I've had my Vendetta for a while now.
It still plays great(though I've got a little ding on the back )
but now I've been thinking and I want to change the hardware,
from chrome to black (it suits the Trans-Brazil finsih )

So, anyone got any idea about which hardware(bridge / tuners)
the Vendetta 2.0 has ?

Well, after seeing the only razorback I liked (the slime bumblebee) as it actually is with the silver and LIGHT green, I just couldn't wait for another month or 3 days after the apocolypse, probably the latter, so I picked up an FBD yesterday

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY

This is way bad a s s.

It's a brand new Time Capsule with custom graphic. Even if you're not a Cars freak, you gotta admit it looks totally cool.

At www.drumcityguitarland.com

Short Marriage Quotes
Married life is full of excitement and frustration:
* In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens.
* In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.
* In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

It is true that love is blind but marriage is definitely an eye-opener.

Getting married is very much like going to the restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.

It's true that all men are born free and equal, but some of them get married!

There was this man who muttered a few words in the church and found himself married. A year later he muttered something in his sleep and found himself divorced.

A happy marriage is a matter of giving and taking; the husband gives and the wife takes.

Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad?
Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying for it.

Son: Is it true? Dad, I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries.
Father: That happens everywhere, son, everywhere!

I'll be in Las Vegas for several days in August.

Thinking about checking out Ed Roman's just to have a look at the Deans. Does he frown on browsing? Or is he cool about people coming in to just look around?

Mark

Okay, here's something I need some advice on. I have been having problems for quite a while now with my pinky on my fretting hand "locking" in position when fretting a note (applying pressure to the tip). What happens is when stretching across the fretboard to, say, the sixth string (so that your fingers are straighter instead of curled like they'd be closer to the first string), my pinky locks at the second joint back from the tip. The problem is, when doing chromatic runs across the fretboard from sixth to first, it doesn't want to unlock in a timely manner, causing me to screw up. I went to a specialist who convinced me I had a "trigger" problem in the knuckle joint- I had the trigger-release surgery, but it didn't help. Does anyone else have (or had) similar problems? It's driving me nuts because I'm having trouble progressing because of it.
Thanks!

has anybody tried different pickups in an ml?

how are the stock ones on an ml-xt?

is that pixle resolution??

when do we find out whos on it??

Heckuva voice.......

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Party ON!!!!!!

anyone heading to any of the Live 8 shows? I live about 2 hours west of Philly. They're expecting about a million people! They estimate fitting 400,000 poeple in from of the Art Museum I'm kinda excited about this. I'm not going, but it reminds me of the whole Live Aid thing. I was 14 and amazed. I wasn't around for the original woodstock and was long before the "new" woodstocks.


Here's the Philly schedule! They will have huge screens to watch video from around the world. http://www.live8.us/100.html

Will you marry me? We can make it work!

ok, i want to know everybody's favorite guitar. your pride and joy.

have fun w/ it

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DOA ID: 05-00599

I really like the sound of drop d tuning, but i dont know how to get it. i know in tablature it says " drop d down 1/2 step, or 1 1/2 steps" but i dont know anything about that. i have a digital tuner,a washburn wt8 ( i know its not a dean but im workin with it) but i dont know how to set it for detunings. Any help would be apriciated .

Am I alone in loving pantera's music and just not seeing the big deal with damageplan?

The music as a whole that is, dimebag wasn't as technically sound in damageplan as he was in pantera, and the vocals just sounded so fake IMHO.

Vinnie and Dime stayed the same really, but the other two just tried to play up the metal badass image too much IMHO,like, you've got facial hair and tattoos, we get it, you're tough, bla bla bla. The other two in damageplan besides vinnie and dime just seemed to be wannabe metal stars is all, kind of ruins it for me.

Anyone feel the same?

p.s. - although I do not like their music as a whole, I did love the intro to "pride"

I tried searching and couldnt find any info,
my probelm is when i plug into it i have to turn it up all the way to even get a sound, i took it apart looked for cold solder joints broken wires loose stuff etc and couldnt find anything wrong with it.
someone told me they heard the new ones dod makes isnt the same as the old one that i have but i dont know. any kinda fix or suggestions?
thanks in advance
heres a pic

what's the deal with reproduction guitars aged or worn to look like the originals?

It's something I've never really been able to grasp. I mean, if someone said I'll sell you an original model-T, of course in it's present condition = dry-rotted tires/not an inch of metal without rust, if there's actually any of the old frame left/upholstery looks like shredded cheese/every insect in the world now calls it home..........for a very reasonable 40 times what it's actually worth, would you even give it a second thought?


Not meaning to offend any who've purchased said guitars, but I just don't get why you'd pay double the price for something that's half as good as it should be

ok this is probably really below 70 IQ type, but is it just me or do all the tabs for walk not sound right? i play e and a string open 2nd fret open..... so on, it doesnt seem right, and all the ithers are way off.

This band is really hurting in a bad way. Please, please help if you can. Their gear was stolen and they are S.O.L.

These are great musicians... one of my favorite bands... please help if you can.

Thank you.

http://www.mermen.net/

i know we have a number of great Dean dealers on this board, and i was just wondering if anyone knew where the best place/dealer to buy Fender guitars from is. i live in the UK, but anywhere in the States is also fine, as the prices generally seem to be much better in the US.

damn im getting old!!! and have no idea what im doing today,
probably gonna lock myself in room with my guitars and amps and play all day.

Watching VH1 CLASSIC the other night and Jeff Beck playing at what I think was the first Live Aid. Everyone knew one of the drummers, Phil Collins, but waht I thought was SOOOOOOOOO COOL was the guy playing BASS......... It was Donald "Duck" Dunn. MAN........ I LOVE THAT CAT!!!!!!!

He is SOOOOOO COOL, & SUCH the journeyman. Not to mention one HELL of a BASS player.

Just wanted to share that with the FOUR STRING GUYS!!!

Hope you guys know who I'm talkin' about. If not, watch the Blues Brothers movie He's played with EVERYBODY & I MEAN EVERYBODY!!!!!!

Who is your favorite Jazz guitar player? Or list your favorites.

I have been listening to Allan Holdsworth all morning and I just can not get enough of his style.

He played with Zakk Wylde on Derek Sherinian's "Mythology" and it is an amazing piece of Jazz-Rock Fusion... I wish they would have toured together.

So I didn't get to bring it home yet but I did strum it a lil and photograh it.










Cant wait to see the real run.

If anyone has any saggy ml's for sale please pm me with offers. i would prefer it had a case because I am hauling my current guitar (the 332) around in a gigbag and i hate it.

well i just got back from Dallas, it was great. We went to guitar center and i got to play a first year model jem singed by steve vai, got to play a js 1000bp and finally got to play a mesa. Damn thing had a buch of button and like 12 channles, had switchable el84 and 6l6 output tubes and all this other stuff. Anyway it was kick a$$ i loved it, just too much fancy crap . I had the js1000 in my hand and had sat down witht he mesa, and was throwing out some steve vai and joe satriani licks, then played a few pantera riffs, i also had my dime shirt on, but anyways i was throwing down the good stuff, and a guy can over and handed my a demo cd and said they needed a lead guitarist. Holy crap i got an offer to be in a band. Anyways the guy was in a hurry and so when i got finished inside we went out and listened to the cd, the 2 songs on it are pretty cool. The only thing is i live like 230 miles away from dallas, so i couldn't be thier guitar player even if they wanted me to. If you are kick a$$ and in the dallas or fort worth area you should check them out.

this is thier site.

http://myspace.com/dieselband


After that i went to murphies music, they carry deans and thats what i wanted to play.

I played a hard tail select, the finish and quality were extermly nice, the pickups were a little weak. Had a larger style neck it played alright through.

I then saw an ml dime tribute, the cheapest one.
I grabed it and played for a while, i was suprised at how chuncky the neck was, and how thin the body was . I am more of a thinner neck player so i didn't like it too much. I didn't like the sticker either, it looked a little better in person than some of the pics i have seen.

Sadly he said that another order of dime o-flames wouldn't be in for a week and that he had already ordered 6 that can in and sold out instantly. He also said that he had ordered a dime-0-flame prototype and that it sold for 3 grand and the guy that bought it also bought 3 production model dime o flames. Anyways i talked to him awhile about dean and what he was ordering and stuff, he was a really nice guy, if you ever are in dallas swing by and check him out too.

So all in all the trip was a blast i played a zakk wylde buzz saw, i liked the raw neck, but it was a bit big like i said i like smaller high radius necks. For dean gutiars though the only thing i felt was bad about them was pickups, everything else was fine and high quality.

when making a guitar neck could you convert an acoustic neck into
an electric? how would you do it?
if not why not.

Comments please

cheers martyn

well as you all might know My ml sold on ebay for 525.00.well its been 7 days and the guy has been telling me for a week oh i just got to check my paypal account cause i just changed banks and moved ill send it!!.i sent him payment reminders emails stating on the seventh day it would be relisted(which i saved of course)oh yeah ill send it paypal if i cant do that ill send it cashiers check he says!!like 5 days ago.so I dont like giving bad feedback so i send dude an email stating 7 days no payment means im gonna relist and i offered to not leave any feedback.I get a reply" oh im trying to get it togrther with my accounts ill contact you at a later time" I could have sold it in the paper faster than this!!ussually i would give more time but i need the money and i hate being lied to!!ebay says the allowed time for payment is 7 days!! the moral of the story is if you need a new amp dont sell your guitars to people on ebay with out requiering immediate payment!!!State in your auction requires immediate payment!! or you will be sitting around for the full 7 days wishing you had stated that!!waiting for payment and listning to "oh ill pay"before you can find another buyer!!Ebay says you have to wait till the 7th day to file!!

right, my ML79F still has the stock floyd on it and ive went through countless pick ups and it doesnt sustaine half as long as my string thru ml if i were to get a Schaller floyd would it improve the sustaine?

Anybody else notice that Dean has a Trent Reznor on board now?!?!?

Did I sleep through that one? Sweet jesus, this company is starting to pick up some steam...

I should be at home playing my guitar drinking a beer hangin out with my little girl. No such luck stuck inside at work. Happy fourth of July Homies.

Im looking into getting a Dean ml noir xt with a floyd rose, and it says it comes with " blade pickups". are these any good? should i swap the bridge pickup out for a seymor duncan? thanks in advance.

Click this link to help me win the war join too if you wanna play the game - its great for passing time at work

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I love my Dean V but everytime I change strings on it I wonder about the angle of the strings over the nut. On mine, on the G and especially the B string it will come right out of the nut slot if you pick up on it even just a little bit though it has not come out while playing (yet). It also looks like the break angle over the nut could be better because the string really only touches the nut on the very front edge and this is the only thing that holds these strings in place. I always make sure the strings have plenty of wraps on them so they are would all the way to the bottom and still it looks like it really needs more angle on the headstock or maybe just a string tree or two to make it right. I don't see how locking tuners would work on this either since you wouldn't have enough wraps on the post to hold the string in the slot. I am contemplating making a "custom" nut that is a little higher than normal that will hold the strings in place better but I can't help thinking it is some kind of design flaw or something. At any rate, I love my V and am happy with the way it plays and sounds. It's just that I work on lots of guitars and know that the break angle of the string over the nut and bridge saddles has alot to do with tone and sustain and a bad break angle over the nut is not something you want to see on an angled headstock guitar. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Thanks

Hey guys, was wondering if you could lead me in the right way for my new axe.

I've been looking around at all sorts of guitars but I've decided to stick with dean. This will be the first musical instrument I've bought with my own money, my 2 other basses were thanks to my mom.

Anyways I'm not familiar with guitars, I've played bass for 3 years, and I sometimes play on my friends guitars, it's cool cause i can go and shred on em just as bad as my friends do. But when my friends pick up my basses and play on em they sound like crap.

But thats besides the point, I looked into the vendeta 1.0 and really like it along with the ML Noir (the all black ML) I'm going to see if I can head to some music stores this week and try stuff out.

I play/listin to metal and rock, sabbath metallica,system of a down, and audioslave stuff to give you an idea of what I like.

I also dont want to go over 600$ total for a guitar and amp. I'd like to stick with a 212 combo somewhere around 120 watts. And if anyone has a suggestion for an amp I would appreciate it.

Thanks alot!!
-Rob

hope all u guys have fun today watching fireworks and in adam's case, chicks on the lake. But NOBODY blow their fingers off!

OK. ITS DOWN TO ONE OF THE THREE HEADS

SAVAGE 120

POWERBALL

SE

WHICH ONE IS BEST AND MOST VERSATILE

WHATS THE DEAL WITH THE SPECS FOR THE SAVAGE 120 , THEY LIST IT AS ONLY HAVING ONE PREAMP TUBE AND 2 POWERTUBES. NO WAY CAN THEY GET 120 WATTS OUT OF TWO POWERTUBES AND GAIN LIKE THAT FROM 1 PREAMP TUBE. I CANT DECIDE WHICH ONE OF THESE TO SAVE UP FOR. THE SAVAGE 120 CLIPS SOUND MORE MY STYLE BUT AM CONCERNED WITH THE SPECS. YOU KNOW ME I LOVE THE XXX. IT IS WHAT THE DUAL RECTIFIER SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I WANT THAT MUCH GAIN BUT TUBE SOUND. THE XXX LACKS IN WARMTH. THE ENGL CLIPS SOUND AMAMZING. STEER ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ENGL MASTER. CAN YOU LINK ME TO YOUR SOUNDS OR MAKE SOME NEW ONES. A NEW AMP IS IN THE FUTURE AND DONT WANT TO BE DISSAPOINTED IN MY PURCHASE FOR HIGH GAIN MELT DOWN.

its like when your at a gig and it seems like its taking forever for the band to come on stage... you just wanna see those beeming faces so u know the funs about to start... only this is the worst gig ever cos u know however long u stare for... they aint coming

..........................Ever go to fart, then the phone rings or something and spooks it back in?................. ........ what could have been

Jay, what's been going on man? I haven't seen you around in a while. It could be the fact that I'm not on much anymore though. Keep me posted.



PS - I put a Graph-tech nut on the Strat a couple days ago and picked up a trem arm, but the arm's diameter is too large, so I'm gonna swap it in for another one.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoned-thor/sets/274424/show/

i would like to say its maybee a usa or a select but the headstock seems pretty big for a select.the guy didnt know anything about it.

O.K. Another newbe needs help!!


A co worker has a Caddy and a Ikon for sale. The Caddy is a Blk LTD III with 3 hum's gold hardware and Grover delux heads. The Ikon looks nice but what the hells a Ikon??? The s#on the caddy is961221 the ikon has none to be seen. A little help on approx street value would be helpful he has not set price yet and i dont want to pay to much. both have hsc and have never been played so are in mint condition!!!PLEASE HELP!!!

where does it go?

OK HERE'S MY 3RD SONG WE RECORDED FOR THIS DEMO MY BAND IS PUTTING TOGETHER WHILE IN OUR SEARCH FOR A NEW DRUMMER. SOME THINGS HERE AND THERE THAT I HAVENT DECIDED ON AS FAR AS LEVELS AND SUCH BUT I WANTED TO POST IT JUST THE SAME. LIKE SOLO AT THE END UNDER THE CHORUS I THINK NEEDS TO BE LOUDER, SINGER IS WINING ITS EVEN THERE. HAHHAAH. BUT AGAIN HE DOESNT THINK HIS VOCALS ARE LOUD ENOUGH AND I THINK THEYRE TOO LOUD. GO FIGURE. TAKE A LISTEN. OH FOR THE SCREAM HATERS , LISTEN WITH CAUTION

EDITED. BBE PLUGIN ADDED. NICE AND PUNCHY NOW.

DONE TO ME
http://bloodroot.fanspace.com/BLOODROOT/DONE%20TO%20ME%20DEMO.mp3

AND INCASE YOU MISSED THE OTHER 2

ALL THE LIES
http://bloodroot.fanspace.com/BLOODROOT/ALL%20THE%20LIES%20DEMO.mp3

NEVER FOREVER
http://bloodroot.fanspace.com/BLOODROOT/NEVER%20FOREVER%20DEMO.mp3

Heya folks - Was wondering if someone could explain to me the how's and best way to pull these off. Is there a certain number of frets to tap from where the left hand is fetting? Or are there certain frets that are easier to nail just like doing regular open harmonics (12th being the easiest.)

oh my garsh......a guitar question on a guitar board has reared its ugl head!

thank you

do any of you guys know how to pull off the bending sounding release tap thing. I know its some crazy lingo, dime does it in the well meet agian solo, if you dont know what im talking about, alexi does it in the trashed lost & strungout solo aswell. It sounds cool as hell and I'm still in the dark as to how they pull it off any suggestions guys?

OK ..i had enough i really needed a break.. the burn out level was and sill is high after 8 months of 6 and 7 day..70 hr work weeks.. so i actally took a day off... no kids no schedule nothing to do around the house.. no cell phone.. it was bliss.... i went to a couple of guitar stores and played around all day.

went to the guitar gallery (local place dean dealer)

i heard they had 2 dime o flames.. well they had one and it was sold but i know the guy so he let me play it for a while ..

Impressions:

At first i really liked the guitar visually..it is real purdy.. and the over all finish quality is good. But over all i was DISSAPOINTED with the guitar itself. when i picked it up it had some sharp fret endsthere was a scratch on one of the pickup rings... bit the worst part was that I could never get a good sound out of it.. i tried a couple of amps and it just wasnt as hot as i thought it would be. it was a lot lighter that i expected not sure what is made of i just didnt like it as much as some of the vintage ml's that i have played.. it felt like i neede to turn the volume knob up

conclusion:

I'm glad i didnt fork out the money for one..



The second guitar i picked up was a cherry burst? set neck caddy

Impressions: i really liked this guitar it just sung.. the stock pick ups had really nice mix of high's and lows... very early les paul-ish.. the build quality was very good.. no visable flaws.. the sustain on this thing was great..

conclusion:

nice.. wouldnt pay what they wanted for it but i liked it enough to buy one used..


third i tried out a used? blue vendetta

Not bad i liked it over all .. the finish on these trans blue guitars a is beautiful..the soap bar p'ups had a nice tone not to my liking but had a real "blues"ey feel to them.. the neck was th best part of this guitar. i think i liked it best.. nice action smooth frets.. the guitar was a little on the light side for my tastes.. but if i changed out the p'ups for some bill lawrences or something i think i could love this guitar...


MY NEXT STOP wqs guitar center..

i looked around a lot before i played.. iwent into the quiet room and scoped out a few half stacks that i wanted to try...


the first guitar i grabbed was one i wanted to use for the half stacks it was the closest one.... ..it was a fender stage master or soemething like that.. it looked to be neck through double cut away with a trans cherry flame top and two seymore duncan humbuckers.. no pick guard. very cool looking fender.

Impressions:

I am not a "fender guy" i hate single coil p'ups and the whole strat look.. so strats were always out of the question. but i have to tell you this was not only the nicest fender i have played but probably one of the nicest guitars i have ever played. the duncans were hot.. the neck was nice and slim it had really nice smooth medium size frets like i like.. the tone of this guitar is what got me.. i had a really good range lows mids and highs.. the lows where really chunky.. and the mids and highs showed through enough to make it stand out.. it felt really balanced like my bel aire and felt good in my hands..i ended up playing it for about and hour. through three different half stacks.. ( a review of them is coming later) the price is right too around 800 i believe..

conclusion:
i am saving my peso's for one of these down the road.


The second guitar i layed was a tonewood les paul custom..

impressions: typical les paul.. like a baseball bat with strings lol... nice sound though.. they seem too short for me.. the small scale is weird for me..

the third guitar i played was a line 6 variaxe.

Impressions: a really cheap made guitar with cool electronics.. i hated it and its eectronics.. it would be good for a one man band performer playing on a cruise hip and that is it.

conclusion..
i wouldnt pay 100$ FOR IT..

the fourth was a used old school wasburn strat style with the head stock tha looks like a putter..

Impression: i only tried it because it had a really cool looking tremelo think looked like the terminator made it. who ever had this gitar obviously babied it and it was in really good shape it had the best set up and fret job i have ever seen the intonation was dead on and it stayed it tune no matter how much i whaled on the trem..i don t like the look of it it is ugly as hell but i had fun with it and the price is right..145$

conclusion:
if it is still there next month i may buy it for the trem..

the last and final guitar i picked up was a used ( if you want to call it that.. it still had stickers on it) jay turser semi hollow telecaster copy.

Impressions: I grabbed this guitar because it was close and
i wanted to see how the bose amp sounded . I have a couple of tursers so i may be biased. i played around on the bose system for a while then i ended up going back into the stack room and whaled on it for a while... now mind you i do not like single coils but this thing had a really cool old school punk sound to it..in fact if i didn't know any better i would think that it had a p-90 in it. i dont know why but it didnt have the feedback problems that i have seen with hollow bodies when you distort them. the neck was typical for a tele..the controls where nice and quiet the tuners sucked i had to tune it a couple of times.. but that is easilly fixed

conclusion: a really nice tele copy.. the 99$ price tag makes it even better.

i had a really great relaxing day.. it was nice to be away from it all..


i am not a great guitar player by any means so keep that in mind when you read my ramblings... opinions are like meanies..

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Anyone tried this?

Fretware Inlay Alternatives

That this years DOA Guitar was the best selling ever, it was pretty close to, and may actually be sold out! Yet - here we are into July and not a peep about "where are they????". People sure are patient this year!!!!!

which ones rock which don't?

This is my main guitar until i get my ml




tell me what you think

Well, maybe not that new! I bought her back in April of E-bay!

2003 100th Anniversary Harley Fat Boy!!

I know a bunch of you have been asking for pics - so here they are....better late than never! I had to dress her up in preperation for a road trip - so I finally took some pics! The first is how I keep her on a regular daily basis - the stripped down look (which I much prefer). The second shot is her all decked out for the trip! I have a nice big leather backpack that slides onto the sissy bar!! Cape Cod - here we come!!!!

http://www.m-cylinder.com/blsriver.htm

Hey guys, I just saw this video of the roland cube 60. Holy crap!!!! this amp rocks check this video out if you havn't!!

http://easylink.playstream.com/roland/Cube-60_Booth_Demo_lg.wvx

Man that rocks!! I'm so getting one woohoo

sorry just had to share my joy

I deem this thread pointless...

my neighbor wants me to teach him how to play.. the guitar he had was a real junker and wasn't even playable.. i found one of these for him.. he got it yeesterday..its not really my ind of guitar but it is really nice amd you cant beat the price for a set neck (175 shipped)check it out

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38085&item=7333971914&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47072&item=7334106562&rd=1

And an amp to go with it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10171&item=7334944920&rd=1

http://wimp.com/swallowtrick/



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Well I have sort of a mini review here for an ML-X.

Went to my local dean dealer, was lookin around and saw an ML-X sitting on the rack waiting to be played on. So I go and pick her up sit down and plug into a line6 spider 212 and let er rip.

Now me being the awesome bassist I'am am totally lost, I just sit there and look at the cosmetics and set up before I make myself look like a loser.

Great black finish, strings were nice the nut was really good, and the frets wern't sharp on the ends, not to mention the neck was silky smooth and killer fast.

I start playing and I've got the volume on about 3 and have some metal setting on, and the tone is just awesome.

It felt really comfy playing while I saw sitting, not heavey at all, and I always imagined the ML's to be huge and bulky, but to me if felt just right. It's funny cause I remember reading that Dime was about 5'7 or so and he being really short it looked like the ML fit him well.

But I'm 6'3 so I reckon it might seem kind of small, but who cares it felt great and sounded great.

Seriously I thought it was an awesome guitar and plan on getting one or the Noir XT version. (I'd like the noir version a little better because of the floyd rose thingy and the all black hardware)

I also realize that if I do get this that I'm going to have to practice all the time just like I did when I got my bass.

The thing that I think is funny is that I've been playing bass for 3 years and I would of imagined getting a dean bass before I'd get a dean guitar.

But ah well bottom line they rock, BTW, the price tag was crazy it was 240$ When I saw that I about crapped myself, I'm def getting my ML from dave at B&T thats for sure.

My very first was some horrible blue electric guitar I bought for $10 at a garage sale.

The pickup only worked for 2 strings and the neck was horribly warped. I took it to my first guitar lesson and the teacher said 'Nope. You need another guitar or I can't teach you'.

So I drained my savings account ($180) and bought a Breckenridge Les Paul copy. It was a horrible guitar, but somewhat playable. Back then it was tough to find a decent guitar for that price (unlike today).

I used the Breckenridge for 9 months until I saved for the big purchase - $400 for a Gibson SG.

The SG served me well until I played a flame ML. I ended up trading the SG in on the ML. The Ml was followed by several more Deans, Charvels, ESPs and Fenders before I came back to Dean.

Mark

Ok I hate to sound like a little noob, but I'm having trouble deciding on an amp. Some of you guys have read the thread i made about the ML-X I played today and might know my situation.

I'm getting a guitar (ML-X or Noir XT)

And I was thinking about getting the roland cube 60, but at the same time I think it would be cool to have maybe a 212 combo or a half stack (4x12 and a head) I can't make up my mind, I guess I have a bad case of GAS for just about everything.

I have done research on the roland cube 60 and it is awesome for the $ and it's really loud, but at the same time I wouldn't mind getting a peavey 5150 and a 4x12, but then again this will be my first guitar, would I need a 4x12 and a head not to mention a 5150 would be way over my head $$ wise. But I could look used

Possibly, one thing I'm looking at is not make the same mistake I did with my bass. When I first got my bass I got a little 6.5'' speaker in a 10 watt amp, it was nice for practice by myself but when my friends came over I either turned the amp all the way up and distored it while not being heard, or told the guitarists to turn down which ended up making them sound like crap.

What do YOU guys think I should do?

what is the great southern trendkill?

http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000175770_000029303.mp3

Let me know what you think. It won't be what you guys are expecting from a 19 year old metalhead

I was just wondering how they sound play compared to a reg ml??I love the green bumble bee its so badass lookin!!

Man my major influences were judas priest,matias jabs,jeff beck, eddie vh brad gillis,gary moore,steve vai and many more some of these younger guys should check out these shredders!!

Hey guys

My flash player is screwed up, and for some reason I can't see the song titles in the Dean radio thing. Could someone tell me what the instrumental song after the 2 BLS songs is? I'm not familiar with Michael Schenker stuff, but I'm assuming it's a song by MSG? What is the name of it? I like it!

Thanks!

Nick

Gene, Bloyd, and to all of our extended family at Armadillo Enterprises, I hope this thing swings out further west into the gulf. I know a bunch of us in Central Florida are at about Pucker Factor DEFCON 2.

Hey Green Day fans.... Can anyone tell me why the new cd got a "parental advisory" label? I want to get it for my nephew, but his mom wants to know if it's language, or a multimedia video on the cd or what.

Got a thousand dollar check sitting in my pocket and Zoo music has a tribute ml for three hundred dollars. Might have to go out there tomorrow. I worked my ass off doing sixty hour weeks. What do you think guys???

OK, I've been debating and debating and I just can't decide. I thought I had, and now I haven't again.

Vendetta 2.0 vs MLX

I AM buying one of them...and probably the other a few months from now when I can't stand not seeing both.

Anyway, please help me decide. (And please don't say "play both"...I've tried, and can't make it happen)

Thanks

Oily McMuffin was on the phone with network support. The calls get transferred to a help desk in India late at night, so while he was on the phone I put on some Daler Mehndi (Indian Punjab king of pop) tunes on the computer next to him! It wrecked his concentration so badly that he could not remember his supervisors name or work location or anything....



Goose Goose diddy diddy Goose Goose diddy diddy Goose Goose diddy diddy da da da!

Not a Dean user, but a damn killer player. anyone else a fan. discuss ...

What is causing my g string to buzz open on my washburn x - 10? not a biggie, im lookin to get a dean anyway

Actually I should say bag, cuz I only get one. Just got the word a day ago that I'm goin to Iraq for 6 months. Never been there before so I'm kinda nervous. I'm gonna try to turn it into a 6 month trip to the woodshed to work on technique.

I'm gonna buy a really cheap bolt on, guitar center special and make good friends with my metronome as much as I can when I'm not working.....not sure how much time thats gonna amount to but we'll see. They say we're gonna work 12 on 12 off six or seven days a week so I'll be happy to get in 2 hours a day.

I know theres a couple guys here who have been there before so if you have any tips for desert life I would greatly appreciate them.

After last weeks coverage they BETTER do something!!!

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/21620562

What is the diff. between a floyd rose tremelo, and a stand 1.

From the Arizona Republic online.....

A complaint post, and the reply:

Complaint:

Quote: A wake-up call from Luke's jets Jun. 23, 2005 12:00 AM

"Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base: Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 a.m., a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over
Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns' early-bird special? Any response would be appreciated."



The reply is classic, and a testament to the professionalism and heroism of the folks in the armed services. The response:

Quote:
Regarding "A wake-up call from Luke's jets" (Letters, Thursday): On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m., a perfectly timed four-ship of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt Jeremy Fresques.


Capt. Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day. At 9 a.m. on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend.


Based on the letter writer's recount of the flyby, and because of the jet noise, I'm sure you didn't hear the 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, or my words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son's flag on behalf of the president of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured. A four-ship flyby is a display of respect the Air Force pays to those who give their lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects.

The letter writer asks, "Whom do we thank for the morning air show?" The 56th Fighter Wing will call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives.


Lt. Col. Scott Pleus
CO 63rd Fighter Squadron
Luke Air Force Base

This is awesome! Been laughing so hard it hurts!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/cornholio.html

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very nice looking guitar. How long were these made, and what kind of pups were in them. They're mighty funky looking.

He's not a Dean player, but one hell of a guitarist and always puts on a great show. I plan on being there for a little pre-marriage get drunk with Steve party - look for the drunk guy with the long hair......yeah, that narrows it down some. <== me
<== me again - just incase you show here are a few pics of me in action

Does anyone know if it's possible to mount sperzels on a gibson explorer without too much modification to the headstock? I don't want to attack my guitar with a drill to make some tuners fit.

the current tuners look like this:



Whereas the sperzels look like this:



Any help appreciated

I'm at work and bored so i pretty much decided to start trouble and make a completely usless thread. Sorry guys.

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i would email the guy and offer 500 plus shipping and see if he takes it.. if had 500 sitting around..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1593&item=4742637951 i have heard a couple of songs of here but cant wait to hear them all on vinyll

it's a Dean Archtop. the sticker on the inside says "sty" so I'm thinking it's a Stylist? I can't seem to find much info on the guitar. anyone have one or know where I can find so info on it? it's the Delux Model. sounds and looks killer. serial is 01024524. can someone tell me what year it is? the guy I got it from said it's maybe 6 years old, but wasn't sure. it's made in Korea. makes a good compliment to my 2001 Dean Icon Special Select.

Ok, not a Dean but you have to appreciate the hand-made craft of this instument. I'm not a fan of the Thorn body style but his work is really amazing!

http://p092.ezboard.com/fthornnewsanddiscussionpagefrm10.showMessage?topicID=192.topic

Anyone know anything about this... Sounds aweful promising. I was told to look at this by my guitar teacher. I think it would sure beat the hell out of hauling around a guitar head all the time. Anyone have any experience with it? And for $450, it sounds like quite a deal.

As many of my friends know... I have been experiencing some pretty serious mobility problems with my hands. Spending too much time at a computer has me shopping for devices and methods to help alleviate some of the pain and lack of mobility in my aging claws. 38 years of oxidation on this planet has taken its toll on my well beaten and abused body.... (easy now Adam!... I know what you are thinking! ) I would like to share some of the results of this painstaking research with my fellow DOA buddies... to help prevent the onset of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and other debilitating disorders commonly associated with improper computer posture.

This is the mouse pad I have settled on. It shall be arriving at my house soon. Wish me luck.

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which way do you guys rip
on its side
or with the V between your legs

I play with the V between my legs myself

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it is a beautiful guitar, im not looking to buy it but i was just curious about it , cause the guy selling it has no idea what it is, but it looks expensive, and its already got 106 bids so there must be something special about it.

whenever i check it....i'm the only one in it....

Hey all,

I'm going down to Seattle for a few days with my family, and I think I MIGHT (I'm still hoping, I have my fingers crossed!) pick up a '79 ML RI down there. Anyone know of any good Dean dealers in Seattle? I bought my ZX in Portland, and I'd love to get my guitar there since there's no tax, but I'm pretty sure we're only going to Seattle.

Any help would be awesome!

Thanks

Nick

in Rochester last night- the boys put on a great show. My wife and I were right on the stage edge and if I lifted my arm up I would have hit his pant leg. Awesome watching Joe play that close. Eric and Kenny put on an equally impressive effort with the rythym.
They started late- apparently had a vehicle breakdown and they showed up via town cars and someone that offered to tow their trailer. They had to do sound check with a club full of people, and Joe didn't look too pleased- but the crowd held it down for the most part through the check, and the show came off sounding great. No acoustic set either- Joe explained that his acoustic got broken recently during a flight.
Got to talk very briefly with the guys after the show to express our appreciation and support. They all signed a pickguard and a set list for us..... cool.
If you haven't had the pleasure, no matter what you're into, I highly recommend seeing Joe. You won't be disappointed!
Those Buddas and Marshalls...... MAN!!!

Check out these dudes. My own band has been doing a lot of gigging with them and they blow my socks off every time. Easily one of the best bands in Southern California. They have a huge Pantera/C.O.C./Black Sabbath sound. Highly recommended.

http://www.steelremains.com/

the 79 V is basswood, right.

how are the stock p'ups?

I love em, and here is something I have been working on for a while now...

ftp://tentenland.net/stu/cato.mp3

Not me singing or bass-ing btw

worth a listen though...

Does anybody know of a smaller case that will fit my '79 V? A gig bag would work too. I was thinking maybe a decent bass gig bag would work. I know somebody has had to have been there before so share it with a brutha why don't ya?

Hey

I wonder if anyone here can help me out, im looking for scales to learn that go with metal, im trying to learn how to play like Alexi Laiho and someone can just tell me what scales to learn thatd be great thanks

DEAN RULES

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and quite pricey. Just looks wrong and scarey

i was going to one of my friends house saturday morning and i drove past a garage sale..i looked over and saw this sitting there and stopped to ask how much.. lthe lady said it was her daughters ex boyfriends guitar and he left it there for the last year..she said 30$ i said 25$ she said sold..i know its not like Rob's V but i am proud of my self.. it needs a lot of neck and intonation work but could be a kewl little guitar some day...

It seems that quite a few pro bands when they play live have those little secret-service like ear pieces in while on stage. Are these used instead of monitors, or do they receive instructions or have a click track or backing track to play to? I know quite a few bands now have teleprompters so the lyrics can be displayed.

Also, how do they time the multimedia goodies? Is it someone that just has to know when to start the film/sound whatever? I'm watching the Rush in Rio dvd, and during Roll the Bones they have a mini movie that goes with the song, perfectly in synch. It has spoken word and some sounds. The whole earpiece listening to a scratch track would make sense to have these things timed in there properly. If the piece is started too early/late or if the band is playing the tune a little faster/slower (as happens quite a bit live) it would be pretty obvious to see the band play slowdown or catchup.

Curious about this as there are rumors of some prerecorded footage of Frank that will be superimposed during the Zappa Plays Zappa tour of Europe this fall.

I know how Brave Dave has a fetish for jackholes...so I thought I would post this up for his... and your enjoyment.

Problem: Need a new door handle drivers side for my '89 Integra.
Solutions: Local dealer will order my part with his general parts order on Friday I get it next Tuesday afternoon $58 or I can express ship it and pay $10 more be here Thursday. Or order from Atlanta dealer and it's here Thursday $46 shipped. Atl Dealer also tells me my local guy isn't suppossed to charge me the express shipping AND he gets the same part from the same supplier for the same cost the ATL dealer does. What an easy way to make $22 huh?

I'm a big fan and just watch their dvd, Killadelphia. What a great group and disfunctional as well...There was a fight in it where the lead singer got into a fight with one of the guitarist and gets knocked out...Funniest friggin thing. If your into them you better go see them soon cause somebodys gonna die....

i couldn't sleep last night and for some reson Blue Man Group popped into my twisted little head.

what if blue man group consisted of Joe Satriani, Kerry king, and billy corgan. none of us would know because they're painted blue

alright, stupid idea nevermind.

anyone know of any sites to teach you these or any of you guys want to tell me on youre own? id love to do them

...but ended up with this! I know a lot of you guys don't care for the shape of the Icon, but I kinda like it. This one was cheap too, so that always helps! It's a trans black quilt.

My second show on The Aerosmith Just Push Play Tour was on 7/11/01 in my hometown Columbus, Ohio.
Great Show and I thought I might share some views from it.




























I found the show on CD couple years ago too and I'm gonna listen to it tonight after I practice one of BLOODROOT'S lessons a while.

Hi!

Maybe you've got some of these lessons? They were deleted from GW, and damn, they were quite nice

I got and read only the 2 first of them (about pentatonic scales) and cant find the rest.

Maybe you got some, or know where in i-net i can get some?

BTW - checked DC and emule - found nothing

If you know anything, this would be nice.

Ok i was just skimin through some old posts, and i saw someones signature that said " dimebag darrell 1962 to 2004" 1962?????? r u crazy? its 1966 man....

pointless thread i guess but im watching up in smoke right now
who on here enjoys watching the cheech and chong movies? i get a good laugh out of them

Hey, I'm getting all pumped up about going to Ozzfest this year, Maiden and Sabbath are headlining.
I am a big Maiden fan, I know this dont have much to do with Dean guitars, even though they used to play them, they pretty much play strats now. Let me know what you all think of Maiden. Ive been a fan since about 82' when I was in High School . One of my all time fav bands!

ok last nite i replaced my 3rd string because i snapped it..now with the new one..whenever i use the 3rd fret..it buzzes and i dont know why..it never did before

Anyone ever use one of these, are they anygood.

Im in need of a Pedal, My Dimebucker sounds like it has Wah on it on my Amp My amp dosent have enough disortion

My wife's best friend brought her little daughters to my house for a rockin' jam session in the kid's room. This little gal is only 7 years old.... the guitar is bigger than her. I tuned it to an open "D" so she could just WHALE on it... After an hour or so she really got the hang of the rhythm part of it... and a real ear for the tone. Here she is looking at the amp and giving me directions on her expectations of the tone... and how she liked it better "the other way"... We tried hundreds of combinations of gain and effects etc. until we hit the sweet spot. Then it was all rock'n'roll madness after that.



Her 9 year old sister very rapidly got the hang of the drums... as well as the roles and responsibilities of a musical director... "No..I'll start.. then you come in when I hit this here..."



You could not pry these two away from the instruments. One wants the guitar... the other wants the drums and neither wanted to trade. They just totally got into what they had. It's cool to see kids get into playing like that... especially when it is the first time they ever pick up a pair of sticks or an electric guitar... it's magic.

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i have been thingking about buying one of these to mess with... i have always wanted a p-90 guitar..

I'll be up to go to that show and spend the weekend in the Twin Cities. Anyone here going to that show?

Any Dean players playing out up there Saturday the 30th?

Jerry cantrell, has a schenker v now, trent reznor has evos and zakk is using the muddy bulls eye and razorback.

Those are some pertty big name people, could thie be a trend?

hi there
Do you know what the difference between the Custom , The USA and the LTd ,which obvious has Herr schenker signing them , How good are those Schenker pick ups as compared to say the dimebuckers thanks for any help , Schenker rulz
barry

Dear Elliot, please make me a Dean version of this where the strings go through the body with a cool looking plate.


Thank you, I appreciate it!

Does any one have a zakk wylde mxr pedal and how do thy like it

GO HERE AND HELP CLICK MY SONGS TO #1 HAHAHA
http://www.peoriabands.com/mp3/bands/71/music.php
YOU GOTTA PLAY THEM FOR AT LEAST HALFWAY THOUGH FOR THEM TO STICK AS A COUNTED VOTE THOUGH. MUCH APPRECIATED. MY SINGER UPLOADED THEM AND SPELLED ONE OF THE SONGS WRONG. GENIUS. HAHA. PLEASE HELP. CHOOSE A SONG AND CLICK AWAY.

WE WERE #1 BEFORE DELETING THE OTHER TUNES AND HAVE FINALLY GOT THESE NEW ONES WHERE WE WANT. THIS IS THE ACTUAL SITE IF YOU WANT TO HEAR OTHER BANDS ON THERE
http://peoriabands.com/peoriabands/news.php

Who are some good Jazz fusion my guitar techer played a Jazz fusion song from me i liked it, it was called room 331 or something like that I would liek to hear some more fusion sounds like fun.

http://www.stonedevilhill.com/media/windowsmedia/SDHSteveSolo.wmv

Yeah - I'm a hairbag



Try not to laugh too hard Not the best recording, but still very cool of a friend to have done it for us

they arent deans but we were really excited to share our pics and stories with you....

first is my bro's esp f-50, it was a decent guitar, but it lacked. so he started stripping it down, and building it back up. 1st he cut the tone wire and took the pot out, then he cut the wires for the neck pickup, making it a dummy pickup. next he took out the input jack and drilled out the old hole that the tone pot came out of, and put the input jack in there. http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/IM000001.JPG

Second is my axe, a squier strat, my first guitar. after seeing what my bro did to his guitar, i had to do something to one of mine. so i got to looking at old pics of evh's guitars. i didnt want another red white and black copy, but i do like his 1 pickup set up. So first i strippied down my geet and took the swicth, tone pots and the pickups out, http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/IM000007.JPG
then got to hacking the pickguard up http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/IM000008.JPG
i used a box cutter type deal to cut the hole, i just scored it real deep, then used pliers to bend the extra around until it snapped at the line. Next i just sanded the hole down, and set the pickup in for a mock-up pic
http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/IM000009.JPG
and it looked killer i put the pickup covers back in uspide down for it. When i got back from band practice, i checked the fit and such then wired it back up, and put it back together (minus the tone pots and pickups and crap)
http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/IM000016.JPG
it looks like the pickups are in still, but agian they are the pickup covers upside down. all i need now is a new pickguard without all the holes.

now to play ithttp://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/IM000014.JPG


all in all it was a good learning experience, and it was fun and i liked it. im a mechanical guy and i like working on cars, motorcyles, and bikes and stuff, but its kinda wierd but even though it was easy im thinking about taking up the custom guitar building/Luthier trade, i mean but it may be good in a few years when you have to be a scientist, not a mechanic, to work on cars ....

o well anyway i hope you enjoyed

Thought you all here may like to see a few of these.
I recently photographed Jerry and the Cardboard Vampyres for two nights this past weekend. Sunday night in Chicago at the House Of Blues Jerry rocked the hell out of this Schenker Dean V.
The band also consists of Eric Dover on vocals, and ex Cult guitarist Bily Duffy.
If you have not seen these guys I highly suggest you do so if they hit your area.
They basically come out and kick the crowds ass with a set full of killer classic tunes like:
Hole In The Sky ,Seek N Destroy,Helter Skelter,Ace Of Spades, Drawin The Line, Givin The Dog A Bone, Night Prowler, Would, Man In The Box and more. Killer show, and great to see Jerry out their kicking ass and having fun !
Enjoy the pics
Chad Lee

Ok so after month's and month's of scraping I finally managed to save up $1200 for my very first non-POS amp. So I'm all figuring this weekend I'm gonna cruise to the 3 guitar shops around here and putz with some amps.

WRONG!! I get home after a long day of sitting on my butt and decide to get a nice drink of water. Much to my shock and horror this black sludge like liquid comes pouring out of the faucet followed by sputtering and then nothing. So I'm like "well this is cute" so I decide I'm going to go potty and tehn call my old man over and see what's wrong. Well I get to the toilet only to find that the water in the bowl is pitch black. It looked kind of cool clashing with my pink toilet but still disgusting as all hell.

So after about an hour of my pops and I futzing with the water system we come to the conclusion that my 50 year old pump decided to take a puke and my 50 year old water tank lost all it's pressure/water and decided to corrode out. Very cute so I figured as long as I'm replacing my water pump I might as well upgrade my water system to something more modern.

So I made a call and got a tally of prices for all the parts I need. So I've got $400 for a new tank + 450 for a new pump + $350 for various pipes and fittings = well I'll be damned $1200

Fate is such a bitch. So my question to you guys out there is this, how do you do it. I've seen guys with $5000 worth of equipment 2 kids a dog, and a Harley, and they work at McDonalds and live on thier own. I make 50K a year and have to scrounge for a $300 guitar. Is there some secret I'm not aware of? Or do some of you guys got second mortgages just to fuel your habbit??

-Mike

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Any opinions on this pickup, Is it better than the dimebucker in anyway.

A free song for all to hear !!go to my second link world audience records and play inside my head!!It was alot of fun to make and u get to hear what an ada cab simulator sounds like!!enjoy!!

Ok who here can play drums and has a way to record on their computer?????I just finished a song called inside my head on my second link(world audience) if I email all the tracks minus(as 1 mp3) the drums. who would like to play on this song??this could be fun!! I will give the drummer full credit on song and post it for all to hear !!I do all the music and instruments on my cd and it would be nice to hear what someone else might conribute!!pm me your email and ill send it to ya

Hey guys, just wanted your opinion, it looks pretty good to me but are non factory sealed guitars a bad thing to get or am I taking a huge risk?

http://www.music123.com/Dean-Exotica-FM-Left-Handed-i236935.music

The new Coheed song is out! It's SO different from anything else they've done, you can really hear the Iron Maiden influence. I'm REALLY digging it.

http://www.burningstariv.com/

There's the link! Go listen!

Hooray!!! After 24 hours of negotiations they finally came to a deal and the NHL should be ready to roll again come fall!!!



The silver lining to this dark cloud of a week!!

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Hi everyone, Im in the market for a new axe, I already own a 79ML and love it. I have been lookin at LP's and agileLP clones. I want an axe that can achieve those LP type tones, But I dont want to support those GI#$%N fools,,, too much $$$ for a poopy axe. Those members with Caddies, what tones would I be hearing from the caddies?
Any input likes-dislikes about that series would be appreciated....
Help me out .....Why do you love your caddies?????? Thanks in advance

Are the Rust Razorbacks going to have the original dean V neck profile?

Ive been lookin for a good ml for 250 w/ a floyd. just missed on on the bay dammi t.... not sure on payment, but probably would use paypal
thanx

Tiki anyone?....

Hey all,

How close is Miami to Clearwater? I'm going to Miami in December because I'm going on a cruise with my family. I want to go to the Dean HQ but I have no idea how close it is to Miami. Also, how much do import Deans cost at the headquarters? I might get a guitar there.

Thanks

Check out the video:

http://www.rcpics.net/view_single.php?medid=59910

I have a ML Ultra, I love it to death, Greatest neck ever.

But I live out in LA and walking around with it, wait to be stolen sucks.
I always Wanted a SG but I hate Gibsons, Are the Jay Turser SG's and good. Are they light and do they have nice necks.

Im thinking about buying on and puting a X2n or a Tony Iommi in it.
Anyways Thanks

OK, who has the goods on this one? I assume it's an Icon......
Select? Never seen a tailpiece like that.....

What is the big difference between these? Is one better then the other?
or is this basically a preference. It seems to me that for the money spent, you get lots more effects

I have a digitech RP300 which I think is cool, but then I only play in the basement.
Well try to play anyway...

I was fliping through the channels when I saw that Phil Margera (Bams dad) was on this show called celebrity fit club 2. I about shat myself, It was funny seeing him on there, they said he eats 6 meals a day. But at least he is trying to loose the weight.

I finally got my 2x15 cabinet yesterday. It totally blew me away at how much Low end it has. Amazingly enough it doesnt drown out the front end of the amp. Now I just wish I had the matching 4x12.
Heres a pic of my new toy.

In the Tiki if anyones bored...

I've heard a lot of good about both, which is the better of the amps, the Framus Cobra, or the Engl Powerball? Just a discussion I'd like to see points on....which one, and why?

Ok, so I'm torn between an IOMMI or BILL LAWRENCE. Which do you guys think will sound better in an MLX or an ML Standard. Or should I just shell out and get one of each...OH PLEASE GOD HELP ME!!!

got this in email today now im sad, seems this is happening to everyone in music lately

Original CARNIVORE guitarist Keith Alexander (later of
the short-lived PRIMAL SCREAM project) was reportedly
killed in a bike accident Monday night (July 11). His
wake will be held on Thursday, July 14 between 2:00
and 5:30 p.m., and between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. at:

Scarpaci Funeral Home
1401 86th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11228
718-331-8000

In addition to playing with CARNIVORE, Alexander spent
a three-year stint with Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER,
touring extensively throughout North America and
Scandinavia, with some audiences numbering over
20,000.

A body piercer since 1991, Keith had performed well
over 22,000 piercings and over 150 cuttings and
brandings. He also had extensive experience with play
piercings. Formerly a staff piercer for Gauntlet, Inc.
in New York City, Keith spent one year as a full-time
apprentice to master piercers Dan Kopka and Mark
Seitchik. Gauntlet founder Jim Ward issued Keith's
certificate on August 2, 1994.

Ian have you been posting at www.werenotafraid.com lol

3 about 9 minutes long BMW movies (but not commercial) directed by ex. John Woo. Action ones. Really nice work, worth seeing. Clive Owen main role.


http://www.bmwfilms.com

Just click the title, enter your name, etc. (veeery short registration) and enjoy!


James Brown ("i feel good" song )also starring!


Oh, and theres more at "season 1" chapter.

tiki anyone?

In light of beer and women, post pictures of beer and Women (clothed women please, but I guess you can go skimpy) and no shemales.

Man, talk about a fun toy!!

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=HydroFoam

Im giving my Dimebucker to someone for there birthday.

Im lost betwwen geting the BL 500XL or the tony iommi pickup...

Help ME!

maybe you guys can help, i have no clue what the song is or who wrote it, my friend couldnt remember the bands name but said that they got caught dubbing their live shows with a recording back in the 80s and didnt really play their instruments live. Theyre careers went totally downhill after that happened. It was on 93.3 the bone (for you dallas folks) last night around 1:30 ish when we went on an anebriated adventure to quick trip for burritos.

its sorta like a movie theme song with a real uplifting vocal background and some acoustic strumming on the breaks

i think i heard it on a turner classic movies comercial once

i know my clues are super helpful this song is driving me crazy

Thanks guys,
Charles

... in Hartford. Opening acts were Metal Church, LA Guns (without Tracii Guns, which doesn't seem right) and Stephen Pearcy (who played all old Ratt songs except one or two songs).
I was happy to see one of the guitar players from Metal Church playing a Dean V. At one point he broke a string, grabbed a Jackson for the rest of the song and switched back to his Dean during the next song. He was playing the song while his tech was replacing the string. I guess he really loves his Dean, too!
I had been reading about how WASP is notorious for playing short sets and sure enough, they only played for about 65 minutes.

im on a quest, I need a good rack delay and looking to find out whats the best one to buy used or new, Studio quality would be a must and long as it sounds good and a decent signal. I dont have alot of money so anything over 100 i wont be able to buy.

thanks in advance

Please of course!



Chris

I know this has probably been asked before and I also did a search but didnt find the answers. Most all the 79 ML's are coming with Liscenced floyd rose systems and what I was wondering is, Is the cavity also fit for an Original Floyd. I have had bad luck with some liscenced floyds and was just going to swap them out. Is this possible? Where can I find one?

Yup - broke a tooth while on vacation in Michigan last week - no pain, but annoying none the less. I call my dentist from out there and make an appointment, but will take any cancellation when I get back. So thay call and I get one and the prognosis is no root canal, but I need a crown - only $750 Ka-Ching!!!! My insurance will pay for half, but I have to pony up the rest - Looks like the "Tele From Hell" sold just in time. Now if I can collect for that Les Paul I sold another kid . . . I might just get ahead one of these days. WTF - seems like every time things are looking North - something goes South!!!!

I'll be posting some other stuff in the Trading Post this weekend too so watch out for something you might want. Some Guitars, a BBE sonic Maximizer, some Pickups, Amp, Pedals, etc, etc.

Hey everyone-

I've been here for a while but haven't posted very often, but I'd appreciate your opinions on a decision that I have to make. I've had a Dean HardTail for a couple of years now, but I think I'd like to change the pickups to make the guitar a little bit more versatile.

Currently, the HardTail has a 59/JB combo. I was thinking about replacing both pickups with APH -1 Alnico II Pros from Seymour Duncan as well as having coil taps installed. Do you guys think this will help me get a nice, heavy rock sound but also be suitable for cleaner tones as well? Do you have any other suggestions? Any helpful opinions would be great! Thanks in advance.

-SD

Other than not being a REAL dean, What are the advantages,,disadvantages?? Thanx

A friend of mine spotted this V Phantom in a pawn shop the other day and gave me the heads-up. Damn near perfect condition, just has a few smudges and a shitload of dust. I just brought her home today.

Sorry about the photo quality. My camera totally sucks!

come on in if you're bored....

http://www.rustycooley.com/video.html

anyone ever see any around for sale..i wouldnt mind having one
or a vintage dean z?
i want to save for either..or a vintage ML 78-83 i suppose
and any ideas on good prices?

it was made in Korea and thats all they know. it also is set neck

Positively one of the best musicians to grace this planet......
Anybody know where I can get the song "Yesterday?" (other than the obvious, buy the cd... )

I have it on good authority that it is my mothers favorite song...ever. I'ld like to be able to "have and manipulate" it digitally.
Not that I'm capable of digital manipulation, mind you, but I have friends. Yes, I'm ready for the "digital manipulation" jokes.... in the mean time, could someone help me out, please?!

I found a new forum to hang out in....

http://www.ihateclowns.net/forums/archive/index.php/

How much would one expect to pay for one of these fine things here...?

It's apparently an EVO FT... I dunno. But yeah, how much do they retail for?

Well--The last week and a half have been "weird"?? Thought i new it all about guitars--I have owned about every Brand under the sun over the last 30 Yrs--then i stumbled on to Dean. Its weird--i only bought a H/Tail Select--and i swear,its my BEST guitar! I now am gonna sell my Gibbson LP Classic-Studio--2 PRS"S--and maybe my Gibson ES-135--just because i only paid 700 bucks for it new.Maybe i am crazy---but i am either taking my proceeds and buying EVERY H/Tail Select--in color anyway--or at least get 1 more--Tiger Eye,my Test model is Trns Red--and buy a USA H/Tail,but i dont really see how they could improv on the Korean made guitar---I know its gotta be nicer,itsjust a testament to how well these axes look--play--sound. I am gonna also keep my 50th anniversary Strat--for investment reasons--and my Alvarez acoustic-----keep up the GREAT work Dean---your guitars,in my opinion--are the BEST!!!! Barry

Man... I've almost completely lost it. Ya ever feel like your whole world iz slipping thru yer fingers? I'm blowing it and I know it, but I'm helpless to stop it. Been a ruff year, but that's really no excuse. My dad is back in ICU, my son is away at school, and wants to come home. My wife cries herself to sleep, my finances are a wreck, and I'm an alcoholic P.O.S. Last night I drank a bottle of Johnny Walker, a bottle of Jamesons', and about 15 beers. I didn't even help load the van after the show. Got my brother in trouble with his lovely wife, embarrassed my whole family and many long time family friends, and I'm only lucky that my dad and wife didn't witness it all. I'm crashing and burning and don't know if I can stop it, or if I wanna stop it. I've been thru a lot in this life. But never anything like this. ...not like this....

Tonight Metal Mania VH1 Classic Midnight to 1AM eastern Rob, K.K. and Glen are on for an hour. THey do "Diamonds and Rust and "Worth Fighting For" acoustic about 35 minutes into it. The hours worth of Videos is pretty Cool. Metal Mania is also on 11pm-midnight with "Cowboys From Hell" in that hour along with some Maiden and other cool stuff. Man, I miss 1985-1992.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7335809372&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

i have been waiting a while to grab the right one, i hope i found it in this. I am pertty happy i got it 175, i wish it was the figured topped version but they were a bit too much for what i wanted to spend . I wanted a guitar with a bigger chunky neck for rythem stuff and also needed a non rose guitar so i could change tune. the seven string was perfect for what i needed.

It is coming out of austin it's only about 210 miles away i am hopin i can get it quik.

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/21881170

I'm bored....anyone else....?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7336537017&category=33044&rd=1

Okay, I need your help guys. I'm 14 and bassically not popular, just a metalhead or outcast or whatever you want to call it. There are two chicks I like, but I can't decide which one to go for. They both have great personallities, and are hotter than hell. The one that goes to my school doesn't know I still like her, she knew a few months ago, but I don't think she still does. The other one doesn't go to my school, but doesn't know I like her, she plays bass, which is deffinately a plus, she is into rock and punk, she's an outcast and everythin like me and we have a lot in common. The other one(the one at my school) doesn't play an instrument, likes rap, rock, and country, she is more of a popular girl and I HATE almost all popular people and preps and what not. I know that when I go back to school and I see her there's no way I'll be able to stop thinkin about her and everything. The one that plays bass I only talk to on the phone and msn, we have never met but just from talking to her I know who she really is and when she gets back (from modeling in New York) we're going to hang out and go to the movies and be friends and everything. The thing is they both have their ups and downs and I'm REALLY shy and haven't been in any seriouse relationships before. Any tips, which one should I go for(putting aside the fact that one plays bass). Please be honest and help me out. Thanks in advance

yes they have a rocktron hush pedal in a guitar shop by me i was thinking of picking it up because i cant play my amp with the volume like a quarter the way up without getting alot of feedback not to mention nearly all the way up if im not playing the amp is going crazy and its annoying and i wanna get rid of that , i just wanna know if anyone here has used one and if it works good so i know if i should get it or not, thanks your help is appreciated

Mrs. Jammerml is celebrating a new year today....she is a whopping 24 years old today!!!!

Ladies and gents, Shredders, Riffers and widdlers I present to thee the first of many Dean Razor V styles.

Well it was originally A2277 who mentioned it in the DOA forums about NAMM, so i thought id try and see what i came up with.

First off is a classic 2 tone "Stealth" scheme or as i call it - Noir.

Here you are:

i was looking for a warhead 300w head online.. they were on ebay like 2 months ago but i was too poor to get one at the time

and now that i have the cash it seems that they've all been eaten up.. So I found a 300w titan instead. I phoned the store and they said they had an order and the guy is gonna call me back (cuz it was discontinued)

if anyone finds a site or anywhere that has a warhead.. a link would be much appreciated. Btw i live in canada, so if i were a store, they would have to ship intl. The titan would be badass but you know....

Dimebag's sig Randall amp would be F%&#in' METAL!!


neways, i stumbled across a pic of the hardshell case that the razorbacks are gonna be shipped in

http://www.wwbw.com/Dean-Hardshell-Case-for-Razorback-Guitars-i161264.music

i cant wait till my shards razor is ripping my f*&%ing house appart on a 300w amp w/ a 4x12.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7336249477&category=41435&rd=1

Check out my new tune called devil weaver just copy paste this link to your address bar then click devil weaver!!free for all enjoy and tell me what you think

Anyone ever heard of them? This one's pretty sweet.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7336511111&category=33040&rd=1

Floor project. Sorry for the large pics,but what do you guys think of my floor/fireplace project? I pulled the wall-to-wall carpet up and put down about 700sqft of Rosewood and had a gas Kiva Fireplace built in. This is my Bedroom and the fireplace is in the sitting room off the bedroom. I did the walkin closet to, but didn't take pics of the closet.


Bedroom Left Side


Bedroom Right side


Bedroom Entrance


Sitting room


Sitting room again


Closer of Fireplace in Sitting room

I have learned a ton about flooring by doing this. The 2 most important things are

1: Aleve goes down like candy
2: It is the last time I do a flooring project

i have seen were some of the older members have complained about a lot of off typic posts and other stuff. I enjoy some of the stuff posted and would like to keep some of that stuff around. on other forums i am a part of , there is an off topic or free form forum . I think it would be a an excellent addition, plus it would help keep the non dean traffic down in the general forum which could then be resereved for dean relavent things .

Anyways , i kind of wanted to see who all would agree that we could use an off topic/ misc. forum .

Ok i built a crappy Tripod website so i could put some of my funky fresh Jams on it. Now keep in mind i've only been playing guitar for two years and i've never taken a lesson...IF ANYONE FLAMES ME I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL...cry and whimper until someone else gets flamed worse. This is the first time anyone besides my family and my cats have heard me play so use some astro glide and be gentle.

http://adamthedevil.tripod.com/

I see him listed on the Dean "Artists" page. I've never seen a pic of him with a Dean though. Did he really play em?

Well I recorded my drummer this weekend. Anyway, here is my horror story, and if any of you drummers out there think i'm being to harsh, let me know...

Firstly, I wouldn't call myself a drummer, but I am somewhat expirienced. I wanted to start learning drums, so i'd practice at the studio I worked at, then eventually went out and bought a kit. Tama Rockstar Custom (fusion size). It's perfect for recording, big kick drum (18x22), smaller toms(10, 12, 14), and wooden snare(14). I always get wonderful recording sounds out of this kit, the small toms are punchy, have alot of attack, and when tuned lower, still deliver the goods. It's my expirience that larger toms sound like cardboard, and can ruin a mix.

So, my drummer is cool using my kit, since i have the heads tuned nicely, and all. His kit is a Pearl Export. He decided that my 14" floor tom isnt big enough, he wants to bring his 18 for "extra low end." Ughhh... I explained to him smaller toms sound better... blah blah blah. "Nah man, i want the extra low end." Fine, i let him use his floor tom.

Then, he says, "yo, before each song, can you a scratch guitar track for me so i have something to jam to?" I say, "Do i really have to hold your hand and walk you through each song? Don't you know the songs? I mean, you count your measures, right?" He replies, "well yea, but it's easier." I am against this for one reason, scratch guitar tracks are scratch tracks, and even though it will be to a metronome, the playing might be a little sloppy and you get the idea.

Then, in every song, he'd say, "well the verse feels normal, but the chorus seems a little fast." I explained that a metronome keeps time, and if he isnt with it, then it means he isnt keeping time.

Eventually he decides he doesnt like the metronome, and wants to play to just the guitar. His feelings "since the guitars are done to metronome, if i follow the guitars, it will be on time." Obviously, this isnt true, distorted guitars are going to be much harder to follow. But of course, I am willing to allow this, and waste more time, cause he wants to at least "try it." Of course it doesnt work...

Finally, he decides that he wont do any fills where i play a solo, that match up with the solo, cause that part feels too slow, and when he plays it on time with the metronome, he cant do it right. Funny, the rest of the song was ok, and i always told him he speeds that part up, but he didnt beleive me.

So, during the writting of one of our songs a few months ago, i said, yo learn this rythm, i want the kicks to follow, it doesnt sound like they do. He said, "dude it fits... just cause im not following every kick, that doesnt mean its not right." I said, "just cause your playing at the same tempo as me, it doesnt mean we're playing the same song." So he decided to ignore me. So we went to record this song, and hes playing to it, and stops. I say, whats wrong? He tells me, "i didnt know you were playing that. It doesnt sound right with what im doing." at this point, im so angry i say, "just play the damn song and take out the kick wherever it doesnt fit. I tried to explain this to you when we wrote it, but instead you said, "dude it fits"".

Wherever he @#%$@!!& up, he wanted me to cut and paste, and "just do it on new tracks." I tell him "no, a solid drummer should be able to play the song they wrote, at a steady tempo." Keep in mind, this is a metal band, no crazy fast playing either. 4 minute songs at max. Its groove beats, basicallyt like rock. Nothing fancy.

And the two songs i let him do without the metronome came out like crap.

bottom line...
Using his floor tom against my recommendation ruins the mix. It sounds like a damn cardboard box. His cut/paste attitude makes mixing a song a job. His "it fits" attitude ruined a song.

and shouldn't a solid drummer be able to play a beat at any tempo?

Please do pick apart everthing I wrote here. I am hoping that maybe i'm too picky or something, cause i do think i sound harsh. But i can't help but to feel right. So if someone disagree's, kindly let me know. HELP.

Sincierly,
::Frustrated, and possibly looking for a North Jersey metal drummer...::

I usually delete these things but I saved this one and found it looking through old email to delete.....

Not my story but I like the attitude.....

A CAB RIDE;
Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away, but I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself.

So I walked to the door and knocked. "Just a minute", answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware. "Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb. She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing", I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated". "Oh, you're such a good boy", she said.
When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?" "It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly. "Oh, I don't mind," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice". I looked in the rearview mirror. Her eyes were glistening. "I don't have any family left," she continued. "The doctor says I don't have very long." I quietly reached over and $hut off the meter. "What route would you like me to take?" I asked. For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico. Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her. I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair. "How much do I owe you?" she asked, reaching into her purse. "Nothing," I said. "You have to make a living," she answered. "There are other passengers," I responded. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy," she said. "Thank you." I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door ($hut). It was the sound of the closing of a life. I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away? On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life. We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments,but great moments often catch us unaware--beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT, THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL........



$hut is rephrased #$%@ huh? TFF!!!!

This has been a tough few months to say the least. While working my "regular" job during the day, I have been at the ol' rehearsal room 4-6 nights a week, sometimes until 3 or 4 AM. Anyhoo, we laid some demo tracks down, and if anyone feels froggy....give a listen. They are at http://www.myspace.com/fiveyearstare

We are currently planning our first tour, and I just cant wait to get some sleep...lol.

What strings (Brand, Gauge, etc) are you guys using?

Per Blabbermouth.net:

JAG PANZER Replace SOLITUDE AETURNUS At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE V Festival - July 18, 2005

Colorado power metallers JAG PANZER have replaced SOLITUDE AETURNUS on the billing of the Keep It True V festival, set to be held November 5 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. JAG PANZER will play a special "Ample Destruction" set and may end up using the the audio/video recordings from the festival for their first live CD/DVD. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

VIRGIN STEELE
RAVEN
JAG PANZER
RUFFIANS
INTRUDER
SLOUGH FEG
SKULLVIEW
STORMWARRIOR
FORSAKEN
IGNITOR

Can't wait for the DVD!

Well, its about time, i finally won a dean ml on ebay the other day. Not here yet, and im waiting..impatiently....ill try to post pics when it gets here.. i really dont know how, but ill try

I'm aware that this happened quite a few months ago, but the boys from AiC got back together (minus rhythm guitar player and Layne) and did a show in Seattle for the Tsunami Benefit. Singers included singers from Damageplan, Puddle of Mudd, and Tool/A Perfect Circle. I heard that Maynard from Tool/APC did an amazing job imitating Layne and I would love to hear. Does anyone have an idea where I could find audio/video from this concert? If so, it would be HEAVILY appreciated.

Mark - make sure to save some DVD's for the DOA folks

Keep It True V - JAG PANZER Step In For SOLITUDE AETURNUS

As previously reported, the Keep It True V festival (www.keep-it-true.de) is scheduled for November 4th - 5th at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Konigshofen, Germany



Organizers of the festival have announced that JAG PANZER have stepped in to fill the vacant position recently left open by the departure of SOLITUDE AETURNUS from the linuep.



It has also been reported that Jag Panzer will perform a special “Ample Destruction” set, and will film their set for a possible live CD/DVD release. The band will play a full 75 minute set.



Acts on the bill for Keep It True V currently include: VIRGIN STEELE, RAVEN, JAG PANZER, RUFFIANS, INTRUDER, SLOUGH FEG, SKULLVIEW, STORMWARRIOR, FORSAKEN and IGNITOR.

Ok lets see your customized paintjobs people post em anything interesting!!

http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/

Were there ever pictures of this thing? Will we be seeing it someday? Summer Namm?

I took a gamble and ordered the open box '79 ML that californ90 posted on the trading post forum(thanks for the heads up man!). Well, it arrived to my friends house a few days ago and I was very pleased. Not only had the guitar shown no signs of ever being played, it was in tune! That seems very suprising with it being 1: from a large internet company, and 2: open box at that. The setup is the best I've ever seen from one of these companies as I wasn't chomping at the bit to set it up my way.

It does have some work in store for it though. When I get back from deployment, those stock pups are promply being switched out. Not sure what for yet. If anyones got suggestions beyond a dimebucker or a BL I'd be interested in what you guys have tried and liked. I'm also probably gonna put black hardware on it too.

As far as I can tell the guitar is in perfect condition so I think this was a real sweet score. Here's the pics:







They're multiplying!

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4741946/detail.html

I can actually smell the burning rubber in my office right now. It's kind of neat, there's this big black cloud of smoke. Watertown is about 15 miles west of where I work.

Here's a couple of helcopter shots

I have been playing my TC ML's today and thought that maybe a pic was in order. On your left is #34/50... on your right is the Prototype #4/6.

Wow...it's been a while since I've posted. A lot's been happening. First off, I'm getting married!!! (yay for the freak in the corner). Secondly, work's been keeping me pretty busy, so I rarely have time to check things here. I've missed you guys

Anyways, just popping in to say hi to everyone. I'll post whenever I get another chance.

Laters...

What model would this be, and what would it's street value be worth. Without the stickers that is....

Is there anybody from the Watertown, WI, area that play bass, drums, or guitar that wants to get together and jam. Ive been playing on and off for about 10yrs. I currently jam with some other guys, but they always aint so reliable. So I looking to get together and jam, and possibly start a local band. We currently play alot of Sabbath, some Metallica, and some of our own stuff.

http://www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=1197

these look so cool, gonna get a pair for my usa hardtail i think... anyone have any experience with them? any input would be greatly appriciated

heres some pics of them on some headstocks:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead/1/Steinberger_Gearless_Tuners/Pictures.html#details

i want to change my user name, is it possible or do i just have to start over again ?

Didn't you hans, i though you were vanilla gorilla before.

anyways i wanted to ditch the number thing it is sort of childish, and i was just wondering if i could.

I just got back from this local show and Haste the Day played, man It was a sweet show, everyone in there was banging the hell out of their heads, there were only about 200 people there so that made it even better!!! After the show I went back to talk to the lead guitar player and he looked at me and he was like "awesome shirt dude" it was pantera of course. Before Haste the Day went on, a band called Still Remains played and they had this kickass keyboard player, he was a lot like the guy from COB. I was just wandering if you guys have heard of and/or seen either of these bands?

Paint shop my buddy paints motorcycles so he did this for me!!Its classic flames thats what i like.You could call it a robaflame!! its like glass smooth real thick coat of clear!!Kudos to kenny on his first guitar paintjob!! theres little white and blue tips on the flames

I just got back from trip with the MPs here and thought Id post a few pics. I usually fly everywhere but this time I got to ride. It was pretty hot. It gets up around 115-120 everyday now. I took a Guitar World with me to read and the glue that held the binding together melted and all the pages fell out. Thats some serious heat!!

This is the vehicle I rode in. Just a standard Up Armor Hummer with a 50 Cal mounted on top.


Here is the inside of the vehicle.


Heres a shot of the 50 cal from inside. That sucker does some serious damage and is loud when it is in action. If you ever get a chance to fire one by all means take it. Its pretty cool.


These are the smoke grenade launchers.


We were transporting prisoners to another prison. This is the facilility our prisoners stay in. They get three hots and a cot and A/C. Not too bad a deal.

opinions? anywhere near as good as the XXX?

Does anyone know where I could buy some kits to build my own amplifier? I was just wondering because I don't feel like spending $1000+ on an amplifier when I could buy a kit and do it myself and it be cheaper. Because I'm cheap. But not as cheap as Tom.

anyone bored?

Saw this little gizmo in a magazine this weekend, but can't seem to find it online.
It's a raised nut that fits over the existing nut, so you can quickly convert a regular guitar for slide use.
You have to raise the bridge as well, but that's easy to do.

Is that even necessary if you just want to play around with a slide? Could you just bow the neck a little and raise the bridge?

Im about ready to pull the trigger on a select caddie,,,I have one question. How does the neck thickness on the caddy compare to the 79 series?? ( i own a 79ml thats why im asking) Thanks......

anyone wanna chat?

First I would Like to say in wasn't a fist fight .
So here what happened a Guitar Center open near my house a Couple months ago . I thought hell I go and see if they had deans to shred on today. When I got there it was a pretty nice store .. but no Deans so I said fine I played a Couple Ibanez's and Jackson through a very hot Marshall amp. Anyway I decided to buy a Really cool looking heavy metal looking strap ( for my Dime-0-Flame that I will probble get next week) and I bought a Strap for my bro.
When I checked out "I said hey where is all the Dean,Brother" he replied we don't carry them then I said " you should there a fine instrument maybe you could replace some of those overpriced Gibson Les Paul" here's where it got ugly he said Deans Suck !
Then I said have you ever played one , then he said ya and they suck , then I said have you ever played one signed by Dean Z himself then he said Ya I played a washburn signed by him then I told him first off that Washburn is not a Dean and no where close to a USA made Dean then I told him I would rather have a $400.00 Deans than a $2000.00 Les Paul . Then he got all pissed off and made a comment Like I was on Drugs ( when I have been sober for 12 years). Luckly another person had already cashed me out because there was about to be hell when he said THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE PLAY DEANS IS BECAUSE DIMBAG PLAYED THEM AND HE WAS A HACK AND I'M GLAD HE IS DEAD. Luckly My brother grab me by the shoulder because I was about to punch this fat A$$ right in his head but all I said to him was that he very ignorant and I walk out . I'm still pretty pissed but I'm o.k I just want to know what you guys thought or if you had similiar experiences

WHATS A BROTHA GOT TO DO TO GET ONE OF HIS TUNES ON DEAN RADIO ?


http://bloodroot.fanspace.com/BLOODROOT/ALL%20THE%20LIES%20DEMO.mp3

http://bloodroot.fanspace.com/BLOODROOT/DONE%20TO%20ME%20DEMO.mp3

http://bloodroot.fanspace.com/BLOODROOT/NEVER%20FOREVER%20DEMO.mp3

i saw this on another site .
but dont they bear a bit of resemblence to one another .

is there really any diffrence, im trying to find locking tunners that come in satin nickel to match the hardware on my usa pro hardtail, would satin chrome look good on it? is the satin chrome more sliver than satin nickel?

OK, im a little lost.

Whats the difference between the

L450, 500, 550..

And whats with the new ones

http://www.billlawrence.com/Pages/NewPickups05.htm

Do the L600 and 609 have higher output than the XL500.

Blah im burt out, help me

I'm doing some more research on finding the amp/tone I like. Yes, it's an on-going journey. I was wondering, what is a great clean amp (preferably cheap) that you could layer effects over? I've found a distortion pedal I like, surprisingly. Then I plan on buying some other effects to go along with it. Any suggestions?

I'm having trouble with sweep picking. All i can get is a really slow strum. Does anyone have good tips or links on how to do it? Thanks in advance.

i got this in an e-mail just a second ago. heres what it said


Fried snake anyone?

The photos below are from the ExxonMobil compound in Luanda - Angola,
Africa. You will notice from the insulators in the first photo this is
an electrified fence. I do not think you will wonder why they need an
electric fence.

It would suck to work in Africa

Ever show ya'll my '83 Hamer Blitz in Blueburst?
"Clay"(says so on the trussrod cover) hides from me. I hate his Kahler and have dreams/nightmares of redoing the hole that would be left after removal with Mahogany and making it a wraparound tailpiece 251/2 scale guitar. I have his Black finished cousin that I have considered making a Clearcoated Mahogany beauty with a Flametop veneer added after filling it's Kahlerhole.



Friend of mine has a Hamer Vector just like Clay for sale on the www.hamerfanclub.com in the F/S section. Nice guy too.

Blueburst VERY rare for Hamer and No, I didn't buy the truss rod cover, came with the guitar.

some "GAS X" to cure my G.A.S.

i don't think it'll help....

cuz i just bid $1k on a beauty...

what am i gonna sell to pay for it?

Got to see Cheap Trick for the first time tonight FOR FREE!!! Thats right......A free concert to support Rusty Wallace's "Last Call". Stood in the rain (with a poncho) for an hour waiting for it to stop before the band would come out. They were on a tight time schedule, so they couldn't play their whole set. They still did 6 or 7 songs....Here's few pics.......









[/img]http://www.deanguitars.com/userpics/lib5/Cheap Trick (5)web.jpg[img]











Thats about it........Rick Nielson was playing through Gibson heads. That's the B/W stacks behind him. Not a bad evening for free....... Oh yeah I got a pick too !!!woo hoo

enjoy

First album from Circus Maximus !!

if you like Prog.Metal/Power Metal check it out !! This is awesome !!

One song from the album:

http://www.lasercd.com/Merchant/lasercd/soundfiles/sin.mp3



http://www.circusmaximussite.com

first of all. has anyone used the fender metal head? and whats your opinion on it?

I need a 1 humbucker with only a volume pot wiring diagram, please!
No switches, tone pots or anything else...
Please make it simple for a guy who doesnt know s*it about electronics!

Thanks a lot folks!

I got rid of my Corvette and picked up a new car (Vette never was driven - 2000 miles over last 2 years - and had TONS of mechanical and cosmetic issues)
A new Monte Carlo - less pep, but a much smoother ride

or

just wondering, does anybody have a flamed redwood ML or V?

i just picked up a catalogue and can't stop looking at them

they're so beautiful

Im interested in checking out a roland Gr-33 guitar synthesiser , do any of you cats have any experience with one , Ive checked it out it seems cool , are they any other synths out there better ?
second question , I know Dean dont make one ( BUMMER) , but the 2 S/A guitars Ive found with 13 pin is brian moore and Godin, Which of the 2 are better , I dont want to put the GK pickup on , it doent track as well and I dont want to drill into me axe,
Im looking for the guitar yo be decent in itself besides just for the synth.
any feedback would be cool.
Dime Flame on order Im stoked

So I bought a new Boss CE-3 chorus to replace my old one....the hole where the screw goes was stripped out,so the battery compartment area cover was always sticking up,and made it hard to press on the pedal.So here is the weird part:
My old one sounds WAY better than the new one!!!!

Now check it out:the one I just got is made in Japan,and mine is a Taiwan version.Why does it sound better? So I swapped the pedal off the new one,and put it on mine.Works way better now.The Japan one had too much treble,and sounded to "hi-fi".They must have changed the circuit......anyways my point is,even the same EXACT type of pedal sounds different,depending when it was made!

WEIRD......

pretty psyched about picking this one up - Jeff Loomis is an amazing guitarist

i also got this in an e-mail, please do read.

Watch for Needles While Pumping Gas
Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world gets sicker everyday!
Folks:
Please take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping
Handles. Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas.
Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.

My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida, Police
Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities to write
this
email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very dangerous
prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some person or persons have
been affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump handles!
These needles appear to be infected with HIV positive blood. In the
Jacksonville area alone, there have been 17 cases of people being stuck
by
these needles over the past five (5) months. We have verified reports of
at least 12 others in various states around the country. It is believed
that these may be copycat incidents due to someone reading about the
crimes or seeing them reported on television. At this point no one has
been arrested and catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top
priority.
Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8 have tested HIV positive
and because of the nature of the disease, the others could test positive
in a couple years.

Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when picking
up
the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time
you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER
THE HANDLE!

If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your local
police department so they can collect the evidence.

PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL
TO
ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF THIS, THE BETTER
PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE. Rose Lambert, Chief Aide to Supervisor Gerry
Hyland, Mount Vernon District, 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.



Man it is sad when you know ther is some little prick bastard out there ruining peoples lives. I dont post may off topic posts but i kind of thought this was important.

Yea another Pickup topic....

Im starting to annoy myself now.

A place near me has them for 50$, im wonder what you guys think of these pick ups..

Ive heard they have more output thean the DimeBucks, are they SD versions of EMG's....do they sound like EMG's (EMG's sound flat to me)...

http://www.bmusic.com.au/prod1571.htm

Thats all the info I found

Anyone up for some saturday morning tiki?

just got my old lady to pick this up for me, calling stores around my area they acted stupid like they didnt know what i was talking about. LoL anyway just wanted to ask if this is ok to use on rosewood fretboards.
also i read somewhere people can only use this once or twice a year, also read that after its done to lightly dampen a cloth or rag with some and lightly coat the fretboard after the inital process.
any tips pointers or suggestions is welcome. also i've never done this before
heres 2 pics





thanks in advance

IM PRETTY SURE IM GOING TO GET THE VHT PITBULL. IT SEEMS TO BE THE HEAD THAT CALLS MY NAME. IVE OWNED MANY HEADS(5150, 5150II, XXX, DUAL REC, ADA, JCM900, BLUEVOODOO), PLAYED TONS, LISTENED TO LOTS OF CLIPS. THE VHT PITBULL WITH GRAPHIC EQ SEEMS TO BE THE ONE. HAS THE CRUNCH OF A MARSHALL. THE TONE OF A MARSHALL AND A ENGL POWERBALL, GAIN OF A XXX AND A 5150II AND SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE THE POWERBALL AND THE BOGNER UBERSCHALL BUT LITTLE MORE TIGHTER. LITTLE PRICEY BUT IM THINKING IM GOING FOR THE GUSTO.SEEMS TO BE THE LAMBORGHINI OF AMPS. SOUNDS EVEN BETTER THAN THE DEISEL VH4 AND HERBERT. SEEMS TO BE THE TICKET. NOW TO GET 3 GRAND SOMEHOW. HEHEHE. WISH ME LUCK.

Ok so rather than bother registering on another board. I"ll ask this simple question. On the order form, it says, "string placement, gibson or fender" Is that referring to the pickup being slanted in the body or paralell with the bridge?

http://americaninlebanon.blogspot.com/2005/07/backstroke-of-west.html


some pretty funny and really nonsensical subtitles.....enjoy

This is the second of five total NAMM shows I have been privileged to attend, the first being the summer NAMM in Nashville in 2002. The show has been a success for Elliott, Dean and the whole crew at Dean Guitars. I have some cool pics to post and a couple of really great new guitars. As usual, I am way too tired to edit these pics tonight. So I should have a report ready on Tuesday night. If you love the 79 Series Deans, wait until the see the new Black Gold V!

Your pal,

Brave Dave

p.s. - Lon, what happened to you? Dean has your badge now...I got tired of waiting for you to call!!!!!!! HAHAHA!!

And a familiar face, as well.

http://www.guitarmaker.de/flatpage.htm

heres an idea that i thought was pretty destructive at first, but makes complete sense now that i have done it.

i have three different Wah-Wah pedals, a Morley, and Ibanez wd 7, and a Dunlop Wah.

the thing they all have in common is that they all have a stopping part attached at the bottom of the pedal (the underside of the actuall pedal) which gives you a limited amount of compression you can apply to the pedal.

so i thought, i want more "Wah" out of them, so i took a hack saw blade and sawed the stopping part off, on the Dunlop and Morley they are rubber, and about 1 inch in length, so effectivly by cutting off the "stopper " part, i have gained an extra inch or so of pedal compression. and more " wah " sound.


and the results are difinitive, more wah can be obtained by sawing off the stopper part underneath the wah pedal... just an idea i thought i would share with you guys.

heres my situation. due to problems with the land company in KY i lost my house. My girlfirend , our daughter, and i had no choice but to move down to florida to stay with her sister. Pretty much everything i own is in storage in ky (including my amps and several guitars (i brought my dean with me)). my old buick which ive poured my heart and soul into is also stranded in the bluegrass state. I had no way to get my tools down here, so i cant find a job turning wrenches which is about the only thing i can do and make decent money doing. therefore, i'm working shitty jobs, trying to get us a house or apartment which is taking way longer than i wouldve (weve been here about three weeks) liked and my girlfriend's sister has made it very clear we need to get out. getting an apartment means i have to get rid of my dog (she's a rottie) shes got a bum leg from me running over her with a car when she was a puppy(unintenional) so most likely she'll get put down in a shelter. so ive lost my home, gonna lose my dog and can't even really play guitar here. this blows.

well, i got my dean not to long ago, an ml xt, used w/ case on ebay for 210... couldnt pass it up..well i opened the case and the strings were taken off. i dont have a problem with this ( they were intentionally took off for shipping purposes) except, i didnt know how to string a floyded axe.. luckily for me the awesome guys in the tiki bar ( stevensskrub, and ripdime6604, u guys rock!!!) ( sorry i i mised anyone) they told me how to do it.. boy they have some serious patience well i didnt have quite the right tools so the next day i got them out and got it all tuned up...this axe is way better than my washburn, especially for the price...i dont know how to post pics, but its not like it hasnt been seen anyway...im gonna be a dean guy from now on!

Go to the link and look at a close up of the picture. I cant belive this is on a legit newspaper's website.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005507190392

Since he isn't identified, He may slip under the wire but I bet he doesn't even know his photo was taken.

Alright, below is a list of the gear I use and what I play. YOUR job is to help me decide what to buy nexy. Okay, here goes.

Guitars

Quote:

Washburn Dime V (Camo) with Bill Lawrence L-500XL in Bridge. Squier Stratocaster with stock pickups. (Backup)

Amplifier

Quote:

NAD Model 60 Studio Amplifier with 2 Kenwood 160w speakers.

Effects

Quote:

Zoom 3030 multieffect pedal (main) Zoom GMA5 Amp Modeler (backup)

I'm currently looking into a Peavy Classic 30. Not too sure yet, but that's in the direction I'm headed. People also say to maybe pick up an MXR ZW overdrive and a BOSS-Ds1. What do YOU have to say?

finished the final mix on this track sending it to 98 kupd radio to get it played on into the pit if u like you can check it out on my world audience record link.just click devil weaver!!Got my old singer "toast"singing it .I really love how his voice sounds its really old school metal!!Oh yeah i wrote most of the words on this!!Its free to all enjoy!!

Howdy all, figured I'd just tap the massive amounts of knowledge that read this forum to ask the following

Anyone ever seen a trans-silverburst finish? If so, can you post pics... doesn't matter what company. I was just kicking around ideas in my head for a fantasy custom guitar (that I'm hoarding funds for as we speak) and was wondering if it could be done well, or if it would look like crap.

Anything would be appreciated.

--Rich

Heya there ... jed here - aint been on the forums for a bit - ive been hunting guitars tho... ive come across this rather nice looking ML but i would like to know some more about it ie is it korean? what year is it and so on - i need to make my mind up on it, the top looks good on it but i need to see a better pic




the serial number is S4042146 if that means anything.. so lemme know asap so i can buy it or not. Jed

http://gorillamask.net/morecowbell2.shtml

QOTSA and Will Ferrell w/more cowbell..

i'm kinda new here and plan on getting a '79 MLF and replacing the licenced floyd with an original (you can guess who i'm a fan of!) and was wondering what's with all this talk i here about people having problems with doing this? Something about the '79's not being thick enough? Any elaboration would be helpful, thanks guys.

OK maybe you will guess easy enough. This is from rehearsals last December according to his website.


http://www.tednugent.com/music/Rehearsals12-05/pages/white%20buff%20byrdland.htm

A year or so back there was a thread someone posted where old web site copies are archived, we even saw the old Dean forums...anyone remember the URL????

A week ago, I order a Washburn Dime V. (I know, shame on me. Whatever)

Arrives at my dad's friend's house yesterday with no gig bag (which was included with the purchase). Dad's buddy tries to get it across the border so I could get my guitar today, but customs stops him because it has no bag (wtf).

So now I have to wait ANOTHER week for my axe. It throws off all my plans of effect trying this week... because I don't have my guitar to do it with.

Sorry, just needed to vent. I figured you guitarists would understand.

The nerve of some people....

So I bid on a nice guitar that's at a low price with no reserve near the end of the auction. (It's also local and the seller has already agreed to local pickup.) I put in my top price and I'm the high bidder. Then some jerk comes in and starts sniping at the last minute and manages to go above my price with only seconds left in the auction - so I lose. Well, I figure he just wanted it worse than me, right? The VERY NEXT DAY I'm browsing ebay and see an auction for a guitar that looks the same as the one I lost. Low and behold it is the same (has to be because it's a prototype anyway), but it is even the same pictures from the auction I lost (of course, because he couldn't even have the guitar in hand yet). His starting bid price is $200 more than what he just paid!

Then, to top it off, this guy emails me to tell me he just listed this guitar that I might be interested in! WHAT A JERK! Guess he thinks I won't realize it since he is selling under a different user name. So I responded in no uncertain terms that his price is too high and I really appreciate him sniping me on the first auction to begin with.

OK, rant over, venting over...I feel better now.

What model "Cadillac" came stock with "Push-Pull" tone knobs?

I just bought a used caddy at my local music store and here are the specs:

Trans Black w/ gold hardware (Rare???)
Grover tuners
zebra humbuckers
serial number: E807546 (Made in Korea)
Arched Top (looks like Flame Mapel Top)
*****AND push-pull tone knobs***


I didn't think any of the "Select" models came with push-pull knobs so if that is true, what model would this be?

Any info from the experts would be appreciated! Thx

I was headed to Minneapolis Friday morning to see some old friends for the weekend and see Bryan Adams with Def Leppard in St. Paul Friday night.

BOOM!!! CRUSH those plans Jr., I'm going to go see April Wine and Ted Nugent at the St. Paul Ribfest on Harriet Island near Downtown St. Paul Friday night instead!!!!

Anyone else gonna be there. I plan to spend Friday afternoon Guitar browsing prior to the show.

Ted has a great band with Wild Mick Brown from Dokken playing drums. http://www.tednugent.com/music/band.shtml

April Wine is 4 nearly original members. www.aprilwine.ca

i want one!! - guitars with stone tops are beautiful...

www.stonetonemusic.com

I intended to post all of these last night. In fact, I spent quite a while working on it and just before I finished, I clicked the wrong thing somewhere and lost all of it. I have now gone back to the tried and true method of opening the site twice...writing the text on one and loading the pics on the other. I do hope you all appreciate this (nyuk nyuk). Here we go........!!!


Here's the shot of the Black Gold V again. It is based on the 79 Series Deans with the obvious changes. Elliott tells me that and ML and a Z will also be available. I don't know how Dean manages to lean so far to the left without falling over.



Here's an overall shot of the guitar. Really slick, huh?



This shot shows off the flame pretty well. I tried to in vain to get a shot with no reflections. The Dean booth has more lights than an Olan Mills studio.



Nothing like a matching headstock to accent a fine guitar. This V is hard to tell from a Time Capsule.



The 12th fret bears the name of the series, just like the DOA guitars. These will be available in 120 days.




Mick told me he had a surprise for this NAMM show and here it is! This is called the T-Wing. I think it should win the award for best use of the Dean logo. Again, ignore the reflections.






Good 'ol Evil D was on hand with "Mr. Spectacular", Michael Batio, who was busy checking out a Mach 7. Dean Guitars is packaging the Mach 7 in a beginner's pack with a poster and instruction booklet. Before you know it, there will be a bunch of 8th grade shredders running around your neighborhood.




I swear Kerry King must be following me around. Everywhere I go, he's there. He and Batio are really trying to look like tough guys, but I later saw them checking out the accordion booths.




Elliott and Dean, discussing the future of the company....or maybe where to get a good burrito.




These Hardtail Standards were sure looking good, especially the Platinum and Gold models....simply amazing!





My son, Nathan just told me last week that he wanted a goldtop guitar. Now he can have one of the best!




Tyler Zelinsky was given the opportunity to try his creative hand at the Dean booth this year. Evil D told him to do his best with the Dime guitars and Tyler did not disappoint. By Saturday, Tyler had earned the nickname "Evil T".



The "Dean from Hell" on the wall is a Baby ML, which is featured in the Dimebag Darrell beginner's pack.



Since Mick Donner came to work at Dean Guitars, we have seen some really wild and exotic woods used. This is burled maple. Dean Z said it looks like a pizza but I think it looks more like the surface of the moon!




Even though NAMM is a trade show, you can still pick a deal now and then. I got this crusty old ML for next to nothing. I plan to totally refinish it and add a couple of EMG pickups. What do you think?




You never know what's going to happen with the zany, whacky DOA gang and this weekend was no different. We were all sitting around the lobby after dinner and Dean Z gets a call on the cell phone. Turns out Randall and his family were passing through Indianapolis on the way to Dayton, Ohio, and had seen us walking back to the hotel. He and Annette and the girls stopped by (at my insistance) and visited with us for a while. It's always great to see good friends....and it's nice when Randall stops by, too! (notice how straight his teeth are)




On Saturday, I cruised around the show and happened upon this little jewel....Crate's new PowerBox. At 150 watts, this baby will drive a 4-12 cabinet and weighs only 6-1/2 lbs. One cool feature is that you turn your volume knob down and you get a clean sound..crank the volume up and you get a scorching distortion without ever touching the amp. I hate to think of all the times I lugged that heavy Marshall head around.




Craig (tess) and his son made it out to the show (unlike Lon) and stopped for a pose with one of the convention center custodians.




Dean is seen here meeting with a group of manufacturers. He was showing them how to apply the decals to the Dime-o-flage.




"We want the funk...gotta have that funk!". Bootsy says "ahh"!!




The whole trip was made worthwhile when I had the honor of meeting John Jorgenson. If you don't know who he is, then go back to Guitar 101. I first heard John when he played with the Desert Rose Band and later with the Hellecasters. He is nothing short of amazing and is one of the nicest guys you could ever want to meet.




Well, there you go! Next year's summer NAMM show will be held in Austin, Texas....just a couple of hours away from Houston. We will be there for sure!!

as a few of you may have noticed, i have suggested using 1 meg control pots because they bleed nothing, no treble, you get the pickup's sound stright on.

Well i got my 1 meg pots in today, i just put one in my ibanez usrg30, in place for the standard 500k volume. Well, if you own the super distortion you know it is powerful, and high are a tiny bit less than the bass and mids. Not anymore, this thing screams now. You get a lot more treble presence, and i only did the volume pot. I left the 500k tone because it is a push pull and i sometimes need to split the coils for when i am doing jazz or blues.

For the tone pot snippers, like Ian, you may check into trying out 1 meg pots, or if you have a dark sound guitar and need more cut , the pots will help .

The only thing i messed up was a small ceramic resistor that was attached to 500k . I broke it, that may have made a slight difference in sound as well not having it now, but i would like to put it back on, it gave the volume a more gradual roll back now you go from about 10 to 2 with little to no change and then 1-2 what it should be and then off.

Over all it is pretty cool change.

my brother happened to stumble on this site, and it blew me away!
those guys are only 17
http://www.trickstutorials.com/index.php?page=content/vid_04

click on the first one called "scorch"
i wasnt really a fan of helloween till i heard that song with that video.
quite possibly the mightyest duo in the universe

I want to buy a ML Noir XT and these guys have some good prices, and also as I live in Portugal and these guys are in Germany I dont have to pay any customs fees or anything. They ship it to me for $25.

Does anyone have any experience dealing with these guys?

PS - take a look at their site, you might find something that you like!

No rush, 8 days to go....Sheesh!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7339071378&category=2384&rd=1

What is an SS head?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7338129276&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Hi, has somebody in his Dean gotoh (mechanics) tune?????
If yes, which Dean (years, place of manufacturing, and model)???

thanks

I would like to defer to some of my Dean brethren for advice....some of you guys have been at the game of life longer than I, and am looking for advice on how to sell a house....the quicker, the better. some things that people look for, and things I can do (In a Nod to Tom) cheaply....I am currently laying a new patio, and have gotten the place basically spotless....

Conversely...if anyone is interested in a 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch in one of the best neighborhoods in Louisville, KY....I'm your guy....bidding starts at $162,765.....

Wow... those guitars are scorchin'! My old man took me out of town to a Dean Dealer today and the guitars are smokin'!

Both guitars played through a Line 6 Spider II.

First was the Tribute ML... that thing has some nasty tone and crunch right through the amp. I cranked it up and started jamming some Creeping Death and people from all over the store came to watch... it must have sounded damn good.

I was feeling real good and the guy asked me if I wanted to try the Flame... I almost piddled myself when he asked. So he goes to get it out of the display in front and he sets it all up for me...

First thing I did was %$#@! around with the Floyd. I've never played a floyd rose before, so I was just doing the Cemetary Gates harmonics with it. They sounded GREAT. Everyone looked at me like I was the greatest guitarist in the world... so I started jamming Cowboys from Hell to reassure them.

Those are some awesome guitars, but the price wasn't right.

They were asking 550 Canadian for the Tribute, and 1500 Canadian for the Flame... Sorry.

I'll stick to the dealers here. (not now, I have plans for my next guitar)

I just figured you guys would like to hear another review on the guitars. They were fun to play and I was all excited to play my FIRST ML'S!!!

Hey all,

Just wondering..... Anyone watching this thing?

Time for some shameless self promotion

Hey everyone, my band "Condemned Already" will be playing their first ever show on August 5th down here in good ol' Chesapeake, VA. Wish us luck as it is our very first performance as a band plus we open the show for a bill of 4 total bands counting us!

We're all pretty excited as can be expected but since we've never played a show together and only little Battle of The Bands kinda shows on our own I'm asking if you guys have any advice or anythign else for us between now and then. Thanks!

-Mike

ok guys, here's what i'm gonna do:

i'm gonna build me an archtop ml out of mahogany or alder

pearly gates and a SH-6

neck through

probably a string thru, or a floyd >=)

u guys have any imput?

Well, I'm looking into buying my first cab. What I'm mainly looking at is a AVATAR G412 4x12, seen at www.avatarspeakers.com

I've read the reviews, and this cab is definitely where it's at.

Any opinions? Or any idea of a better cab I can spend my money on?

Thanks,
Pant

well i i got about 350 to throw at a recording setup, i just dont know what is the best options for me to take. I have a 10$ computer program, and a 15$ mic, oh yeah it sucks. I want to upgrade it.

So i was wondering what some suggestions where as far as computer recording software, usb interfaces exc...

Also of course any good vauled mics, that you have had any experience with .

i would like a bass and drum machine but i can always buy sperate later on down the road.

any advice would be great,

thanks

Hi!
Can someone tell me whats the apropriate type of pots to use with these pups?
I have a used Slammer guitar that I bought flawless in second hand for $150 that has these beauties intalled but I suspect that the guy used "normal" pots instead of the apropriate ones for active circuits.

I was at my local guitar shop and the owner points me to this discontiued Laney Head. He's selling it for $650 with a Crate 2X10 cabinet. I tried it out and was generaly impressed. It had massive gain. I was actualy getting a snare to vibrate on the other end of the store. It's also got a built in noise gate which I found nice. I was just wondering if anybody here has had any experience with Laney and if this is a good head for the money.


Uh huh huh huh I said good head

Could i have a list of all the popular woods and what guitars have them? im looking for good sustain. but i also want to know what woods to avoid. so if you have like a personal preference list or some sort of list that has like worst to last i would appreciate that.

Whos goin to see em?
Whos seen em?

I just got my tickets for the dallas show on Aug 2nd!!!

anyone?

NEW Guitars for 2005!!!

http://www.deanguitars.com/summer_05.htm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7338328311&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
hey i found something else i really want so if anyone wants to bid on this im sharing the link with ya -Jed

If you like The Donnas, The Runaways, Pop/Hard Rawk Hair bands you GOTTA find "Are You Man Enough" by Betty Blowtorch! Great stuff. Slutty cheesy power pop hard rawk at it's peak of tounge in cheek humor. Songs like "S h u t Up And F**k and Part Time Hooker cut right to it! If your unsure after that, give "Size Queen" a spin with it's line "I'll let you know if your well hung.....Well if it's puny, dont waste my time.
Seriously, great fun and crunchy guitar rock all the way.

http://www.bettyblowtorch.net/menu.html

Story goes that the singer/bass player was killed in a New Orleans car crash while touring. End of band. This cd is from 2001 Find it. The drummer is now in a band in L.A. called Cheap Chick. Check them out too... www.cheapchick.com The bass player for them turned me on to Betty Blowtorch.

So I've played through these a few times, and I'm in love with em. For 400 bucks, I don't think you can do much better. This thing has a built in amp modeler and all kinds of sick effects.

The biggest thing about it is the "INSANE" setting. They're right... I plugged in a '79 Dean V with stock pickups and I was SHREDDING. This thing melted everyone's face off... I'm seriously thinking of getting one of these.

Think it would go nice with an Avatar 4x12 with Vintage 30's?

Ok has anybody got a pic of zakk playing his muddy bullseye??i havent heard nothing about it or seen him playing it!!2 glad to see and hear jerry cantrell again I frickin love that dudes playing he was the sof alice rock on jerry u bad mother!!3 Im really stoked to hear you all on the doa cd theres alot of talent here!! got my v back together!!

hey guys, im thinking of buying this

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=7339795530&rd=1

Im just hoping its the real deal, im not sure if its the 'other' pickup that gives lots of feedback and isnt as good as the real one.

this one is bloody cheap and it'd be good to have one lying around for a future guitar. what do you think?

Like the title says I don't know any thing about these Deans can some one tell me please

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OLP-McSwain-Licensed-Sculpted-Flame-Guitar-Carved_W0QQitemZ7339094675QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Wouldn't a Hrdtail look good with this, or a Caddy or a V.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bookmatched-COCOBOLO-carved-top-bass-guitar-top-set_W0QQitemZ7339525327QQcategoryZ47067QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

went to ozzfest saturday... this to date has been the best yet... the second stage was full of tallent!! killswitch and mastadon f u c k i n g rocked!.. on the main stage BLS was amazing..Zakk is inhuman...shadows fall was good but not as good as i thought they'd be.. mudvayne was good i lik ethem a lot...missed a lot of them trying to get something to eat...i have to say though Iron Maden was the highlight of the night.. they started out with iron maden and did almost evey one of my fav maiden tunes... tose dudes are timeless... the sounded as good saturday as they did the first time i saw them in like 82 or 84....sabath is not my favorite i never really was a tony iome (SP?) guy until saturday he really impressed mei have mucj more respect for the guy.... geezer butler is a lot better than i thought to... over all i had a great time... plus i go t a back stage tour before the concert and got to looka t zakk's guitars..i didnt see the razorback or the new zakk guitar though... just the randy rhodespolka dot v's and the les pauls..

well i got it about 30 minuets ago, i have to say i love it . The strings are a bit old and the neck could use some lemon oil, it is a little dry , but over all this is an excellent guitar.

I opened up the case and that damn thats a big neck, i love it though, i didn't think i would be able to get full speed shred out of it like i do my ibanez guitars but i can actually go faster. This thing is light too, i was amazed when i grabbed it out of the case. I though it would be heavier like a les paul, i was supprised to say the least.

this is a great guitar, pickups aren't too much to my liking but i bid knowing they more than likly wouldn't be . Still has better sound then i thought it would.

i'll post porn in a little bit .

Hey guys, I've got my eye on a 79 MLF at my local music shop. I played classic black one but what i really want is the Braziliaburst. I've got three strats and I just want something different, something not so...round!

Anyways, it plays like a dream and I'm really considering ordering one, but i've got a few questions, and you guys probably know more than the dudes at the music shop. I've heard that the Floyd on it is really kinda crappy and gives out after so much use...is this true? Because part of the reason why i want a Floyd is for its tuning stability. And another question, if i decide to get an original Floyd later on..would it reqiure and body modification or changes? And my final question is about strap locks, i put Dunlops on all my guitars, and i wanted to know if screwing the one in on the neck joint would be a bad idea, because id hate to screw up something in an area like that...any help would be great..thanks guys!

September will finally mark the release date of one of my favourite Thrash Metal acts ever....SODOM!

I have been waiting my ass off for this release, it's gonna be a double DVD (one of two the other one being released in January!) and is called "lords of depravity"!!!

It will contain 5 hours of live, archive, interview and TV appearances, all ex members will be included KICKASS!

http://sodomized.info/d/index1.htm

Alright guys, I recently recieved my Dean Street Team package and I am going to a guitar shop today to try and convince them to get some deans, they are a fairly new family owned and run shop and I really think that if they had some badass guitars in there, that they would get more business. Please give me some advice on what to say to convince them, cause I think that I could get them some more business by introducing them to deans (plus I could get a free Street Team T-shirt ) Thanks.

Does anyone have one of those diagram thingys of Eddies rig, or you could just tell me whats in it. thanks.

i posted something like this before, and someone told me that if the low e string sounds the same as the a string when held at the 7th fret, then ur in drop d, but im tryin to learn tabs and it says 1 and 1/ 2 steps down, do i need a tuner to do that, also when im in drop d, ( which i think i am) i cant play power chords, because they dont sound right, like somethings out of tune, please help

What kind of wood is this, Cheaper than basswood?

I'm starting to wonder. I saw these strange markings on her car today:

Hey - lets have us a pow wow

My new pickup has about an inch of wire to them, I need to sholder wire to them but I dont know what kind of wire to use.

Any help

Will any kind of wiring work

This thing is amazing!!! Anyone have any better quality pics/specs on it?




I only with it had a matching headstock. I'd like to see a Z in this too!!

guitar porn that is!!!

I took my figured top guitars out into the sun today, to grab some photo's of them, and well, a few of them turned out, well, absolutely orgasm-inducing...

on to the pics!!! (plese note, that some of these were shot Gene-Kelly style [on the grass] )









enjoy!!!

If I have a bunch of messages in my Outbox...does that mean they never got to the addressee??

Why do they sit there?

I just noticed, I have one from May in there.

Help!!!!

I kinda like it though. Wild West Guitars has a few different guitars plus one of the nicest Spalted Hardtails I've seen.

http://www.wildwestguitars.com/zemaitishome.htm



MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Spalted........

Hello!

Is here anyone with a randall rh 100 g2 amp?? Today i ordered mine....

Can anyone post me his attitudes on this amp?(middle,bass.....)


Party on
Armin

Very bad news, my nephew who is our drummer was in a terrible accident. His chances are 50/50 right now. Severe head trama as well as severl compound fractures. He was thrown from the truck he was riding in when the driver sheared off a telephone pole. In a medically induced coma right now and has managed to survive seval surgeries for hemotomas in the brain. They won't even put his skull back together yet. Please for Christ's sake wear your friggin seat belts. The tradegy may ahve been avoided or not a serious if he had had his on. The driver walked away and the other passenger had only minor injuries. We always say it won't happen to us but it does.

Has anyone ever played one? Did they even make them?

well am sure you all heard about the 4 camp leaders getting killed because they where trying to pitch a tent under a powerline.

the next one i heard was, the scouts where waiting for president bush for like 3 hour and it was record heat , like in the 100s so they had problems with dehydration and all that good stuff.

next, i was flipping through the channles and stopped on cnn, there was a boy scout in Alaska that got malled by a bear, he lived only got his arm and leg messed up.

Now the most recent, a 13 year old scout and scout leader were struck by lightning , the leader is dead and the scout has critically injuring .

So if any of you have a son or younger brother in scouts watch out .

With a little vintage 80's thing I just picked up!



Here is a little photoshop work of an idea I have for it - a black hot rod flame bridge to cover the kahler hole. Who cares about vintage authenticity!



Guess I can't resist these Bel Aires! I just sold one and turned around and bought this one! Good thing they're cheap!

ok, my ML is a 2001 model, but the dealer said he only had it in his shop for about 6 months. i don't get it....does dean let the wood age or something before they ship em out

lol, jk about the aging thing

in response to kevpol's thread about his belaire he recently got and out of boredum i made this.. i think its pretty cool, let me know what you think

kinda like Steve Vai's Ibanez

ok heres the thing, i have a ml with stock blade pickups, and i just started playing around with the neck pickup, and the i switched to the bridge and noticed, it really sounds empty. i play almost all heavy metal, and i was wonder ing what a good bridge pickup would be, and i would like to keep the price down... i like alot of crucnh too...thanks in advance

I've never done this before but I'm starting to jam with some questionable people so I'd like to project my riffs. So heres my questions: Where can I get this done? And does it have to be a full band or can it just be me playing guitar? Does it ever expire? Any other usefull info would be very much appreciated, thanks

I'm in the middle of spiffin up my 4x12 cab. Gonna shoot a tad of black spray paint over the front grill cloth. When I got done rapping the cab and taping off with newspaper, I thought, hey this looks cool! Has anyone ever seen a cab in "newspaper" tolex??? Looks pretty cool...

photoshop anyone?????

Just made a GREAT deal on a Z Pro and MS V Std with Steve at Blue Rock Guitars And More. And I gotta say I'm TOTALLY satisfied!

With their Lucky 13 Sale going on right now, you just might find what you want at a really GREAT price!

CONGRATULATIONS! Steve, on your new HUGE store!!! I wish you continued success!!!

Thanks again!

Alex

I want one of the those but I can't find a price list and there's no dealer nearby

I'd like to know what are the categories of Vs and how much they cost

Thanks !

All you guys in the Ohio area just wanted to let you know about a tour in your area all next week you might want to check out that features 2 Dean endorsers. It is the Acoustic Outcast Tour featuring Ron Keel (Steeler, Keel , Iron Horse) , Charlie Wayne ( Hawk , Bulletboys , King Kobra) , Terry Ilous (XYZ) , JK Northrup (XYZ , King Kobra) and Kelly Keeling ( Baton Rouge , Blue Murder, MSG , George Lynch , King Kobra) . This short tour started here in Nashville Thursday night with a live DVD taping and also featured Danny Vaughn (Waysted , Tyketto) joining them here only ( he’s also a Nashvillian) because of prior commitments next week. The show last about 3 hours and they all perform songs from their vast careers in different combinations during the show. It is all electric/acoustic set and is well worth seeing. Below are the dates in Ohio:

Saturday July 30 – Grove City @ Cadillac Jacks
Tuesday August 2 – Athens @ The Blue Gator
Wednesday August 3 - Delaware @ The Finish Line (added 8/1)
Thursday August 4 – Columbus @ Hot Spot Tavern
Friday August 5 – Lancaster @ Ole Roadhouse Saloon
Saturday August 6 – Dayton @ Soft Rock Café

I believe all the shows will be starting around 8 PM. Below is a link to the tour website and more dates will be added shortly. Also below is a link on the Ron Keel forum that Ron posted the set-list from the Nashville show. The only songs you won’t see done in Ohio are Danny Vaughn’s songs, but others have been added in their place. Please check out the show if you can and tell Ron and Charlie(who are both personal friends of mine) metalhead said Hi and let them know you’re a member of the Dean Forum!

http://www.acousticoutcasts.com/
http://www.rocknrollaccess.net/ronkeel/forum/viewthread.php?tid=226

Well I didn't come to Minneapolis to buy a Hamer or ANY Guitar for that matter.

Got a '92 Hamer Archtop Sunburst in kind of a Root Beer 'burst. It's got some player wear and the store put an Allparts Switchcraft jack in it for me to close the deal cause the old one wouldn't hold the cord in. It has had a Roland synth pickup on it too and SADLY the former holes were wood puttied without any other kind of work to make it pretty. Name stenciled on the case says Chucky so I guess that is this one's name. Came with Truss rod wrench, key, and lil plastic Hamer baggie in the case too. It has some pick wear on the neck pickup ring and some aroune the neck/body area there too. Few lil niucks to the finish on the neck and around the edges but suprisingly no belt buckle rash to speak of. Photos after I'm home in Florida. Not bad for $650, they wanted $700.

No real cool Deans seen so far but the had a Hollywood Black Z Bass and a Hollywood Metallic Red Baby Z. Both were fairly cheap.

Is this "Ashes to Ashes" song one of the unreleased DamagePlan songs? It's prett good

...and bought this !!! This is a new Harley-Davidson Softail Deluxe. They built this same bike in 1993, which is now a colletors items. It only came in black and white and everyone calls it a "moo glide". The chopper was just too much on long rides. The engine is solid mounted and the vibrations just wore me out. I decided to go with something a little more comfortable. Not to mention the insurance is 1/5 the cost of the chopper. Besides, I couldn't let Dizzy outdo me with his new Fatboy!!

Anyone buy these, they have 4 Celestion V 30 Speakers...

Any one like em?

http://www.music123.com/Ashdown-Standard-412-i73068.music

My silverburst ML with an L-500XL bridge and a L609 neck pickup. Note ...... P90 enthusists please take note on the L-609.



I'm sure BLOODROOT will add some comments on how that pickup sticks out like a sore thumb... I ordered them with chrome housing like the original way Lawrences were made back in the 80s.

and is it worth more than 200?

count em up guys
ive got 4 at the moment
the most ive owned at once was 6 or 7



WHO'S GOT THE MOST?
place your bets now

I love this sonic blue w/black p/guard Strat.
I am gonna shoot one of my white bodies in this blue, and throw on a really old and grungy single ply black p/guard with aged white pup covers and knobs. Mine will have a maple board, tho. But it looks like a relic with the amber tint and my fingerprints burned thru to the wood in lot's O' places! Looks a bit like the one Joe Walsh played at the Crossroads Festival, now that I think about it. I might even relicc the blue so that the white shows thru in places. Hmmm...

I'm bored, tiki anyone?

...from fleabay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7338919336&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Total cost £54 ($96). Sound oK?

I know it's not a USA made collectors piece, but it's mine, and will be a good friend to my LP.

Just thought I'd share.

Ally.

Hey Guys.
Long time no see.

I may be looking for a new amp. I would like to get a stack. I would love a Peavey XXX but the price may be too mcuh. any suggestion for a good metal players amp?