collage to help set fire's and turn car's over

F.G.

these r my babies ive had them maybee 3 weeks!!1 79 v and one79 ml.both sound and play kick ass!!both have seymour duncan invaders in them,im waiting for ed to send me black knobs for the v so they will be a match set.im very happy with them!!

I did a pickup swap this weekend in the '79 V. I replaced the neck pickup with a Seymoure Duncan SH-2n (the Jazz) and the bridge pickup with the SH-13 (Dimebucker). The swapout was a breeze and the new pickups sound fantastic! Before the swap I was going to get a new amp head (I currently use a Marshall AVT150H) as I wasn't that pleased with the sound. It has plenty of gain, just not the sound I was looking for. With the new pickups I now think I have a few more miles left in that Marshall (although an ENGL Powerball is close on the horizon).

I was worried a little that the Dimebucker would sound "brittle". Not that I am after DBD's tone, I just wanted something that had a hot output without sounding muddy and I didn't want to get another EMG-81. This is a really nice pickup! Nice chunky tone with a wee bit of mid scoop. I've had the SH-2n in other guitars (Jacksons) and really loved the tone I would get for soloing. And now it is back!

Now I know there will be some grumblings as to why I didn't go with an L-500? The price is right, but the availability was lacking (I didn't want to wait a month and a half). Too, I got a pretty good deal on the Dimebucker (there are a couple of auctions on eBay right now). Now I just need to get rid of that cheesy signature silk screen.

The stock pickups have no markings on them. Who made them? What model are they? If anyone wants them, I'll let both go for $15.00. Otherwise I'll probably just throw them away.

On a website called www.perthbands.com/forums

They spot light the 79MLF and give it a 5/5 and the starbuy and they didnt have anything bad to say about it all praise.

It's all gone! My wife chopped my hair off. Just felt like it. Don't know why. Was a spur of the moment kinda deal. My dog Bailey doesn't know who the heck I am. It grows fast. Wow, lookit all the gray!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3709965182&category=2384

I thought I'd seen the state of the art in illiterate technology, but this one hits an all new low point.

In fact, I'm pretty sure this redefines "short bus rider".

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711710675&category=41435

These first few are serial number shots, so bear with me, the last being the SBML, ser. # E 070137, the second the Faded Denim V, ser. number 03-00598 (USA Exotic)



One of Chris (Ski) trying to take a headstock serial number shot, accidentally hitting the delay on the cam, then turning said cam on himself, only to have it flash in his face



The final headstock serial number shot, this one is of the white ML 79 (because I still have not recieved the SBML from DINASTY Joe yet), serial number E 100149



Careful, you might lose an eye with this glorious family shot on my bed...talk about a threeway



Another one of the same threesome, only the camera was held sideways (blame the quality of the photos on the photographer, as Chris seems as well used to a camera as he is to a guitar)



Next up, my John Wayne shot...for Hans and Bernt!



And my Johnny Cash (if he would have worn fatigues) impersonation



For Hans, Bernt, and Dave (B&T), CHEERS!



And last but not least, the biggest Fender/Gibson junkie I've ever known gets his hands on a real axe, though he still refuses to convert, it is really hard to get him to put down the axe!
This is for Steph and her parents, who wanted a pic of Peter...well I have one of him playing my Faded Denim V!



Thank you for putting up with my bantering, but I also know I'm the biggest cryer for pics, so here I am living up to my own standards, however there are still more guitars incoming, just so ya know!

Cheers, and I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoy playing and owning these quality axes!

I have resolved the issue, with startling results...

0 guitars is the most cool you can be, and I will explain!

A person with 0 guitars never suffers GAS, therefore the ladies aren't offended by his smell, and ergo he is the essence of coolness as we all know that the coolness brings the ladies...

A person with 1-9 guitars is moderately cool, and I fall within this category at least for the time being, though when all of my geets arrive I will be bumped into the next category. This is the person who suffers from GAS occasionally, but is generally able to control his baser urges.

A person with 10-19 guitars is generally the uncool guy with cool attributes. This person cannot control his baser urges yet constantly is battling (or has not the means) to do so, ergo GAS does not yet fully control his life.

A person with 20-29 guitars has no life, is a compulsive GASSER and has lost all coolness because as they relieve their GAS they simply have the means and such to create MORE GAS, and spread it to others...

And the final category, is the BRAVE DAVE, aka PLONKER category. This individual (individuals) GAS so badly that I would warn the Mrs. to install lead shielding all through the house, because sooner or later the GAS will get so bad, that this person explodes from the pressure, which will be the equivalent of a night in Nagasaki in 1945!!!

At any rate, love your guitars, and don't get caught asleep with it cradled in your arms like I did by my roomies...they now talk to me about inappropriate relationships with inanimate objects, but I simply reply that this axe shows me more love and attention than my ex wife has for the past two years, soooooooooooooooooo!

HEHEHE, have a great day!!!

Photos kinda crappy but it looks new like the guy says..



Can't make out the text on the truss cover.. is that V Premium?

Jeeze-O-Pete (not you Pete) I got a gorgeous neck yesterday - killer flame maple, ebony fretboard, MOP inlays, 6100 frets & an LSR roller nut. Only problem was the "Legend" decal on the headstock - you know under the clear coat. No Problem I say and got out the "Citri-Strip" - no dice all it did was shine it up. OK so I say to myself "self looks like it's time to sand - how bad can it be?" so out comes a pack of 220 Garnet paper and my finest blocks. Three whole sheets and an hour and a half later I have the freakin' headstock clean - no bull this poly stuff is tough!!! So - if you ever need to strip a poly finish off a guitar better eat your Wheaties!!!

Well I have my Evo. And I just made a very good deal on an Avalanche One....INCOMING!!!!!! If I keep hanging here Ill end up being not cool cause Ill own too may guitars (and be divorced again)

http://www.deanguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1880

It was mean I know.

Hey All -
We are currently launching the Dean Street Team project.
We realize that most of you forum members and especially DOA members already do a lot of promoting of Deans but the street team will be a little different.

We are mostly looking for motivated High School-ers. Street team members will promote Deans to players in their schools and community. If you are interested or know of someone that is interested, please go to the Dean frontpage, click on the banner and fill out the form.

Please only sign up if you are really motivated as the involvement on our part is substantial and we want to choose members that will get pro-active.

Thanks,
Dean Z

Any one have the link for the Band Article Dynasty posted on the old board? It was something to the tune of "So you want to be in a band" or something like that. I believe it first a monthly article in a guitar mag, and Dynasty posted them all in one huge thread on the old board...

thx!

When I came back from Florida my home PC totally broke down!
It didn't even start up....

I couldn't get it to work I suspect my power supply is fried.

'Stinks big time but my PC was very old, like 6 years, it was a Intel celeron 333 Mhz with 6,4 Gb harddisc HAHAHAH!

but it still worked fine and did everything I wanted to do.


Anyway I ordered a new PC, can't wait to get it, I ordered it via my work it's a DELL.

HAHHA I think I'll experience some big dramatic performance increase, it's a Pentium IV 3,0 Ghz with HT technology, 120 Gb HDD with 8 MB buffer, 17" TFT flatscreen, 512 MB RAM (thought about upgrading to 1024), 128 MB GeForce video and Soundblaster Live!
I also get teh extra speakers with subwoofer and the wireless keyboard and mouse and of course a 8x DVD-RW burner and a DVD player...

WWOOOOHOOOOO I can't wait....I am gonna convert all my old metal video's to DVD now!

Warning: NDR-stuff ahead!! (non Dean related)

Got a sharp mind? Take this short little test to find out! Read the rules and follow 'em!!

Good luck!!

( &%&%¤#%¤/(/& wizeguys who made that one up...!! )

I'm still thirty something today! Birthday gifts in the form of any Dean Guitar would be greatly appreciated! LOL!

"David Letterman":

"The presidential campaign is really heating up. George
Bush, his campaign is really doing much, much better, and he's
shot right up in the polls since he captured Martha Stewart."
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"Jay Leno":

"And the Bush administration is under fire for hiring
actors to pose as reporters in video segments praising his
Medicare law.... in other words people think they're watching
the news but it's really the Bush administration talking, kind
of like Fox News."
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"Jay Leno":

"President Bush was out touting his economic record in Ohio
last week. Now this is a state that lost 225,000 jobs since
Bush took office. If Bush wants to tout his record he should do
it somewhere where the Bush economy has actually created jobs,
like India or Thailand or China."
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Also from Jay Leno:

"John Kerry said today he wants to debate President Bush
once a month. Hey good luck, if Bush couldn't make it to the
National Guard once a month, he's not going to show up for
this."

Thanks to Aaron..sandwich23..a fabulous 1980 V that has been through hell and back but still has a lot of hell to give arrived yesterday via FedEx. The new form-fitting case did a lot for the safe arrival but the guy packs guitars well..thanks again, man.

It may not be original, but it's one of a kind and she shreds. End of story.









I have an audition tomorrow night for a one day special event in L.A. This baby will be played for said audition. I believe I have a new #1!

OK so I set out to do 2 things today.
A) Take a couple photobooks and some 8x10's of my shots from The DOA 3 to the folks at Armadillo.
B) See the natural finished Z I so lusted after while at DOA3.

Missions accomplished with fringe benefits to boot.
I took a nice 8x10 of Elliot playing Bass and 2 8x10 shots of Michael Batio in simple frames for hanging in the offices. I asked for Jon Puhl when I dropped them off cause I knew he would show me the guitar. Boy, did he. I was to nervous to plug it in and I had come unannounced so I wasn't able to play it with an amp. I really would like to get that guitar, to bad it is here at a cash poor time. That lead me to mention my offer of "if you ever need a photographer" again to Jon in hopes of turning my skills into that guitar. Especially after having seen the guitar again and know how much TC's go for.
Jon then took me over to see half a dozen Spalted Maple V's that Pete(r) had been photographing in the lil studio they have right there. They got a great photo set up, Flash units, backdrop, and computers YUMMY!!! Missed the camera they use but I was to busy looking at the V's and the Beautiful Hardtails they had been shooting. There is a Natural Finsh Quilt top Hardtail in the Artist Room WOW!!! Dont think they need my help but if they do I would jump at the chance to work with such great gear. Guitar and photographic. Since my main Photo skill is live action, maybe an artist in concert or clinic would be of more use to them. Who knows how this could end up.
Couple of those Spalted V's were really sweet. 1 was like Spalted Birds-eye! It was Bas add! Another had a counter chevron V to the spalting, that one was a lot like the Z Lon has in his avatar.
Tough living so close to that place.

I haven't posted in awhile, and I know you folks like eye candy, so here's a pic of my new baby!

Group shot and closer ones....



My ebay czech V.. Jury is still out.. got it back from a setup tonight, there were a couple high frets but they're fixed. The nut is cut a little low but that's not really an issue. The real problem is the retaining wire on the bridge rattles when you pluck. If I can fix that then it'll be groovy.


DOA 03


DOA Prize White 79 ML! YAY!


ML-X First Dean.


Baby V


Braziliaburst 79 ML


EQ4 Preamp arrived yesterday, so I should have some low sounds this weekend. I'l be sure an let y'all know how that goes....

, OKAY I KNOW HE'S GONNA TELL ME THIS WAS REALLY CHEESY- BUT I WANNA SAY A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRAVIS- WOW ITS ACTUALLY THE BIG "21"

...that you didn't (completely at least) suck anymore? This is going on the Satriani boards right now and I thought it was a good idea. For me it was my favorite moment of DOA3, when Thor asked me why I had decided to start over. After actually hearing me play he said I seemed to already know what I was doing and I was actually pretty good. I think he had earplugs in at the time, though

Got a letter in the mail
Said LIFF LIVE on it...

Have any idea who they might be? *j/k

Can't wait now to get home and crank it up!

Well I'm taking the Little DeanMann (who is 7) and Mrs. DeanMann to see CHEAP TRICK & Aerosmith on Friday!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! THANK GOD FOR SPRING BREAK (but the Razorback Baseball team is in Gainesville playing the Gators......ALAN????) NO EVENTS ON CAMPUS!!!!!!!

So, has anyone seen this tour? I'm STOKED to see Cheap Trick. Aerosmith is one of the VERY FEW '70's bands I missed.

SO, WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT??

For those of you around the board last year you may remember I posted that local Chicago icon Jim Peterik was at a Guitar Show checking out a weird Gibson guitar that was a cross between a Flying V and an SG. He was banging out the opening of .38 Special's "Hold on Loosely" (which he wrote) on the guitar as people were looking on. Well, he must have ended up buying it as this pic is posted on his web site. Its called an SGV!

- Craig

to KRISTY!!!
I'm turning 20 on Sunday...
I don't imagine I'll be on before then. We're going to the city to go shopping and to the casino then the liquor dome on Saturday. Tomorrow we have to go into town to get Jan a new id. He lost his. Then it's grocery shopping..... oh boy So we wont be home until late. (We both work until 5ish)
Jan's going back to Wheaton's (his old job making futuniture) on Monday. So in his spare time this weekend he's got to fix his car.
Talk to you all soon!

Hi,
For those who wantd to see real pics of the guitars in the store, they came in today.
#21 Hardtail Cherry Sunburst w/ leather Jacket
#6 Hardtail Cobalt Blue w/ leather Jacket
#666 Spalted Custom V (scary serial number)
Custom Z with abalone blocks and multiple binding
Amber Hardtail in Amber Quilted maple. pics are in the pic posting page, I'll try to get em in here afterwards...

http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/Picture%20113.jpg
http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/CarlinoAmber2.jpg
http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/CarlinoCustomZAbalone.jpg
http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/Carlinocollectors_21.jpg
http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib/Carlinocollectors_6.jpg

for now....if any one's interested please let me know
Thanks,
Eddie Carlino
CARLINO GUITARS

This is a new one on me. Anybody ever seen or played one? It's a Minarik.

Given this line from the Dean warranty page concerning voiding your warranty-

"Any Instrument modified after original shipment from the Dean MI Factory"

Which of the following voids your warranty:

1. Changing out/modifying the nut
2. Changing out the bridge
3. Pickups change
4. Changing tuners
5. Messing with any of the electronics

I'm thinking 2,3,4,5 but not 1. Am I wrong on this?

Just curious - thanks

G-Man

This guitar has what is called a "fretboard extender" WOW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3712146574&category=2384


hahaha

what a dolt

HAHHA, yup the 30th they're back in Holland already got my tickets!

GERRE ROCKS!














Óhhh I can't wait, April the 30th is teh celebration of the birthday of the Dutch queen and a national Holliday...everybody is out on the streets partying, it's awesome normally but especially now TANKARD is playing on one of the celebration festivals!


It's gonna be a alcoholic metal day!

I am waiting for the Avalanche one that should have been here today. It looks like it hasn't even shipped yet. Im starting to be less than happy here and there isnt s#%t I can do about it. AAAARRRGGGHHH! Sorry just had to vent someplace and I know you guys understand the pain of incoming.

Anyone entering this contest? Looks like a killer amp.
http://www.music123.com/contest/signed_marshall_d.aspx

I've been using ghs boomers 9's - does anybody have a suggestion for good strings for a new Dean owner?

Alright - don't anybody suggest "G" string either...

IDIOT HERE

How are you guys getting pics in the signature area under your post???

When purchasing a guitar what qualities do u guys and girls look for? And how important are some qualities rather than others?
For example I most importantly judge the way it plays - the action and fret feel along with the shape of the neck and fretboard wood. I prefer unfinished maple necks and fretboards, but also love ebony or nice rosewood. Next comes the sound, it needs to sound rich, warm and hot(insert EMG81 here). Then I want it to be blanced and comfortable and I want it to look good and take a beating without going of tune(insert Floyd Rose tremolo here). Wait a minute that should be number one! It's gotta stay in tune or else it's just aggrivating and embarrassing. If a guitar doesn't meet these qualifications it's not for me. What do u think?
Aaron
PS. It's gotta be made in the USA, my only exception is my Dean '79 Z, it's a wedding present. It's Korean made, but very nice indeed.

Ok -- as promised .... here are a couple of songs from my band, recorded Live sometime in '96 !!

1. STARGAZER --- Rainbow Cover !

2. Mystery Man

3. Into the Fire --- Bruce Dickinson Cover !

4. Ain't gonna Cry --- Whitesnake Cover !

Hope you like it

Dealer Forum and Trading post. Very nice and new links to Tiki and post photos. Cool Webguy! Mr Yamz at your service folks!

LOL I thought the power supply of my old PC was rotten so I bought a new one this evening because my mother wants this PC if I get my new one!

And guess what it works again it was INDEED my power supply!


Cheers, glad to be back online!

Can you help me ID the headstocks in this picture. Dave from B&T was trying to get this into my head, before I saw them. The one on the right is a DOA Caddy, I believe this is a Series II. The one on the left is a MIK Caddy. Is this a Series III ? The one an the right is about 1/2 inch wider, point to point.

Oh Yes,
I remember the first time I realized I had callouses,
A bout a year after I started playing guitar alot.
But, back to the title line, when did you gey callopuses on your fingertips?

NOTICE.....NO FURMAN PQ3'S. YOU MAY ASK WHY ?
BECAUSE... DO NOTICE

2 FURMAN PQ4'S !!!!!!!!!

THEY ARE THE TWO THINGS IN THE RACK WITH THE BLUE KNOBS.

I think my email may be infected, so if you have recieved an email from me in the past few days and you're not Elliott or Dave (B&T) DON'T OPEN IT!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711616282&category=33035

Pretty sharp looking axe, and not a bad price for a neckthrough. **Gasp** I no longer like guitars with FloydRoses or I would have grabbed it






*Edit* had pics in there twice.

hahahaha, this song ROCKS

I was surfing through the channels 'round midnight and when I got to CMT there was this wierd show with what looked like Toby Keith doing a live gig with Willie Nelson, Steve Tyler, Joe Perry, Ted Nugent & Sammy Hagar!!! I'll tell you what - they were rockin!!!! I missed all but the last half so I hope it's on again. Anyone else catch this?

Played my first Av 7 stringer today at GC and was really impressed. It was used and very plain looking, but I was really impressed with the neck. The frets were nice and smooth up and down the neck, and it actually had a really nice sound to it. First one I'd ever seen. Wasn't quite sure what to do with the extra string, but it had a good sound to it.

I'm having a blast with my Evo FT, but am considering switching out the p'ups. I never use the coil tap mode, so that's not a consideration. No serious high gain stuff, generally classic rock & blues; (crunch & drive). What do you recommend?

I want to know the advantages of each style against the other -
and I'm talking about Set neck V's Neck-through
Bolt-on's just suck ....

Hey guys i got a question one of my friends and i were tlaking and i sent him a pic of the z bass casue we were talking about basses we wanted and after i sent him the picture he said that z bass is a nock off of the exploror which brings the question to mind who first made the "z"/"exploror" was it gibson or dean??? i figured someone here knows so that why im asking thanks!!!!

I was looking through an issue of Hit Parader this afternoon. Ibanez now has a low priced Korean Iceman series built to the "exact specs" of late 70s Icemans. They were called the IC400.

VENOM Announce New Lineup - Mar. 21, 2004

British black metal pioneers VENOM have revealed the details of their new lineup and upcoming recording/touring activities. Joining bassist/vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant and drummer Antton is the latest addition to the group's ranks, American guitarist Mykus.

Commented Cronos: "I have chosen the most talented and deadliest of all the musicians who've ever been in this band to work with."

The new tracks are said to be "very much in the vein of the early VENOM — ferocious, raw and deeply Satanic, with a 21st century production and 25 years of experience. Look out disbelievers, this is VENOM at their most dangerous and hostile!"

VENOM, who are in the process of negotiating a new recording deal, are currently recording some tracks for their web site, which will be webcast directly from the "Updates/Music" section as a test, before uploading some new video footage of the band using the latest streaming multi-bit-rate technology. Several live shows are planned later in the year as well.

VENOM's last studio album, "Resurrection", was released in 2000.


--- I thought Mantas was going to be on this one....bummer.

Just watched the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" induction on MTV tonight. Always fun watching Keith Richards trying to speak. The only one I wasn't ok with was Prince getting in, there are so many others more deserving of the honor that have been rocking longer. He can play a pretty mean guitar but "Rock", not for me. But that's just my 2 cents worth.

Who do you think needs to be in there?

Hey all,

I'm seeing Metallica on Friday, and I was wondering, who should I go with? I could go with one person, who is sometimes a dick, but I know him better than the other guy I know, who is probably just going to stand around at the show with a hoodie on and not do anything. And the person who is sometimes a dick will probably stand around too, and not do anything. But I know that guy better. What should I do?

Man, that sounded lame...

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bid well and remember - your bid is a contract.....blah blah blah blah

hmm.... Hans told me I had been logged in at the Tikibar today

well, I haven't been at Tiki today, only when Hans told me I logged in to check .......

DISTURBING

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEETE ........ can you please fix it .... we want to log in to tiki with username and password ...... !!!!!

PM or post your email addy 'll send you the XENTRIX Ghostbursters EP...


Cheers

Hans

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=621&item=3712508628

Skull straplocks. Cool.

Would go nice with skull knobs.

Can you get skull tuning keys too? that'd be cool.

V or C neck? Just curious. As for myself, I vote V.

Is the hyperlink for customer serivce email jacked up or is it my system? I just put in a new firewall and can't get through on service1@deanguitars.com I keep getting mail returned to sender.

thanks for any info on my continual struggle against technology

G-Man

Hey R&S fans. Spike TV plays the classics in the wee hours of the morning. Set the VCR or Tivo.
www.spiketv.com

thanks to the guys at forum tech support for putting the links up there ^.

i will no longer need to open a new window to go to the mainpage.

Hello all......sorry I haven't been around for awhile, as I have been working too many days without a day off. and when I do get a day off I tend to sleep throught most of it. New stuff!!! I did purchase tickets for Rush's 30 year aniversary tour...will be most Cool. Also I bought a new Amp....yes I finally got something not for free. Ok heres what I bought........I played around with several Amps and finally settled on a Line 6 Duoverb. 100 watts of vintage amp power. Also In the bad Vein.....my computer was hit with the Virus and died an agonizing death, so I had to bring it back to life very much the same way Dr. Frankenstein did...Sorry for the pot shot Dave

Well thats about it

I need the customer service number for marshall anybody got it???I need a part.

Do the washburn dimes (332 specifically - the string-through model) use the same bridge hardware as Deans?

I've had this a couple times now....

Anyone gets an email seemingly from ebay (suspension@ebay.com). Don't open it, it's a spoof that contains a link to take you elsewhere and from what I can tell will then open a popup that will attempt something malicious.

If anyone did that, I recommend running adaware and a full virus scan.

Now I have to go take a bath because looking at that code made me feel dirty.

I'm pretty happy with mine so I probably won't be selling it any time soon. this one is about to pop tho:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711828145&category=41435&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1

Sitting at $122 with 30 minutes left. I don't recognize the high bidder, so figured I'd post it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3712912412&category=2384

Almost has an ironbird look to it.

There is probably some obvious answer that I'm missing here, but why doesn't a PM go out immediately like a regular post? I submitted a PM an hour ago and it's still sitting in my outbox!

By now I'm sure everyone has seen the "Are you gonna be my girl" video from Jet. By the way the whole cd is excellent. Anyway, the one guitar player, at first glance, looks to be playing a Gibson V. Upon closer examination, the body looks to be a burst of some color. It's hard to tell due to the video being black and white. I'm not aware of Gibson making a burst color V. Could this be some sort of FrankenDean? Dean body with a Gibson neck? I mean it really looks like a Dean body. Hardware, no pickguard, etc. Look closely the next time you see that video.
Butch

i'd like to own an independant label. i love music, and i'd love to put out good music. i could sign my own band as well as others. best of all, i'd get cuts of profits.

There was auction last week on Ebay for an amp I wanted. I saw it almost immediately when it was posted and asked a few questions. Ebay subsequently pulled the ad due to non compliance with thier listing policies. The seller and I completed the deal off Ebay. He has over 80 positive feedbacks, I checked his name and address and it checked out through a google people search, I spoke to him on the phone - everything checked out so I sent a TON of cash via paypal!

He sent me a Fedex tracking number - complete with a copy of the Fedex web page he used to send it- but the tracking number comes up invalid!! So I call Fedex and they say there is no way there is anything in the system under that number. Uh oh!! So I e-mail the guy back, haven't heard anything. If I don't hear from him by tomorrow, guess I'll call him.

Even if I had gone through Ebay - the most you are covered for is $500 - and try to even get that. I have a friend who did and Ebay never paid out!!

I'm sure everything is OK, but man, when you do a high dollar deal on the internet, it sure makes you nervous.

Just watched Prince, yes Prince, absolutely shred on lead guitar along with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn doing george Harrison's While my Guitar Gently Weeps. He busted out all the sweet licks and great vibrato! All on a Tele that he just threw in the air and let smash a few minutes ago. Unless he had two identical flame killer orangish tele customs. I'm serious, he was great. He played a bunch of his stuff earlier in the show and it was sweet also, but in that last jam he tore it up, and everyone knew it!
After that Kid Rock embarrassed us all with some kinda cover tune. Oh well, Prince was Shred Royalty!!
Aaron

HAHAHA, of the ENFORCER site!

Well, the avalanche one I bought arrived Monday. I has the worst strings on it I have ever seen. I think they are "blue steel". There is conciderable fret buzz on the upp three strings but the action is so low that adjusting that out after I put a set of boomers on should be no problem. Other than that this is a sweet little axe it doesn't compare to my Evo special but I bought it for a specfic purpose that it will be fine for. Nice Transblue finish.(Igotta get a digital camera). The best part is it is an Avalanche One, three months old and I bought it of a guy that gave up trying for 100.00 hehheh.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3713546232&category=41435

Ok...

White pickup rings, chrome dome knobs... and a set of these:



Not necessarily that model, but something with red bobbins...

LOL!

http://www.zoombar.com/

So I went to guitar center the other day and checked out the new worn finish gibsons!!they got worn finished les pauls for 499.00.at a glance guitar looks cool.so i pick it up and man what a joke!!!horrible neck with horrid action~!!and the craftmanship is crap!!the binding was uneven neck not strait!!ive seen better craftmanship on my coffee table!!God I feel for the beginner that goes and buys one to learn on!!

anybody got a link to a free lesson to get me started while i wait for my micheal a vid???

Well as u all know im a hard core dean fan so the only way i could own another brand is to incorperate it with dean!!heres a pic of my dean jackson frankenstien with original floyd(no patent pending!!the jackson neck is really thin and flat and the dean body gives the guitar monster tone!!I built this guitar from parts i bought on ebay!!its plays killer and the floyd stays in tune excellent.the intonation is also perfect!!this is my axe for when i gotta whammy!!!I love this guitar!!!any other frankenstien deans out there???

Well I'm down here through Saturday for a software development Seminar.

Since it takes almost as long to fly as it does to drive, I drove..

And that means:

NO LUGGAGE REQUIREMENTS!

Yessir. Got my 25th TC Caddy right here, the VG88, and Logic running on the lufly G4 TiBook. Hell with the headphones going it's almost like being at home in the studio and the entire rig fits in my laptop bag.

This is the way to travel.

Friday Night I'm getting together with a buddy from NY who I haven't seen in 10 years who moved down here, then on saturday it's on to Dana's for an impromptu jam/guitar photo op/soldering clinic.

Somebody else did a thread on "Dream Jobs", well with travel like this, I'm living it.

=)

I'm off to go make noise, then a bitchin barbeque dinner banquet keynote speech thing.

I’ve heard a few comments hear and there about guitar brand loyalty. Every time this issue comes up people refer to Joe Perry as the…ugh, ugh, (clears throat) guitar hoe dog, (about how many different brands of guitars he plays). It made me think of this image of him…I’ve seen a lot of this same image but with different guitars in hand…I guess I should have posted a few but you can find 'em if you search.
I have my own opinion on this and am kinda torn. I Really feel I should have a propensity toward a handful of guitar makers but when I really think about it…if I had the money and long standing reputation of Joe Perry I’d probably be a guitar hoe too…
What do you think...?

http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000114566_000016221.mp3

Another Edition of Name That Guitarist - with no fun or exciting prizes. Just something to kill a few minutes and listen to some guitar playing.

I'm normally not a punk or ska fan - but I do enjoy goofy cover tunes.....here's a few from Less Than Jake.

Summer Nights
http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000114566_000016226.mp3

Greased Lightning
http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000114566_000016227.mp3

We Go Together
http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000114566_000016228.mp3

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711556592&category=38086

Yeah, it gets boring here at night

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711661653&category=2384

Did I mention it gets boring here at night? yeah, think I did.

here's teh rough working version for the coverart for the new mini CD/Single "mamma woar is mien pils?", "mummy were is my ale?"




You can clearly see us searching for our brew in the jungle HAHAHHA, it turned out pretty killer I am shure we're gonna press some T shirts with thie design of course with a big aSS logo above it!

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2046

ummmmm.....I'm scared

Last night I was reunited with a friend and drummer from the past. I hadn't seen him for about four years and we got back together with a bass player friend and reformed our jam band - Iron Triangle. (get it, triangle - three peice? lol) He hadn't lost a beat( pun intended). We had an awesome time shredding and hashing out metal classics like Seek and Destroy, Four Horsemen, Disposable Hereos, Creeping Death, Iron Man, Paranoid, Crazy Train, Rock u Liike a Hurricane, Wrathchild, Number of the Beast, The Trooper, Medusa, and on and on and on. It was three straight hours of FUN,FUN, FUN! The guy kills it dead on! Not many can hang with those tunes, all those parts and changes!!!!! What a treat.
Aaron

So Sammy is back and the boys are doing a tour I hear. After seeing those pics of Eddie at last years summer NAMM, I wonder how they are going to get him to stay horizontal on the stage. Guess they'll just prop him up!! No Toronto dates announced yet, but if they come, I will go!!!! One of my all time favorates from my youth!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3713916067

I picked up one of these after hearing about them from my teacher. Got it for a very good price on eBay. Cool backing machine with audio track, recording, effects, the whole nine yards. Has 200 preset songs in 13 genres, 200 preset styles in 13 genres, has 128 instruments, & two pages of drum kit options. You can assemble quite a variety of band sounds. Change tone, tempo, key, effects on the fly so you can jam, record, play back, etc. You can recored an extra 32 minutes on a 64mb memory card. Use it as a drum machine, backing machine composing machine, I think it's gonna take me a minute to figure out what all it can do.

I got it to have something to practice with and I think it'll help make more sense out of what I'm practicing.

Name the most pathetic recorded tone known to mankind. Kurt Cobain izza gimmee. I'll say Gary Richrath-> REO Speedwagon what was he thinking/using? Absolutely hideous. Like a JCM 800 with cracked tube sockets, and speakers that had pencils stabbed into em. Who do you love to hate?

But I can live with that!!!!!

I know this isn't strictly a guitar question, but it is an equipment question. I just got a pickup truck and I want to put a CD player in it. Any recommendations, including what to avoid? Thanks.

Ed

A neat little trio I ran across at work this evening.
A drummer, keyboardist, and a guy playing a WarrGuitar

Did a little reading it's a 12 string touch (?) guitar. Left hand does the bass line and right hand does the guitar and solo's. Sort of like a stringed keyboard. Pretty cool - they do a decent attend at a Zappa tune, then an original.

Frank Zappa - Black Page
http://www.warrguitars.com/jwright/wmv/jwbp.WMV

Jim Wright - Heavy Duty Judy
http://www.warrguitars.com/jwright/wmv/Jim.WMV

my PC at work id DEAD ........ R.I.P

so it's silence from me a few days ..... at least in my work time .....

ARRGHh...... it means I actually have to work here ...... MY GAWD !

After many, many, auditions - Ezra Stone finally has a drummer!

The CD is coming along great (now that I finally have this mixing thing down) and should be ready by the first week of May. Our CD release will be a show with metal singing legend Rob Rock. Rob is a super guy and fellow Central Florida resident. Our first show with Rob was with the two of us supporting German power metalers EdGuy. But I digress.

Ezra Stone is once again a fully functional unit and I couldn't be happier.

...now if I just had some news about my custom V.............

Found this while I was cruising the Les Paul catagory - what more can I say - LOL --------> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3712576339&category=33048

Washburn Dime 333 Like Gibson Les Paul - now that's an oxymoron with the emphasis on MORON

As some of you know, I'm currently restoring my house (built 1913), and my latest project is to convert a little room upstairs to a safe retreat for me and my guitars.

The hous had severe water damage to it (we didn't discover that until we had bought the house), and getting rid of the damaged construction parts was a major undertaking. The room I'm restoring now is placed just below where the water leakage had done the most of the damage.

I had to replace major parts of the construction enclosing the that room. At one critical point last summer, my house look like someone had taken a big bite of it. The roof and wall was removed while I replaced the load bearing parts of the construction. I have done all the work myself, so it takes a while to complete each task...

As per today, I have completede the rebuilding of the roof and the walls. This means that the time has come to furnish the room, and the roomis meant to be a safe retreat for me, my computer and my guitars.

I can't wait to get it finished... Finally a place where I can play my guitars and browse the Dean forum undisturbed ! (Maybe I should call it my GAS-chamber..?)

...and my wife will probably appreciate it too, as my guitars and the computer currently reside in our living room...

http://home.att.net/~t.vago/HondaServiceCall.mp3

Heading to the Cayman Islands for a week of diving!!!!

I know some of you out there have done some custom work to your Deans. Let see what you have done.. post descriptions and pictures if you have them...

JD

This would look sweet with a Dean V neck on it.



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There's a lot of talk about the Vines being the next Nirvana...
Now I'm not a huge Nirvana fan or a huge Vines fan, but I do like most of what I'm hearing from the Vines.

What do you guys think of them?

On ebay. Might be interesting for the right price. Needs lots of TLC.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3714151244&category=33040

paint job on this one! I think it's very cool!

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My wife and I just had our first baby thur. eve. A healthy baby boy. What a rush!!!!! I think I better buy him a vintage Dean awhile. "But honey, it's for the baby" !!! I'm off to get some sleep while I can.... ZZZZZZZZ..... WAAH,WAAH
Butch

OK am I a lameo or is only the Hardtail and Vendetta being offered in the USA Pro series? Just curious, cause I don't think I've ever heard mention of a pointy USA Pro axe

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I didn't realize you were trying to win this auction until I had already been having e-mail discussions with him. BEWARE.

Since his auction stated he was willing to end the auction early, I sent him and e-mail with an offer to end. He responded and said the amount I offered was sufficent, and he wanted to think about it overnight to be sure. I made annother slightly higher counter offer for him to end it that night, and he still wanted to think overnight. Ok....no problem. The next morning he sent me an e-mail and said "I'm ready to end the auction for you if you're still interested." I responed right back and said, "yes...please confirm our price, I will bid and you can end the auction." At this point I expect someone to honor a commitment and their word and a deal is closed. Where I come from your word is your bond.

Well, I don't hear from him for several hours. In the meantime, a bid is placed that is $10 higher than the price I offered him to end the auction. Suddenly the deal is off and he says "I'm going to have to let this one run, the bids keep rolling in." He seemed nice enough at first, but IMO anyone who backs out of a deal needs to be scrutinized carefully.

I just don't want you to get ripped off. I wouldn't but this guitar now from this guy if he begged me to. I just thought I could snag a great deal, and perhaps someday make a decent profit. Again, I didn't make the connection that you were bidding on the guitar until I checked in this moring and saw your post. I haven't been here long enough to recognize everyone's screen names. I see you're the high bidder now, so just be careful of the guy.

I'm completely out of the process now as this is something you're working on. Good luck.

Jeff

**Edit, I am not trying to interfere with this guys auction, as I read that is again't the rules here. I just don't want a member to get ripped off by someone who does not keep their word. Perhaps the condition of the guitar is not stated properly either if this is the type of person he is."

Are in the Korina Guitars? I got an offer from a guy to buy a Korina V and i am pondering about it... I mean, i love the looks of it, but... How are the pickups? When i ordered that first Korina V (the one that got crushed), i got to play it for a while, but that was on a Crappy Marshall Training amp, wich had no tone at all, so i dont know... Give me your opinions on this one...

a site that has sound bytes of different amps. For those of you that saw a topic that I posted a while back, you know I'm thinking about a new amp. I only want a small one and I'm really not brand loyal.

Another poster, I forget who, said to try a Fender Champ. I'm seriously looking at that because I want a small tube amp combo, and as mentioned by the same poster, it has an outstanding sound rating at harmony-central. The problem is that I haven't heard it before.

Well, today I'm at my parent house and they have speakers (I usually go off my college library computers which obviously don't have sound) and would like to hear a variety of different amps. I don't know if there exists such a site, but if anybody knows of one, the help would greatly be appreciated. I can bring headphones to the library, so the post doesn't have to be today.

Me and money had a falling out, well she left me truth be told, so affordability is pretty important. Most likely I will have to wait 'til school is out to afford any amp, but realistically the champ does seem like a good deal, I just need to hear it. Thanks for reading through my rambling, I realize it's not put together real well.

Jan and I got a digital camera for christmas. We have some awsome pictures we'd love to post but I have no clue how to make them smaller. All we have for editing is Paint...
Any suggestions?

just went to my local pawn shop and out of the corner of my i think i see a dean ml well i go around to get a better look and its about the ugliest guitar ive ever seen its the same shape as the ML but the lower pointy part was all cut off i made a lil picture to show ya what was "cut off" yea horrible i looked at the headstock and there wasnt a name on it and it looked in B- shape the guy was wanting 129$ for it

Im a seymour duncan man myself.emgs r nice but i dont like the whole battery thing!!

Well, musically at least....

See, I went to a concert at a local place (roseville theatre) anywho.... I guy i know from school's band is playing there right? well i figure "yah i'll go" so, 2 friends and I, we go to this place, we are standing outside, and all these goth and black metal people start walkin by.... we all say a collective "uh oh" finish our slurpees, and go in... well this guys band is just setting up right? well they pull out a mesa triple recto, fender tube head and big fookin cab... like 6 12's in this bad boy! i am like "sweeeet" so, i take a look at their guitars... an epi casino, fender american candy apple red strat, and natural blonde tele, music man stingray bass, and this oddly familiar purple lookin acoustic guitar....

Well, i think "they look to be a pretty good band, i doubt theyd have this kinda gear if they weren't (come to find out, everyting 'cept the bass and drums is owned by the lead guitarist, my schoolmate)" anywho... they plug in, do some checks and go into this song, MAN! was it refreshing, they played all original written songs, with a classic rock, bluesy feel, the vocals could use a tad bit of work, but the best part? every single song had a KILLER solo on it... very laid back, bluesy penatonic approach, you know nothing fancy, but it sounded gorgeous.... at one point he did a sabbath-ish solo, and i mean, you could hear that epi singin that out... i mean, he reached down deeep inside that guitar and ripped the soul right outta that thing..... you wouldn't believe how wonderful it was to hear some new music with solos!!!

then to top everything off, for one song... the rhythm player pulls this purple acoustic, plugs it into the mesa, and instantly recognise it.... ITS A DEAN PERFORMER SERIES!! so at that point i had basically messed myself with excitement.... they played that for one song, dang it sounded good.

after a few other songs, (and more killer solos) they finished their set, and recieved a standing ovation.... i mean, even the black metallers, mallcorers, and goths applauded!! it was wonderful... they packed up, the lead guitarist, chirs came over to talk to us... i was like "dood that was friggin great! is that your dean?" he was all like "yah i think we did ok... yah its my dean, i love it man"

so... all in all great band, great sound, great solos, great guitar.... after they left, this mallcore cover band with mic'd 10 watt practice amp, playing a broze warlock, 3 drums, a samick strat, and a singer who couldn't scream right let alone sing, went on, and after 5 songs were boo'ed off the stage....

then, there were several rather good black metal-ish bands, i have to say they were pretty tight and got the fists pumpin, the people moshin' and the heads bangin'... but, the fist band (called 3rd Charm BTW) were by far, just a killer band with a great sound...


just thought you ought to know....

i re-wired my guitar and threw in some old pots, but you cant read much on them due to excess soder crap, so i have the neck pup wired through a pot with "500 k and i see the letter "B" next to it. Usually the bridge pot is hotter than the neck, which is what i want. The bridge pot i have wried is smaller than the neck pot in size, but i cant read what it says. Usually i am used to the 500K for the brige and 250K for the neck, but does "500K-B" specify a normal neck fix? I just want to make sure im not running my duncan through a 250. if no one knows, ill just replace the electronics.

Hello Wonderful Dean people:
SInce you guys share all about your life
I would as well

My brother and his wife had their first child
on wed.March 24-beatiful baby boy dark hair and blue eyes

In the next month-
I will turn 21 ( I feel old) - although I have been told I should feel young =)

Alan will be done with school which means
after 1 yr 1/2 we will start a long distance relationship (hard)

I will be done for school for the next 3 months
-finally a break
(maybe even learn to play guitar so I dont suck at it )

I will know wheither or not I got my big "internship"
that I am praying to get and that will deciede
my path for Public Relations
-one of them is in northbrook ,IL near Dean

I will leave to Nicargua on May 3rd...I am scared
because I am going to a very poor region but to do good

So in all that life will bring me I am reminded each
day if today was perfect there would be no need for tomorrow.

I hope all of you are doing good !
Much Love-Susan M.

I was just looking at some old flyers and realized how awesome it was back in the 80's and 90's. I remember going to small clubs and seeing such acts as: Raven, Anthrax(Neil Turbin), Slayer, Metallica, Exciter, Leatherwolf, Malice, Great White, Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, Roxanne(cha cha cha cherry bay!!!) Odin, and just tons of others. Those were the days......
Aaron

Here we goooo: The stoopidest haircuts in music! Flock of Seagulls izza given... I'll say Jerry Only-->Misfits. Give it up, dude. What are ya clinging to? Everytime I see that ad, I cringe. Horrible combover, indeed.

What's the ugliest album-cover you have seen?

These are a few examples from a webpage I found, covering the topic...:

Well it has taken a very long time but I have gotten off my butt and got the photos of out Deans posted. The photos are not very good because I have had to resize them from 490k - 1.5mb down too 38 - 40k

Here is my NEW left handed 79' ML. It took some time to get used to. I'm more of a V man so one day when Dean makes a lefthanded version of the 79' V i'll be there.



Here is my first ML-X it gets very little action. I always wanted an ML and after I got this one I found myself never playing it. So its for sale if you know any one who wants an ML-. Soon when I get off my butt I'm going to strip it down and give it one hell of a flame job.



This is my very first Dean. Its a lefthanded V-X I play this one every time I play. It sound good it feels good and its got some din's on it so I dont have to baby it like I do with my 79. I LOVE THIS GUITAR



This is Kristy DOA caddy. This is her very first REAL guitar. It sounds ok I guess. Its not my kinda guitar but thats ok becasue its not my guitar. Its Kristys. She likes it and I'm glade she does.

is Parametric Eq's different to Graphic Eq's if so what is the differnce and does it really matter?

WOW! Anyone going to Dallas to catch the Eric Clapton benefit "Crossroads Guitar Festival" Concert?! Have you seen the acts?! WOW! I am Thinking strongly about a road trip for this one!

http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/768018/

do you visit regularly? I visit this one, the Fender forum, the Carvin Forum, the Meniketti forum, and an automotive one I belong to for second generation Dodge Stratus owners. I find myself spending less time on guitar related ones though since I don't own any anymore.

I need some suggestions for some Death Metal...LOTS of it, what bands/songs are kickass? I'm currently getting Venom's Witching Hour (chuckles) with tab for a special occasion...

One of these: http://ibanez.com/wiring/models.asp?t=e? I just want one for the guitars I own, but I guess that'd be a bit selfish huh? haha

I have a 63 Fender Vibroverb Reissue with two channels and two inputs on each. There is no channel switching on the amp. Will a patch cord mentioned in a previous thread work with this amp? Would a A-B-Y switch work? Seems like I did this on an old Super Reverb amp back in the 60's, but I can't remember how I did it.

Not interested in preference, just wondering why Duncans in particular make Neck and Bridge versions of most of their line, yet the Dimarzio's usually just have a single version for neck or bridge.

When you match their pickups are you spposed to pick them so the bridge one is hotter than the neck like X2n > Fred > Norton > PAF?

If you wanted a pair of Fred's would that work the same way? Are you supposed to just move the neck pickup further from the strings?

Found a site for all you tinkerers....Lots of tech parts for rebuilding and modifying amps and guitars. They are called Antique Electronic Supply.

http://www.tubesandmore.com/

just an FYI for everyone.

someone, I need help with this picture. I nee it flipped 90 degrees to the right. For those curious, I belong to a Rifle Club for Historical, Curio and Relic Rifles. What I have here is an "as-issued" 1943 Mosin Nagant Russian Sniper Rifle from WWII. This rifle DID SEE USE in WWII, and more than likely killed Germans or Axis Allies. The Rifle, as it is a Highly Historical piece [if only it could talk!] is worth quite a bit. I am also holding a "as Issued" Russian Nagant revolver, which Also saw WWII use, and is also a highly sought after Collectable. Both of these piececs are special in that thay are still in teh same condition as they were when issued out in WWII, meaning that they were not refurbished or re-done in any way. These Are Musuem Quality pieces that I am Fortunate enough to be able to own and protect for future generations to enjoy. When I pass on, I expect these pieces to either be passed on to another like minded collector to will preserve them, or for them to go to a museum. I know some people are offended by firearms, so thus the warning. If you don't like them, that;s fine and your perogitive, but please don;t bother spouting off on this thread about it, I'm not interested. I only need help with the pic, and collect historical pieces, not discuss polotics. Thanks in Advance.

Time to bring up an old one... Remeber the Movie Line Thread in the old forum?

I'll start....

"Mr. Andersson..."

Matrix Trilogy

or maybee tone vs mud!!Im sorry but im tired of all the mesa hype!!!i checked out the mesa stuff at guitar center and was not impressed!!they make one muddy amp!!nasty distortion with big fat muddy tone!!and the price was ridiculous!!when i told the sales guy"that sounds like s#%t!!he said "yeah but they r really roadworthy"I agree throw it in the road and ill hit it with my car!!awefull midrange tone to boot!!everytime i look for a new amp i allways end up back with my marshalls!!although Randalls sound pretty good these days I got to admit!!Marshalls are the best for good metal tone.and for a clean amp nothing sounds better than fender amps!!

I must say I love my Marshall jmp preamp!!

Just curious about peoples favorite Marshall!

Anyone ever heard of, or heard these amps? By the sound clips on their site, they sound more like the new high gain, mid scoop amps that are coming out now. They have a "Chadwick "50 watt series that sounds pretty nice. Not priced too bad either.

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more penguin smacking fun

EXODUS: U.S. Tour Dates Announced - Mar. 29, 2004

More dates have been released for EXODUS' forthcoming U.S. headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early April. They are as follows:

Apr. 10 - Colorado Springs, CO @ 32 Bleu
Apr. 11 - Denver, CO @ Whiskey Bill's
Apr. 14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Ascot Room
Apr. 15 - Milwaukee, WI @ Rave
Apr. 16 - Chicago, IL @ Oasis 160
Apr. 17 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora
Apr. 18 - Indianapolis, IN @ Rehearsal Studios
Apr. 19 - Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa
Apr. 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The World
Apr. 21 - Wantagh, NY @ Malcahy's
Apr. 22 - Irvington, NJ @ Cricket Club
Apr. 23 - Philadelphia, PA @ REX
Apr. 24 - West Springfield, VA @ JAXX
Apr. 26 - Atlanta, GA @ Cotton Club
Apr. 27 - Orlando, FL @ BackBooth
Apr. 28 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Culture Room
May 01 - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room
May 02 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
May 04 - Gallup, NM - El Morro Theatre
May 05 - Tuba City, NM - Tuba City Community
May 06 - Phoenix, AZ - Mason Jar
May 07 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
May 08 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
May 09 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy

EXODUS' new album, "Tempo of the Damned", was released in the U.S. last Tuesday through Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Prairie Sun and Tsunami studios in Northern California with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB, ARCH ENEMY) and marks the group's first studio release since 1992's "Force Of Habit".

EXODUS will kick off a European headlining tour in late May. Support at all dates will come from Danish thrashers HATESPHERE and Portugal's RE:AKTOR.

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Ever see these before? This one is pretty wild, though the other ones are pretty much hit or miss, depending on one's taste (or in my case, lack there of )




http://www.darkstarguitars.com

Time to dig for the classics!
These 12 songs feature some of my favourite guitar parts and solos, regardless of genre....

Lynyrd Skynyrd..................Freebird
Neil Young.........................Cortez the killer
Phish.................................Stash
Pearl Jam...........................Yellow ledbetter
Lou Reed...........................Sweet Jane
Genesis.............................The Lamia
George Clinton and
Parliament Funkadelic........Maggot Brain
Allman Brothers Band.........Whipping post
Frank Zappa.......................Zoot Allures
Jethro Tull...........................Aqualung
Ted Nugent.........................Stranglehold
YES.....................................Starship Trooper

If you haven't heard them, I strongly recommend you get your hands on them!
Feel free to add to the list!

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also the same thing for auctions
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3713648244
3713648245
3713648246
3713648248
3713648250
3713648252

enjoy and good luck with your bids

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$230 - buy it now with case - not bad at all- great 2nd or beater axe. Not sure what is up with the bridge pup though.

Don't mind me just killing time at the office.

For some reason, this question came up. Every picture I can remember seeing of him was with those red pinstriped Kramer things or the newer Peavey Wolfgang jobbies. Maybe he always played those Kramers, but the 1st Van Halen came out in 1978 - didnt think they were making guitars at this time.

It's Spring time and you're going to play a 45 minute cover set at a bar. You have a four, or five piece band - what would be on your playlist?

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Good price.

Type "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" in http://www.google.com/ and press "I'm feeling lucky"



Read all that it says!!!!

I was checking out a fellow Carvin forum member's axes today and guess what he owns? This!

A friend of mine has an AC/DC tribute band and plays out almost every Saturday night. He has an incredible sounding '67 SG that is all original and his main axe.

Well... after a scuffle with an ex-band member following a late night Saturday show, the band was loading up the van and one of the last pieces of equipment to go in are the guitars... including the SG.

The disgruntled ex-band member returns only to provoke my friend once again... and promptly grabs the SG case and flings it to the ground thus exposing the vintage beauty. In my friends haste to gather the guitar up, the deranged dude body slams him on top of the partially exposed SG cracking the neck and headstock.

Talk about a bummer..... be weary of people you kick out of bands! At least keep your prized beauty safely locked in a sturdy case.

...I've ever seen. Yeah it's a Strat neck, but geez louise look at this thing!

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Have you guys seen the new Peavey HP models?


HP Signature EXP
3-piece mahogany back
Ebony fretboard
Quilt maple top
String-thru design Dual-Compression Bridge
Dual-wound, hum-canceling pickups
3-way, toggle-style pickup selector
2 volume knobs, one tone knob
Dual humbucker pickups


HP EX


HP Signature USA Custom
Solid, one-piece mahogany back
Quilt maple archtop
Ebony fretboard
Dual-Compression Bridge system with string-through design
Patented, dual-wound, hum-canceling pickups
Three-way, toggle-style pickup selector
Schaller tuners
Two volume knobs, one tone knob
Available in tiger eye, sunburst and transparent gloss black
Includes plush, lined hardshell case


Looks like thier trying to give the Dean Hardtail a little competition.

What's your thoughts?
Anyone try one yet?

Kent

Okay guys. I am modifying a 79 series Z with a Tonepros instead of what came with it. My question is which style is it, Metric or Standard? I'm assuming metric since it was made in Korea, similar to my ESP which used a metric bridge. I know the Time Capsules use a standard but they are made in the U.S..

I stole this from the Fender forum. It's well written, and as I'm finding that I just can't quit playing guitar, no matter how bad I am, I can identify with the writer in a small way. I know some of the older guys here will see themselves in here somewhere...........

So I Didn't Become a Rock Star

But I Still Love To Play Guitar More Than Anything Else by Bud Sloniger

In 1976, I wanted to be a rock star. I was filled with energy and teenage angst and saw those Marshall Stacks and hard ear-splitting stretched E-strings as the only relief from it. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Peter Frampton, REO Speedwagon, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company, Boston, Santana, Journey, and some punks from Pasadena named Van Halen. Rock and roll guitar was it. I was saved from a life of glum boredom. I loved the electric guitar, and still do! It is a very large part of who I am. But I'm not a rock star. I'm just a guy that plays guitar, IMHO pretty well. But I'm also a husband, a father, friend, member of the community, Technical Systems Architect... I'm a rock and roll guitar player, and a rock and roll singer. The reason I'm writing this seemingly disjointed soliloquy is that learning to play the guitar has been the single most important factor in my life. Period. Absolutely no doubt about it. It's the only thing I've done consistently for the last 25 years. Girls (and wives), children, jobs, cars, friends, houses have all passed away or have been replaced. But not my guitar. "Never spend your guitar or your pen." was a line written by Pete Townshend. It is so true. For those of you that are new to this journey, vocation, skill, hobby, obsession that we call "playing the guitar", all I can say is you're in for quite a treat if you continue with it. I travel a lot for work, and a guitar is a companion I take along with me whenever I can. Even when I'm too tired to play, it's just a comfort to have it around. Like a sentinel in the corner to remind me that my work is not all that I am. I was on a long weekend recently and my mother was along with us. In the evening I came out to the patio by the pool carrying my guitar, and then sat down and softly began to play "Norwegian Wood". She asked "Do you still play very often?" And I said something like "Well, whenever I can get a chance." She said "That's good. It's nice to see something that you learned as a child has meant so much to you and the people around you for so many years." Gee...Mom...don't get me all misty-eyed here. But she is right. Even my mother, who stomped on the kitchen floor and yelled down the basement stairs "Turn that thing DOWN!" But also sat on the beach with me and the rest of the family and sang old Beatles songs until we were hoarse. My guitar playing started out as a frantic obsession. Lessons, friends to jam with. I couldn't learn too much too fast. Songs to write and arrange and record. Songs to learn, bands to form. The bands turn into an extended family, albeit somewhat dysfunctional in nature. But family just the same. I did, for a short while, play professionally. My only job was to play guitar and sing. Those were some of the most memorable times of my life, and I don't regret it for a second. But, life got in the way of all that, as it does with young men. And life begat school and girlfriends became wives and became young mothers and school became budding careers more profitable than playing guitar in bars. And yes, my mother did at times ask me when I was going to get a real job. And eventually I did, and I don't regret that I didn't become the next Gary Richrath or Ted Nugent. Well, not too much. And the reason I don't regret it is that in spite of all the tumult that life throws at me, I still play guitar. I play with friends in little pick-up rock bands and blues jams. Open mic nights or jamming with friends from work. I play at church, accompanying myself, or the choir, or groups of little children singing like cherubs (see my Gibson EDS1275 review). I've played and sang at weddings and funerals, in lonely motel rooms and crowded airport concourses. I have played and sung love songs to a pregnant wife, then lullaby’s to a fussy infant. I've played guitar to accompany my young son's squawking on a harmonica, and my daughter's beautiful voice. So, get your axe out of the case and grind it a while. Play a new song you learned for one of your friends. Get your kids to dance and sing. Make your spouse roll her eyes and shake her head while observing the expression on your face while trying to master a Satriani riff or something! Play guitar. It's always the best thing to do.

For those of you who where not alive when this happened and for those of us that where just a little young at the time.
This is the reality behind what happend...

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I know you all have a song or riff that u play to check if your sound is what you like. For me it's Accept - Balls to the Walls and Anthrax - Medusa. To me if my guitar sounds just like the records when I play those songs - I'm dialed. And for the last few years I've been dialed in!!! I only touch the volume knob. Stoked.
Aaron

JUST SOME @#$%&$@ ELVIS LOOKING DUDE WITH SHADES ON IN A BANNER WHERE THE TIKI BANNER USED TO BE.

I got this Dean Ml a while ago and trying to decode the serial
to see if I can get any info on it. Here it is

E800717

Thanks

Well I'm back to wanting a dean again. Gonna go for the tigereye Caddy select. That will be cool. This summer.

yeah, I didn't know that the caddy select had COIL TAPS!
How the hell did I miss that!?!?!?

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What a Maroon!

Gang,

Submit your wallpaper designs to us, and we'll post it on the Dean Wallpaper page! One winner will be announced on May 1st 2004. The winning wallpaper designer will receive a $50.00 credit towards any item at the Dean Shop!

Read more about it here:

http://www.deanguitars.com/wallpaper.php

Good Luck!!!

Ass!
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One for the wtf bin.

threw in the disc for the first time in a few years, its mindblowing. nothing comes close to Melissa/9/Oath, though...