Recent content by BradWorld

Yeah man. There is a Czech 5 string on there that is sweet. An Edge Pro. And a Berlin. Among other things of interest.

I am pretty sure I remember that being a NAMM bass. Even though that one says its a 2018, the sn indicated 2010. I can try to dig up some photos from NAMM and DOA and see if I can find it... if I have time, which is scarce these days. LOL. The DMT bass pickups sound awesome by the way...

My USA Hillsboro, as well as several of my friend's USA Hills, came with USA DMT pickups wound in the Dean Tampa shop.

The big Dean DOA 2019 event in Tampa this weekend was awesome. We had a great turnout. The three nights of jamming were very cool. Here is a photo of me playing my buddy Richie's Czech Jeff Berlin bass supporting the shredders Bill Peck and Vinny Moore during the big main event Saturday...

As some of you know, this weekend is the DOA event at Dean HQ in Tampa. Any of you going? I will be there. We will be playing two shows during the festivities. Plus lots of great partying. Fun times. Here is an old photo of my Dean bass collection. I only still have two of these...

I know that Ben Chafin, the master builder, who used to be the big dog over at the Dean Custom Shop before and slightly after Elliott took over the company in the late 90s, has a shop in Tampa where he makes Chafin, Crackercaster, and Electra guitars and basses. He does nice work, and his high...

Firstly, they are hand made basses of the highest quality. Jon really knows what he is doing. Secondly, when Jon gets a bass completed that hasnt been sold, he pops them on Reverb, and the prices are usually quite agreeable. Keep your eyes open there... Rock on gents!

Great to see this Dean Club active again! Here is the real story of the Hillsboro bass. And it has nothing to do with Eric Bass. At least not a first. The Hillsboro pre-dates Eric's bass by a few years. Around 2008, the fabulous luthier Jon Hill joined Dean Guitars to build their new USA...

Nice basses. I discovered the magic of these basses years ago, and went through the same process as you. Except after I played with three of them for a long while, i finally settled on the natural finished one as far superior and sold the other two to friends. Enjoy the Czechs man! Join the...

I currently use a Neo 212 as my primary. If I need a second cab, I have a B410 and a B210. So for the badass look and huge mega sound I use the 410 and 212 stacked together. But after using the B212 for a few years now as my main cab, I would much prefer to have a second B212 and ditch the...

The bass is a signature model for Pancho Tomaselli. He is from War (Low Rider, etc), and a Proggy Punk band called Philm (with Dave Lombardo). But that is inconsequential with this bass. Pancho just happened to help pick a bunch of features that I really liked all grouped together that...

Thanks. I hear what you are saying. And I agree to a point. Korean basses and guitars are predominantly less expensive and typically not quite as finely made as most from the USA, Japan or Europe. But there are many fine instruments made in Korea, as well as other parts of Asia now days. And...

My Black and Maple ESP LTD PT-4 is here. It is quite an awesome bass. I posted a quick review. And took a couple of photos. I am loving it. Cant put it down. My mini-review of the PT-4 here...

My new ESP LTD PT-4 is here. And here is the story of this bass, and a little review... I was at the NAMM show working with ESP. Our bass clinician this year was Pancho Tomaselli of the bands War and Philm. He was quite cool to hang with for a week. And he is one heck of a bassist. He...

Another VT Bass (v2) fan here. Love it. I do use a lot of other dirt boxes though. I mostly make my own. But I also use a modded DOD 308, a digitech bass driver, an OCD v4, and a modded rat. But lately the VT has been getting all of the lovin. Especially when I need just a smidge of gain. I...